O.R. TAMBO / JOHANNESBURG AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

Food and Drink

Johannesburg - OR Tambo International Airport Passenger Terminals host a huge array of food and drink options to meet your sustenance needs for your journey. These range from restaurants, bars, fast food and coffee shops with a wide and varied range of cuisines catered for and can be found in all terminal levels, both Landside (before security) and Airside (after security).

Our terminal plans below have been simplified with a focus on usage and locations using colour coding to highlight terminal areas and their usage. Our 4 plans represent the 4 distinct levels of the passenger terminal with airside (after security) areas and landside (before security) areas clearly defined.

Shops and Services

Johannesburg - OR Tambo International Airport passenger terminals host a huge array of shops and services for travellers. Whether it's last-minute essentials for your journey or holiday, gifts for family and friends, or just to indulge yourself, the shopping options in Johannesburg—OR Tambo Airport should meet your needs. Jewelry, clothing and footwear, African arts and crafts, health and beauty, duty-free shopping, and many more can be found in OR Tambo Airport terminal buildings.

Big 5 Duty Free shopping is situated in the duty-free mall in international departures and in international arrivals. Services include banks and foreign exchange, pharmacies, a clinic, a post office, and a VAT refund point.

When shopping at the airport, bear in mind your airline's baggage and cabin restrictions and duty-free allowances in your destination country. Also, many of the shops and services are located landside, so once you pass through security, these options will not be available.

Explore Johannesburg

• Visit the Apartheid Museum, The Apartheid Museum graphically portrays the apartheid story through photos, artifacts, newspaper clippings, chilling personal accounts, and film footage. The sights and sounds of the apartheid era assail visitors as they move through the thought-provoking permanent exhibits on an emotional journey through South Africa's history.
• Visit the Constitution Hill, Overlooking the city of Johannesburg, Constitution Hill is a former prison, which provides fascinating insight into South Africa's history. At the site, you can explore provocative exhibits at the Number Four museum, the Women's Gaol museum, and the Old Fort museum. Together, the precinct was once known as The Fort, and it forged a reputation for its brutal treatment of political prisoners, common criminals, and passive resistors; famous former prisoners include Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
• Visit the Gold Reef City Gold Reef City, eight kilometers from the city center, takes you back to the gold rush days through a series of thrilling theme park rides and historical exhibits. This family-friendly attraction hosts reproductions of buildings and businesses from the era, and you can also tour a disused shaft of the Crown Mines, one of the richest gold-mines in the world.
• Visit the Soweto & Mandela House Soweto (an abbreviation for Southwestern Townships) lies 20 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg and offers a journey into the soul of the fight for freedom. This was an area of planned segregation, where black laborers were housed far from the city center, many in shacks made of corrugated iron. It was also the birthplace of the struggle for democracy. In 1976, the Soweto Uprisings sought to overthrow the apartheid state and spread from here to the rest of the country.
• Visit the Lion & Safari Park Day Trip At the Lion & Safari Park, you can get up-close with some of Africa's famous wildlife less than an hour's drive north from downtown Johannesburg. Animal interactions are the highlight here. You can cuddle a lion cub, take the Cheetah Walk, and hand feed giraffes.