Pretoria

Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria

Rugby Tours To Pretoria

Rugby Tours to Pretoria is an old friend of Irish Rugby Tours.

Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa. It straddles the Apies River and has spread eastwards into the foothills of the Magaliesberg Mountains.

It’s one of the country’s three capital cities, serving as the seat of the administrative branch of government.

Named after the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius and within South Africa sometimes called the “Jacaranda City”.

This is due to the thousands of jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and gardens.

During the First Boer War, the city was besieged by Republican forces in December 1880 and March 1881.

The peace treaty which ended the war was signed in Pretoria on 3 August 1881 at the Pretoria Convention.

Rugby Franchise the Blue Bulls reside in the city. They play their games in the Super XV Rugby at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.

Many household names from the franchise have played for the national team.

Players such as Handre Pollard, Jesse Kriel and Adrain Strauss have all worn the Springbok shirt.

Tour Information

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Our Popular Inclusions for a Rugby Tour to Pretoria.

Attend a training session with coaches from the Blue Bulls coaching team.
Watch a Super XV Rugby match.
Visit the Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum.
Pop into Melrose House a stately mansion and museum.
Take a day trip to Cedar Junction Theme Park.
Shop till you drop at the Irene Village Market.
Fort Klapperkop Heritage Site will bring you back to the Boer War and its history.
Zip line and other arduous tasks await you at Acrobranch.
Zoo time at Pretoria Zoo, visit the wild animals in a safe environment from around the country.

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Zip Lining At Acrobranch

Slide, balance, jump, crawl, dash, swing or stroll expect the unexpected from this wild experience.

This experience brings you a variety of twists, turns and thrills, many of the obstacles are up in the trees.

It will require a good balance a strong mind and stomach for those who are afraid of heights.

The park is equipped with a variety of adrenaline packed obstacles.

A 300m long zip line is included on their highflying course.

The treetop adventure courses are designed in such a way that the less adventurous can take an alternative route.

Acrobranch offers a safe adventure for all ages.

From zip lining and walking across narrow and wobbly bridges, the different obstacle courses are definitely worth a try.

Melrose House

Melrose House is a stately mansion and museum located on Burgers Park in Pretoria.

Built in 1886 by the prosperous Pretoria businessman George Jesse Heys, it was named after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland.

During the Second Boer War the house gained fame. Lord Roberts requisitioned it as the headquarters for the British forces after Pretoria was invaded in June 1900.

For more than 18 months, instructions for the British forces in the field were issued from here.

The use of the house as a military headquarters ended when the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed in May 1902.

Today the elegant mansion is a historic house museum.

It is an example of the transition from Victorian to Edwardian architectural styles and interiors.

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Blue Bulls Training Session

Attend an intensive rugby training session with coaches from the Blue Bulls to improve you game and skills.

The sessions here in Pretoria are very good and a lot of teams comment on how good they are.

Of course it’s all down to the coach giving the session and the Bulls staff that do them are very good indeed.

Teams take on a lot what is taught to them and this is shown in their results when they get home.

It’s all down to our training sessions and the coaches we provide.

Cedar Park

The park is an outdoor grassed area with beautiful views over the lake and at the foot of the Bronberg Mountain range. This is a peaceful country feel in a safe and secure environment.

Cedar Junction has a full mini scale 7,25 inch 1,2km train track with two trains. These are replicas of life size trains.

The trip takes you around the scenic park through tunnels and over bridges. Enjoy the views and the lovely country outdoors.

For Summer they offer 4 sets of swimming pools with 16 water slides – catering for young and old.

At the back of the park there is 3 x 100m speed slides.

In the front of the park is the lazy river with 3 slides. Under the roof you will find the indoor lazy river with 3 stop block slides for smaller children.

Other activities in the park is a trampoline, jungle gyms, roundabout’s, horse carousel, cup and saucer rides plus flying swings.