SOWETO HALF DAY TOUR (Half day: ± 4 hours)

Hours allocated above include travelling times.
We give service to individuals, small and big groups including leisure/corporate, students and school groups, package rates are on request.

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Pick up and drop off points:
We do Private pick ups and drop offs at hotels/ guest houses/ Airbnbs/ Places of work in Johannesburg South, North and North west including Sandton, Rosebank, Melrose Arch, Houghton,Westcliff, Melville,Fourways, Roodepoort etc;East of Johannesburg including Kempton Park and hotels around OR Tambo airport etc; In Mulderdrift, Lanseria, Midrand, Centurion and Pretoria.

Minimum: 1 pax
Maximum: 100+ pax

Closed: Christmas day, Day of Goodwill, New Year's day and Good Friday

Package rate inclusions:
• Pick up and drop off in a comfortable air conditioned vehicle
• Passenger Liability insurance
• Guided tour through key tourist attractions
• Visit to Hector Peterson Museum
• Visit to Vilakazi street where Mandela House is situated
• Entrance to Mandela House

Please note:
*Buffet lunch at Sakhumzi restaurant is optional and available on own account for individuals
*We offer leisure/ corporate group package inclusive of lunch, however groups also have an option to exclude   lunch on the tour package
* School tour package is without lunch, you will advise incase you need Sakhumzi buffet lunch to be included on your school tour package.
WHAT TO BRING
*Your camera or smart phone for picture opportunities.
* Cash/ card to buy items of personal interest from the flea markets/ curio shops at the sites we visit.

 

LEISURE / CORPORATE GROUPS PACKAGE+ LUNCH

Package rate inclusions
*Pick up and drop off in a  comfortable air conditioned mini- bus or coach
*Guided tour
*Entrance to Hector Pieterson museum
*Entrance to Mandela House
*Sakhumzi restaurant South African cuisine  buffet lunch OR Chaf Pozi Sishanyama  (barbecue) lunch
Drinks are available on own account

SCHOOL GROUPS PACKAGE

Package rate inclusions:
*Pick up and drop off at your school in a comfortable air conditioned mini bus or coach
*Guided tour
*Entrance fee to Hector Pieterson museum
*Entrance fee to Mandela House

We use qualified experienced tour guides.
Our drivers have professional driving permits.

Soweto Overview

Soweto is the popular attraction in Johannesburg for both locals and International tourists.
It is the biggest settlement area in South Africa, the melting pot of South African Urban Culture consisting of 32 townships clustered together with a mix of diverse cultures and Ethnic groups.
Post 1994 democratic elections, Soweto has become place of vibrancy friendship and contrast.
The houses of the two Nobel Prize winners - former President Mandela and Arch bishop Emeritus Tutu are situated in the Popular Vilakazi street.
This tour gives you insight about Soweto’s different faces.
You will have an opportunity to see various parts of Soweto, how some communities are in need of development and poverty alleviation and, how some communities have turned into smart affluent Suburbs.

Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum

Hector Peterson Memorial museum is named after Hector (Pitso) Pieterson a 13 year old boy who was the first child to be killed on the 16th June 1976 during Students’ uprisings.

The memorial interprets the Memory, Legacy and History of the 1976 National uprisings. Since its establishment in 2002 it has developed a diverse collection of Oral testimonies, Historical documents and the Material culture of the uprisings.

Flea Markets

Flea markets selling curios, beaded work, African clothing and many more are available in Vilakazi Street and at Hector Peterson Museum.

 

Mandela Museum House

Mandela House in Vilakazi Street Soweto was built in 1945 by Johannesburg City Council .Mandela lived in this house before his life imprisonment. Nelson 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.