The name Ngwenya meaning "The Crocodile" is derived from a mountain in Swaziland that resembles a basking crocodile, where a small group of Swazi craftsmen practise the age old artistry of "breathing life into glass". At Ngwenya Glass, you can see the craftsmen at work and the discerning shopper will find an almost endless selection of glassware for every occasion in shapes and sizes of every description. Many of the items are "once-off's" - truly original pieces and the miniaturised Big Five collection captures lasting memories of South Africa. Within the village there are a number of craft ware shops and an Italian garden restaurant.
Open 7 days a week from 09h00 to 16h30.

Sterkfontein, part of the "Cradle of Humankind", a World Heritage Site, is one of the world's most productive and important palaeoanthropological sites.  It is the place where the very first adult ape-man was found by Dr Robert Broom in 1936.  This ancient cave system has over the years revealed a sequence of deposits with fossils dating from about 3.5 to 1.5 million years ago, a period of time which spans the early development of the family of man-the hominids. In addition to almost 500 skull, jaw, teeth and skeletal fossils of these early hominids, there are many thousands of other animal fossils, over 300 fragments of fossils wood and over 9,000 stone tools which include some of the earliest manifestations of human culture on earth.
One hour guided tours are conducted on the half hour from Tuesday to Sunday.

During the late 1940's and 1950's former President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureates,  lived on Vilakazi Street.. You can visit Nelson Mandela's house that is now a small museum and have a short guided tour.

Open 09h00 to 17h00 daily