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Soweto: Walking Tour with a Local Guide and Lunch
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Soweto: Walking Tour with a Local Guide and Lunch

By One Day Africa
4.9 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $50 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Get an authentic experience with a Sowetan native
  • Taste traditional, local cuisine.
  • Meet the locals
  • Discover the history of Soweto
  • See the house of Nelson Mandela

Activity location

    • Johannesburg
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Meet your guide in front of the Vilakazi Espresso, opposite the Hector Pieterson Memorial.
    • Soweto, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

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Soweto: Walking Tour with a Local Guide and Lunch
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 1:00 p.m.
Price details
CA $50.38 x 1 AdultCA $50.38
Total
Price is CA $50.38

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's included Local Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Service charge

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users
  • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
  • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
  • You must keep social distance while in vehicles
  • You are required to bring and wear a mask
  • You must bring your own headphones
  • You must fill out a travel information form
  • You will receive a mandatory temperature check

What you can expect

Discover the history of Soweto, where political icons lived during Apartheid, fighting against the regime. Explore the everyday life, meet the locals, taste local cuisine and get an authentic experience with a Sowetan native guide.

Start at the Hector Pietersen Museum and hear about the Soweto uprising that transpired in 1976, which was one the turning point of Apartheid.

Be introduced to the famous house of Nelson Mandela in Vilakazi Street, built in 1945, where he lived until he was imprisoned for 27 years. Have a conversation about Arch bishop Desmond Tutu in the famous street in Vilakazi Street.

Continue through Orlando East, the first formal settlement of Soweto and Orlando Stadium, Soweto football giants, the Orlando Pirate and ride a minibus taxi to the last stop at the Orlando Towers.

Listen to the many personal stories about the family's generations, how apartheid had an impact in each and everyone of them and how Soweto has changed today. Enjoy a traditional, local lunch of Kota (Local burger) or Braii (Barbecue).

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Johannesburg
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Meet your guide in front of the Vilakazi Espresso, opposite the Hector Pieterson Memorial.
    • Soweto, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa