
It was also, as a foreign visitor, a very expensive place to stay for accommodation. It is a grand building inspired by Las Vegas (and you see the gem of an idea that Sol Kerzner who created Sun City would later turn into the much more ambitious Atlantis resorts). The Palace is a very large and ambitious complex, having created impressive gardens and waterfalls in the African bush. This complex although packed, was great fun. The saving grace was the brilliant Valley of the Waves water park which had 5 great water rides and a remarkable wave pool. But as we soon discovered on arriving at Sun City, the concept of “up-market” and Sun City are not entirely linked!Īdmittedly it had some glamour factor as Oprah Winfrey was also staying there, but overall I found Sun City and the Palace Hotel as overall unpleasant a place to visit and stay. The Palace of the Lost City hotel at Sun City in South Africa (which is about 2.5 hours drive from Johannesburg) is positioned as the most up-market of the 4 hotels that form the complex. Sun City Palace of Lost City Room 476 (1), originally uploaded by garybembridge.
