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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Soweto is the popular attraction in Johannesburg for both local and International communities.
Post 1994 Democratic Elections,Soweto has become the place of frienship,Vibrancy and diversity.
You will experience how some communities in Soweto are still in need of development and poverty alleviation and how some communities have turned into smart affluent Suburbs.
This tour gives you insight about Soweto’s different faces.
Our guided tour will take you through Diepkloof Extension,hostels, Baragwamath hospital and Orlando Towers on our way to Hector Pieterson Museum.At Hector Pieterson museum you learn about Soweto student Uprisings in 1976 and the struggle against inequalities in South Africa.
The tour proceed to the popular tourist attraction Vilakazi street where Mandela house is situated.
We give you an opportunity to do the tour of this house in order to learn more about the statesman.
The flea market in Vilakazi street has African clothing,Artefacts and Curios guests can browse.
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Guided tour
Pick up and drop off at your address in a standard air conditioned vehicle
Lunch and drinks are available on own account at one of the local restaurants
Entrance to Hector Pieterson museum.Entrance is optional.The museum is closed on Mondays.
Entrance to Mandela house
Items of personal interest
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Traveler pickup
Lanseria Airport, Lanseria, South Africa
Orlando Towers, Soweto, South Africa The guided tour will take you through Diepkloof Extension; we stop to view and to share information about the family units project at Diepkloof hostels.
We pass Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital the third largest hospital in the world after the two largest hospitals in China.
We stop at Orlando towers the distinctive landmark in the neighborhoods of Soweto to take pictures. The towers were cooling towers for the coal run power station supplying electricity to Johannesburg. The station was closed in 1998, and transformed into,sporting,entertainment and business center in 2008.
The towers are used by businesses to advertise their products. Branding not permanent. 15 minutes
Hector Pieterson Memorial, Soweto, South Africa Hector Pieterson memorial museum depicts events of the 1976 Soweto Students' Uprisings and the struggle for democracy in South Africa.
It interprets the memory,legacy,and history of the 1976 students' uprisings.
We give you time to browse the flea market selling curios, beaded work, and African clothing by Hector Pieterson incase there is a need.
30 minutes
Vilakazi Street, Soweto, South Africa Vilakazi street is the Popular attraction in Soweto for both locals and International guests.
The houses of the two Nobel Prize winners former President Mandela and Archbishop Emeritus Tutu are situated in this street.
Sakhumzi restaurant is situated in this street close to Mandela house.
The restaurant is serving South African Cuisine Buffet lunch in the form of dumplings, rice,mealie porridge (pap), Samp and sour Sorghum porridge.
Other meals served include , Beef stew, Chicken,Sausages( boerewors )Vegetables, Salads and desert.
Lunch is optional.
30 minutes
Mandela House, Soweto, South Africa We visit Mandela house in Vilakazi street.
Mandela lived in this house with his family before his life imprisonment.
Mandela’s former house provides an effective, efficient and meaningful experience to all visitors, informing them of the former President Nelson Mandela's story in the context of his life as a whole, in a manner that promotes Human rights, Democracy, Reconciliation, Mutual respect and tolerance amongst the people of South Africa and International community.
45 minutes
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Peter_S
02 Mar 2023
Seeing the reality of people’s lives. It opened my eyes on the hardship still continuing in Seweto. The Mandela house was fascinating to see as was the museum that showed the horror of 1976
The lady that showed me around had the knowledge to share the experience
Ismail_J
17 Mar 2022
Very good experience. The driver was very kind and accommodating. Although it was raining heavily that day, the driver was able to show us many areas.
This tour in
Johannesburg
is organized by
LBK Tours and Safaris
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