Emmarentia Dam and the surrounding botanical garden provide a beautiful green space and recreational area for Joburgers and visitors alike. A popular weekend picnicking site, the park is also one of the best places to visit in Johannesburg to simply walk your dog, jog or ride a bike.

Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.

Emmarentia Dam is adjacent to the Johannesburg Botanic Gardens and is a popular fishing spot where anglers come for mirror carp and large mouth bass. Small yachts compete in regattas during the summer months while Duzi-talk abounds when canoeists train for the marathon.

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Emmarentia dam is certainly one of the city's most tranquil spots and the setting amongst water and trees is attractive to many weekend visitors who picnic and braai on the grassed lawns. There are woodland and natural grass areas and a tea room that does first-rate scones.

2020年8月3日 · Winter at Emmarentia Dam. After an interminable wait, President Ramaphosa finally announced about three weeks ago that all South African parks would re-open. Most parks opened their gates that week, but for some reason Joburg City Parks delayed the opening of the city’s “nature reserves” — including Emmarentia, the Wilds , and Walter ...

2025年2月11日 · Emmarentia Dam and the surrounding botanical gardens provide a beautiful green space and recreational area for Joburgers and visitors alike.

One of the oldest traditions at Normalair is to dive in Emmarentia Dam as close to the winter solstice as possible, cleaning up the dam as an community service, and to win one of the many prizes offered for the interesting things found.

2025年2月11日 · Emmarentia Dam. Emmarentia Dam is always a picturesque location, whether it’s summer, winter, autumn or spring. Not only is the dam itself calming and inviting, but the botanical garden next door is also something any photographer ought to take advantage of at least once or twice in their life.

Take a break from the busy city life and enjoy an family-outing at Emmarentia Dam. Spread across 18.53 acres (7.5 hectares) of land, this dam is popular picnic spot amongst tourists and locals alike and is equipped with barbecue facilities for …