A biggest amusement park in South Africa is The Golden Reef City. It is situated on a goldmine and is just 8 kms from Johannesburg city. The amusement park is themed about the Wit waters and gold rush.There is various attractions that comprises of the roller coaster, water slides. At a sprawling auditorium called the “Hippodrome”, the live shows like Idols South Africa are filmed live.

Rides and Attractions

There are several rides that ranges from a log flume to an upturned coaster. A few of the renowned rides comprises,

River Rapids

Anaconda: This is the world’s only upturned coaster that was constructed by a coaster design company called the Giovanola. I t holds the current record of being South Africa’s highest and speediest inverter roller coaster.

Tower of Terror (also called as the Shaft of Terror); The Swiss designer, Ronald Bussink originally planned this roller coaster. The local companies manufactured and the construction was done by the park management itself. This is a perpendicular drop roller coaster which features a 47 meters drop, and a pullout which features an optimistic G force of 6.3Gs.

Jozi Express: The German amusement park ride manufacturer Zierer manufactured and constructed this high speed roller coaster.

The other rides are the

The Golden Loop

The biggest Giant wheel South Africa with a diameter of 55 meters.

Runaway train

UFO which sets off at a speed of 50m/h.

Tornado

Dream Boat

Address

Gold Reef City Theme Park:

Cnr Northern Parkway and Gold Reef Road, Ormonde

Phone: 011 248-6800

Tel: +27 11 248-6800

Fax: +27 11 248-6863

e-mail: [email protected]