You must enquire well in advance of your planned visit whether you need to obtain a visa to visit South Africa.
Please visit the following websites if you want to enquire:
1.Documents and processes: http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/applying-for-sa-visa
2.Countries exempt from visas: http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/exempt-countries
If you are only visiting South Africa for periods of one to three weeks at a time, you need not apply for or expend the costs pertaining to a student visa and compulsory South African health insurance. Short-course attendees or part-time MPhil (masters) and PhD (doctoral) students can enter South Africa on a visitor’s visa appropriately endorsed (namely “to attend short courses or block-week sessions at the University of Pretoria”).
With regard to transport between the OR Tambo International Airport to Pretoria (a distance
of about 55km), we strongly recommend that you do not use a taxi, as this will be very expensive.
We suggest that you contact PS Tours as a reliable service provider. It is essential to book your transport at least 48 hours in advance. If you have arranged transport with PS Tours,
but for whatever reason will not be utilising the services of the relevant service provider or
will be arriving on a later flight, please remember to inform them accordingly.)
Tel: +27 (0) 12 565 4246
Cell: +27 (0) 82 452 5818
Email: [email protected]
An alternative mode of transport from the OR Tambo Airport to Hatfield, Pretoria (a 5 minute
walk from the University of Pretoria) is the Gautrain, a high-speed train that operates
between the airport and Sandton and between Johannesburg and Pretoria. You will,
however, have to change trains in Marlboro.
Note that you may still have to arrange for transport from the Hatfield Station or Pretoria
Station to your hotel or guesthouse.
Generally there is no public transport (e.g. municipal busses) operating between hotels or
guest houses and the University of Pretoria. Private taxi operators can be contacted to
provide intra-city transport (e.g. Uber-taxi)
Some hotels provide courtesy transport to/from the University of Pretoria – if there are
sufficient numbers of travellers to justify the expense.
Unfortunately on-campus accommodation is not available to ……We cannot arrange accommodation for or on behalf of participants. This remains your own responsibility.
We also cannot guarantee the sustained or overall quality or cleanliness of accommodation in hotels or guesthouses in Pretoria. However, over the last number of years the majority of participants have stayed in the hotels listed below, and generally the feedback we received was positive.
Hotel 224 (http://www.hotel224.com/)
Schoeman Street, Arcadia
Tel: +27 (0) 12 440 5281
Fax: +27 (0) 12 440 3063
Email: [email protected]
Arcadia Hotel (http://www.arcadiahotel.co.za/accommodation.php )
515 Proes Street, Pretoria
Tel: +27 (0) 12 326 9311
Fax: +27 (0) 12 326 1067
Email: [email protected]
Sentinel Executive Apartments (http://www.sea.co.za/home.html )
734 Arcadia Street, Arcadia
Tel: +27 (0) 12 343 3440
Fax: +27 (0) 12 343 7291
Email: [email protected]
Note that the Hotel 224, Arcadia Hotel and Sentinel Executive Apartments may be able to
provide free courtesy transport between the hotel and the university. Participants staying in
other hotels or guesthouses will have to arrange and pay for their daily transport to and from
the University of Pretoria.
The Courtyard Hotel Arcadia and Protea Hotel Manor are both within easy walking distance
(5-10 minutes) from the lecture rooms on the main campus of the University of Pretoria.
Courtyard Hotel Arcadia (https://clhg.com/hotels/603/Courtyard-Hotel-Arcadia )
950 Park Street, Arcadia
C/o Park and Hill Streets
Tel: +27 (0) 12 342 4940
Fax: +27 (0) 12 342 4941
Email: [email protected]
Protea Hotel Manor (http://www.hotel.co.za/pretoria-hotels-protea-hatfield-manor.html )
Burnette Street, Hatfield
Tel: +27 (0) 12 362 7077
Fax: +27 (0) 12 362 5646
Email: [email protected]
For those who can afford luxurious accommodation, the Sheraton Hotel (about 10-15
minutes from the University of Pretoria by taxi) may be ideal.
Sheraton Hotel (http://www.sheratonpretoria.com/ )
643 Church Street, Pretoria
c/o Church and Wessels Streets
Tel: +27 (0) 12 429 9999
Fax: +27 (0) 12 429 9300
There are also a number of guest houses within walking distance (5-15 minutes) from the
University. The following three guest houses have been used by participants in the past,
and reports were generally favourable:
Osborne House (http://www.osborneguesthouse.com/ )
82 Anderson Street, Brooklyn
Tel: +27 (0) 12 362 2334
Fax: +27 (0) 12 362 3091
Brooklyn Guest Houses (http://brooklynguesthouses.co.za/ )
128 Murray Street, Brooklyn
Tel: +27 (0) 12 362 1728
Fax: +27 (0) 12 362 1727
Pebble Fountain Guesthouse (http://www.pebble-fountain.co.za/)
C/o Roper & Brooks Streets, Brooklyn
Tel: +27 (0) 12 362 0147
Fax: +27 (0) 12 362 8165
General Information regarding the Weather in Pretoria
You may want to check a 5-day or a 10-day weather forecast before you travel to Pretoria.
September is early spring, but early morning can still be quite chilly. It is advisable to bring
warm clothing.
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