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Cullinan Diamond Mine Underground Tour
The Cullinan Diamond Mine is renowned as a source of large, high-quality gem diamonds, including Type II stones, and as the world's most important source of...
- 7 to 8 hours
- 160 km
- Departs 08:30
- Underground tour only
About this tour
The Cullinan Diamond Mine is renowned as a source of large, high-quality gem diamonds, including Type II stones, and as the world's most important source of very rare blue diamonds.
Cullinan earned its place in history with the discovery of the Cullinan diamond in 1905, the largest rough gem diamond ever found at 3,106 carats, which was cut to form the two most important diamonds in the British Crown Jewels. Many of the world's most famous diamonds come from Cullinan, and it continues to produce world-class diamonds under Petra's stewardship. The orebody contains a major diamond resource, suggesting a potentially long operating life of more than 50 years.
The Cullinan (Premier) Diamond Mine is 40 km east of Pretoria in the town of Cullinan, within the 200,000 hectares of Dinokeng, meaning "place of rivers". In African culture this makes it a sacred place with great healing powers.
This is South Africa's premium diamond underground mine tour. Tourists can go underground in a working diamond mine, changing into special safety gear and heading down in the cage to 763 metres below the surface. The temperature underground is comfortable all year round.
