About Us

Destination-Johannesburg isn't just a run of the mill online booking portal. Instead, it's focused on supporting the ‘little guys' - something that many online portals forget to do. Bed and breakfasts, guest houses and backpackers make up a huge chunk of the industry, yet they really struggle to market themselves, and that's where we step in.

Urban WalkAbout, the company behind Destination-Johannesburg, aims to provide a unique, informative, creative, exhilarating and eye-opening experience of the South African landscape. As both a tour company and a booking operator, we ensure that our clients receive impeccable service of the highest quality ranging from a city tour, to a large corporate event.

"We strive to ensure that an experience with Urban WalkAbout is one to be cherished and one that informs, educates, entertains and leaves the client with a lasting impression of the company when visiting Joburg."

By ensuring the company is always at the forefront of innovation, information and experiences within South Africa, Urban WalkAbout will always be the best tour company in the country.

Meet the Team

So you thought you knew the city? Well, nobody's really seen Joburg unless they've been on Zunaid Khan's Urban Walkabout tour. It's a favourite on the international NGO circuit and takes people walking through the heart of Hillbrow as well as the manicured concrete of Melrose Arch to display the city's diversity, its history, its people and its politics, all the while revealing how Joburg has taken -- and is taking -- shape.

The city planner who trained at Wits first took to the streets with one of his lecturers who made it part of the curriculum to see the city from the pavement up. Khan got so into it that he started taking visiting urban planning students through different neighbourhoods on weekends as a hobby.

Now his hobby is his business -- at least one of them. The 31-year old also owns a Primi Piatti and a bustling little town planning operation to boot. -- Tanya Pampalone

In 2009 Nikki de Vos joined the team. After travelling to the U.S.A for two years as an au pair,  Nikki decided on studying Tourism Management at the University of Johannesburg. Now in her final year, she started working for Urban Walkabout in June as part of her experiential learning. "Working and now being part of Urban Walkabout and whl.travel, has opened my eyes as to how exciting and interesting this industry really is."