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Freedom Day long weekend

8 Mar 2010

Tuesday the 27th April is a public holiday (Freedom Day), so put in leave for the Monday and you have a long weekend from the 23rd to the 27th April. We'll help you find the cheapest accommodation, flights (R798) and car rentals.

Johannesburg accommodation from R100

Here's some accommodation in Johannesburg which can be booked on our accommodation booking engine (prices subject to change). Prices were for the evening of the 23rd April 2010

Le Cozmo Bed & Breakfast	from R550	Intercontinental Airport Sun	from R490
Town Lodge Sandton	from R665	Life on 3rd Hotel	from R495
City Lodge Bryanston	from R710	Airport Inn	from R550
Indaba Hotel	from R655	The Michelangelo Towers	from R557
Sunnyside Park Hotel	from R770	Midrand Executive Hotel	from R599
Courtyard Rosebank Suites	from R1035	Don Rosebank Hotel	from R615
African Pride Melrose Arch Hotel	from R324	Ginnegaap Guesthouse Hotel	from R640
Intercontinental Hotel Johannesburg Sandton	from R367	Golf Reef Place	from R640
Mercure Hotel	from R420	Lakeview Guest House	from R650
The Michelangelo Hotel	from R425	Protea Hotel Midrand	from R786
Hyatt Park Regency Hotel	from R446	Protea Parktonian All Suite Hotel	from 806
Greenwood Manor Inn	from R450	Protea Hotel Gold Reef City	from R1,076
Villa Lugano Guesthouse	from R450	Garden Court Sandton	from R1,158
Protea Hotel Samrand	from R474	Garden Court International	from R1,448
Ten Bompas Hotel	from R476	Southern Sun Sandton Grayston	from R1,625
Big 5 Accommodation Hotel	from R490	Intercontinental Sandton Sun Tower	from R2,292

Prices and conditions are subject to change.

Fly Johannesburg from R798

These are the best prices we could find for return flights to Johannesburg leaving on the 24th April and return on the 27th April (including taxes). Prices will be different on other dates, and all prices are subject to change. Book at www.southafrica.to/bookings.php (except where there is a link to a specific airline below).

Flight route	Departure date	Return date	Cheapest Airline	Price
Bloemfontein to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	South African Airways	R1,953
Dubai to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	Emirates South Africa	3,665 AED
Durban to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	Mango Airways	R798
Cape Town to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	Kulula Airways	R1,336
East London to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	1time Airline	R1,358
London to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	Emirates South Africa	517 GBP
Nelspruit to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	South Africa Airways	R1,863
Paris to Johannesburg Direct	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	1,943 EUR
Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg	24 Apr 2010	27 Apr 2010	South Africa Airways	R1,588

Car Hire in Johannesburg

We priced the cost of hiring a car from Johannesburg O.R Tambo International Airport from 13h00 on the 23rd Apr 2010 until 13h00 on the 27th Apr 2010 as follows:

	Europcar Johannesburg	First Car Rental unlimited mileage	Comet Car Hire	Compare Car Hire	4x4 hire in Johannesburg
Total	984	840	1390	1688	$880
Per Day	246	210	348	422	$220

Our last survey of Johannesburg accommodation was on the 25th January 2010.

Football World Cup

Here are the matches at Soccer City:

11 Jun	14 Jun	17 Jun	20 Jun	23 Jun	27 Jun, 8:30pm	2 Jul, 8:30pm	11 Jul, 8:30pm
South Africa v Mexico	Holland v Denmark	Argentina v Korea R	Brazil v Ivory Coast	Ghana v Germany	Winners (B) v Runners up (A)	Quarterfinal	FINAL

Here are the matches at Ellis Park Stadium:

12 Jun	15 Jun	18 Jun	21 Jun	24 Jun	28 Jun, 8:30pm	3 Jul, 8:30pm
Argentina v Nigeria	Brazil v Korea DPR	Slovenia v USA	Chile v Switzerland	Slovakia v Italy	Winner (G) Runner up (H)	Quarterfinal

Fifa World Cup accommodation & services

Dolphin Beach, Cape Town
3 bedroom luxury apartment
24 hour security
Fully serviced (cleaned every day)
Classic view of Table Mountain
On beach, pool available, parking
R2000/day (minimum 5 days)
Ph 021-557-6880

Parklands, Cape Town
4 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms (house)
24 hour security
Fully serviced (cleaned every day)
Pool & Jacuzzi bath
Double Garage
R120,000 for entire World Cup
Ph 084-900-1207

Kuilsriver, Cape Town
Collect?From / Deliver to Cape Town International?Airport or Long Distance?Bus Terminal.Dinner Bed & Full Breakfast as well as a Lunch Parcel.
Transport to and from Kuilsriver Station
First Class Train Ticket?between Kuilsriver Station?and Cape Town Station
$130/day/person sharing
3 Palms Cape Bed & Breakfast
021-906-3588
3palmsbandb@telkomsa.net

Johannesburg
Entire house for only R80 000 p/mnth.
3beds plus study. ( Sleeps 8 )
2 baths
d/auto garages ? in a estate
10 min from soccer city
+27 82 412 0356

Cape Town Chauffeur transport for World Cup (including German language)
Hire 4x4 landrovers Johannesburg for World Cup (with rooftent to sleep in)