Gold Reef City

On Saturday, we went to Gold Reef City Theme Park. It is a theme park that has been built on top of a gold mine that is no longer in operation.  They do offer tours of the abandoned gold mine, but Jayce was too young to take in it so we were unable to go see it.  But none the less, we had a great time at the theme park itself.  It cost us about $35 for us all to get in.  They had several larger roller coasters, a kids area, several restaurants, stages for live performances, and a small zoo area.

The first thing we did when we got to the park was ride the train to see all the park had to offer.  On one occasion during the ride we had to stop abruptly so that the conductor could chase a peacock and her two babies off of the tracks!

Jayce really enjoyed the kids area!!! Michael took him on the carousel.

Then I took him on the Balloon Wheel (Ferris wheel)!!!

We walked through the zoo area and Jayce got up close and personal with the horses!

We couldn't get too close to this one because he bites!!!

We then strolled through an area that had been designed to look like an old mining city. Here they had several restaurants, a bar, and a hotel. They also had areas designed for destination-like weddings. For example, they had a small chapel and a garden chapel near this mock city.

There were peacocks everywhere!

While in the mining city, we stopped to grab a bite to eat at a restaurant. Michael had a mushroom burger, I had a pizza, and we both had a beer. All together it cost us $12. We were really surprised to find that they were not overcharging for meals like they do at many theme parks in the states. The pizza I had was $5 and I had to get a box to go because I was unable to finish it! Jayce also had lunch while we were sitting there and then some juice!!!

While sitting at the restaurant, we saw more peacocks that were brave and walked up to your table wanting food.  This one was travelling with her babies...wonder if it is the same one from the train tracks!

After lunch, we went to a mining museum they had on the property, and when we came out of there we were able to watch this live performance. They played traditional African music and sang and danced.

Before we left the park, I had to have some ice cream!!!!!