Ponte City, Berea, Johannesburg
Stand inside Ponte City, eat your way through Yeoville, dance pantsula or watch the sun set from 5101, our venue on the 51st floor. Pick a tour or an event, and our local guides do the rest.
Tours
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Go inside Ponte City with a local guide. Stand in the hollow core, hear the building's real story and see Johannesburg from the 51st floor.
Book this tour: Ponte Tower Experience: a guided tour of Ponte CityWalk Hillbrow with a local guide, from the Pretoria Street markets to the Telkom Tower, and meet the people who live and work here.
Book this tour: This is Hillbrow: a walking tour with local guidesOne day, one local guide: Constitution Hill, Ponte City, Maboneng, the Apartheid Museum and Soweto, with lunch, entry fees and pickup included.
Book this tour: Ultimate Joburg Full-Day Tour: Johannesburg in a dayA 3-hour walking tour of Soweto with a local guide: Vilakazi Street, the Ezimbuzini community, a shebeen and the Hector Pieterson trail.
Book this tour: Soweto walking tour with a local guideWalk Maboneng with a local guide: street art, the Cosmopolitan, Jewel City and the KwaMai Mai market. The tour starts with coffee on Fox Street.
Book this tour: Real Jozi: a Maboneng walking tourEat your way through Yeoville, Joburg's African food capital, with guides who grew up here: jollof rice, injera, chakalaka, pap and more.
Book this tour: Taste of Africa: a Johannesburg food tour in YeovilleOne day in Joburg? Take the Ultimate Joburg Full-Day Tour. Curious about the building? Start with the Ponte Tower Experience.
Schools, teams, groups and tour operators: tell us what you need and we will plan it with you.
5101 on the 51st floor
5101 is our venue on the 51st floor of Ponte City, with 270-degree views of Johannesburg, from Edenvale in the east to Soweto in the west. Come up for a A drink at sunset. The view is part of the order. or a class.
Events
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Next date: 6 December 2026
Climb 948 stairs inside Ponte City, then eat breakfast at the top. The record is 5 minutes 47 seconds.
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Learn pantsula on a Friday with instructor Phiwokuhle Sibanda, then cool down with the skyline.
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Kaizer Chiefs against Orlando Pirates at FNB Stadium, with a shuttle there and sundowners at 5101 after the match.
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Ellis Park match days: parking at Ponte City, a welcome drink at 5101 and a guided walk to the stadium.
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A tour for Human Rights Day on 21 March. The route is coming soon.
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Hillbrow, Berea and Yeoville under the purple jacarandas, with lunch on the 51st floor.
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Cake and wine pairing and canvas painting for women at 5101. Only 20 tickets.
Why book with us
Dlala Nje is a social enterprise. Your ticket pays your guide and funds the Dlala Nje Foundation. See how the Foundation spends it.
Before you go
1. Pick a tour above.
2. Choose a date on its page.
3. Book and pay online.
Questions first? Email or call us.
Getting here: directions and parking. [NEEDS CONTENT: parking and getting there]
More from Dlala Nje
We plan tours for schools and teams around what your group wants to learn.
Local tips for visiting Johannesburg, and stories from Ponte City.
FAQ
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Most tours start at Dlala Nje, Shop 1, Ponte City, 1 Lily Avenue, Berea, Johannesburg. Real Jozi starts at 286 Fox Street, City and Suburban, and the Soweto walking tour at 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West. Each tour page shows its meeting point.
Yes. Contact us to plan a private tour, or a visit to Ponte City or 5101. Schools, teams and large groups can also see our group tours.
Take the Ultimate Joburg Full-Day Tour. In one day you see Constitution Hill, Ponte City, Maboneng, the Apartheid Museum and Soweto with a local guide.
85% of tour revenue goes to the Dlala Nje Foundation. It runs two community centres in Ponte City, one for kids aged 4 to 11 and one for teenagers.
Reviews
Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 250+ Google reviews.
Rated 5 out of 5
I learnt so much about Johannesburg and the Ponte Tower views, both from the top and bottom are amazing. Kea was my guide and was just so lovely and knowledgeable! Would highly recommend… I might even go back next week to take a friend 🙂
Rated 5 out of 5
Amazing Immersive experience of Johannesburg
We did the Taste Of Africa Foodie Tour around Yeoville and it was extraordinary! Mangaliso and Mbongiseni were incredible guides that took us to 3 different stops to try food from Cameroon, Ethiopia and South Africa. …
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Rated 5 out of 5
I really enjoyed the This Is Hillbrow tour with our guide Julian of DlalaNje. …
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