Day
trip to Cullinan diamond mine
There are two Cullinan based offices that use the same resident guides.
All tour departures from the Cullinan tour offices in the main road and the
departure times are as follows:
Departures:
Weeks 10h00 & 10h30 as well as 14h00 & 14h30. Weekends 10h00 & 10h30
Note : Tours have to be booked in advance. If there are no bookings in advance
the guides take off;
especially on weekends and public holidays. Also the underground tour has
been cancelled permanently.
Prices valid from
1 June 2007 to 31 December 2008
Cash on Departure
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Numbers
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Departure Pretoria
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Departure Johannesburg
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1
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R700
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R900
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2
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R450
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R550
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3
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R350
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R400
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4
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R300
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R350
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5
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R280
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R320
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6
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R270
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R300
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7
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R260
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R290
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7+
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R250
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R280
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Unfortunately no children under 10 yo!
Enjoy a surface tour of the Premier Mine, the third richest diamond
producing mine in South Africa -
opened in 1902, where the world’s biggest diamond was discovered.
Premier Mine has produced 255 gem diamonds of over 100
carats, and nearly a quarter of the world’s
gem diamonds of 400 carats and over!
Visitors will see the big hole, the shaft
and the diamond room where a selection of uncut
diamonds and replicas of world famous diamonds
are displayed.
The biggest diamond ever was found here at the Premier mine in 1905.
Uncut it weighed over 3 000 carats. The Cullinan diamond was cut into many
smaller stones, two very large stones were also cut out of it.
One of these is called 'The Star of Africa' and is part of the British
crown jewels.
The mine was named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, who had discovered the
mine three years earlier.
The massive diamond got given to British King Edward VII in 1907.
