Half-Day Tour of Soweto Tour

Activity Description

Experience a city within a city! Our half-day Soweto tour is an opportunity to experience the hustle and bustle of the vibrant city and learn more about events that shaped South Africa’s past. Born and raised in Soweto, your tour guide takes you to historic sites and cultural hotspots to showcase the city’s rich history and its modern-day culture.

From the dusty streets of Motsoaledi informal settlement to the vibrant cultural hub of Vilakazi Street and iconic heritage sites that commemorate the city’s turbulent past and the peoples struggle for freedom and equality; you’re encourage to interact with the people of Soweto and not just spectate.

Highlights:
FNB Soccer Stadium
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and taxi rank
Diepkloof
Motsoaledi informal settlement
Freedom Square
Regina Mundi
Church Hector
Pieterson Museum
Mandela House Museum
Vilakazi Street Orlando Towers

Arrangements

Duration3 hours

Whensubject to availability

WhereJHB/PTA - Pilanesberg

WeatherNot Applicable

What to WearNot Applicable

Things to Bring Not Applicable

Guests or SpectatorsItinerary Depart from Johannesburg Download PDF Day 1 - Experience Soweto Soweto After pick-ups, we convene at FNB Soccer Stadium on the outskirts of Soweto. Meet your guide and listen to a short explanation of the famous soccer stadium and the role it played in Soweto’s history. We set off to the heart of Soweto, driving past Baragwanath Hospital, an enormous taxi rank and the historic suburb of Diepkloof. Our first stop in Soweto is at Motsoaledi informal settlement. Walk through the streets with your guide past street cafés and craft markets to a community centre that MoAfrika sponsors. Greet and meet the people in the settlement and learn more about their way of life. We continue on through Orlando West to the hub of Soweto. We stop outside Regina Mundi Church and Freedom Square for a quick overview (optional to go inside) and then go to the Hector Pieterson Museum (closed on Mondays) for a formal tour. We make our way down the vibrant Vilakazi Street, past iconic monuments and the homes of Nelson and Winnie Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Time permitting, you have the option of stopping at Nelson Mandela Museum for a visit (own cost). The morning ends at the massive Soweto Towers. This tour excludes lunch so grab yourself something to eat and drink (own cost) from a café, stroll around the craft market and watch people or join in bungee jumping off the towers (own cost and time permitting). After a fascinating morning in Soweto, your guide takes you back to your accommodation in Johannesburg. Return Johannesburg

Requirements

Minimum Age6 years

Minimum Height0.0 m

Maximum Height0.0 m

Fitness LevelNo Fitness Requirement

Maximum Weight0.0 kg

CertificationNot Applicable

Experience LevelNo Experience Requirement

Inclusions and Exclusions

Inclusions

Collection and drop off from any address in Johannesburg
Transfer in an air-conditioned tour vehicle
Hector Pieterson Museum

Exclusions

Lunch and beverages
Purchases of a personal nature

Notes

If you plan to fly out of OR Tambo International Airport on the last day of your travels, we suggest reserving a domestic flight that departs no earlier than 19h30 and an international flight that departs no earlier than 21h00.

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