Cullinan: Premier diamond mine tours

Where: South Africa · Africa · approx. -25.67, 28.52 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: the kimberlite pipe that yielded the 3,106 ct Cullinan Diamond in 1905, still working and billed as the only active diamond mine in the world open to the public

What turns up: eyes-only: open pit rim, kimberlite, historic headgear and Oak Avenue mining village; buy small diamonds from licensed town jewellers

Access: Licensed / permit.

Fee-paying guided tours only: visitor form and ID copies required at least 2 working days ahead for mine tours; no collecting of any kind, this is a working Petra Diamonds operation

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.