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Sun City Resort
That a resort can become a destination is testament to its glamorous glitz and exciting entertainment. Sun City has plenty of both.
A gaudy oasis adjacent to a splendid game reserve, Sun City borrows from the world’s most famous shrines to the mass entertainment industry. Pieces of Vegas crop up all over the show and backing tracks come from Copacabana, Ibiza, some fictitious African kingdom, Dubai, a Florida retirement village; and an airport lounge.
Entertaining you, the young ones, the old ones and everybody else is a line-up of activities that would keep a cruise ship afloat for several years. You’d do well to hop onto one of those ridiculous Segway contraptions for a whistle-stop tour of the resort – it’s a fun way to avoid reading reams of activity listings in their hefty brochures.
Boutique shops, restaurants, movies, bars, clubs, casinos, swimming pools, water slides, a beach, spas, squash, tennis, gym, florists, concerts, cabarets, a million children’s activities… you get the picture. Oh yes, they do weddings too.
Slowing the tempo are two Gary Player championship golf courses – one the stage for the annual Nedbank Golf Challenge and the other with a crocodile-infested water hazard.
The resort has four large hotels built entirely around your pocket - however deep it may be. The Palace of the Lost City for larger-than-life luxury; Cascades for a Mediterranean fiesta; Sun City Hotel for the people that actually play golf; and the Sun City Cabanas for mum, dad and their two and a half kids.
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- Its defiant stance against the rules of Apartheid that stated ‘NO FUN’
- Offering more entertainment than some small countries
- Brazen glitz, bold fake, hyper-active activities and a village dedicated to fast food
- Two championship golf courses designed by the cheese-king, Gary Player himself
- Four enormous hotels that could put up the US Navy – and their boyfriends
- Its neighbour the Pilanesberg Game Reserve
- Being the weirdest place in the country
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Take a wrong turn and that bronze elephant may in fact be a real one ripping a tree apart in a show of bravado. The Sun City area has a larger-than-life resort and two excellent game reserves.
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Opt for any number of our Sun City or Malaria Free Safari tours to experience the diverse magic of the City and the bush without having to worry about the pesky details.
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Getting to Sun City, Pilanesberg and Madikwe is a cinch no matter where you are. Get all the info you need before you leave.
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