There isn’t a single part without a story behind and that’s what makes it so fascinating. At one point Kerzner had 10,000 people working at the construction site in order to have the Palace finished on time. Be it the handcarved walls, the lobby’s ceiling paintings which took eight artists over 5,000 hours to create in the same way Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, or the 300,000-piece mosaic in the lobby area which again required nine months of work. Opened in December 1992, The Palace of the Lost City was one of Sol Kerzner’s masterpieces. Sun International, the company that runs Sun City, has three five-star establishments, positioned in a “Golden Triangle” that links Cape Town’s landmark The Table Bay, within the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Sun City’s The Palace of the Lost City, nestled in an extinct volcanic crater surrounded by the Pilanesburg big 5 nature reserve, and Zambia’s gracious Royal Livingstone, set against the stunning backdrop of Livingstone’s Victoria Falls. Sun City has also hosted lots of famous musicians such as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Michael Jackson and Queen throughout the years, as well as it has hosted events such as the Miss South Africa and Miss World pageants. Located at the foot of the Pilanesberg, about a two-hour drive from Johannesburg, the variety of leisure activities seems endless and ranges from safaris through the Pilanesberg National Park, hot air balloon rides over, the world’s fastest Zipline rides reaching 120 km/h, a gigantic maze, Segway tours, two 18-hole golf courses to amusement in the various casinos, bars and nightclubs, just to name a few of the alleged 101 activities.
It felt like a whole city to us where you could do literally anything. When we arrived at The Palace of the Lost City, which is one of four hotels and the flagship of entertainment complex Sun City, we could barely believe our eyes simply because of the sheer size of the resort – 1,500 hectares in total. Very rarely there are moments where we can just stop and stare at something.
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