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Impala Stampede sculpture in Main Street.
Love Jozi sculpture in the centre of Gandhi Square.
Pedestrianised Main Street.
Shadow Boxer sculpture of Mandela.
Gandhi Square in the heart of the city.

LocalPlaces Understanding Johannesburg Walking Tour

By LocalPlaces
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $63 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

This is our most famous walking tour and the one we recommend as a first introduction to the city, since it provides the best insight to the history of the city and what makes the contemporary city.

Starting off with a storytelling on the opening history of the city, we walk and explore the ‘Wiser West’, the oldest district of Joburg inner-city. Marvel at the architecture and stories of Joburg during the gold rush, the plush Edwardian era (early 1900s) and all the way to the diverse and energetic current-day Joburg with coffee shops and eateries along Main Street. Admire the Shadow Boxer sculpture where Mandela & Tambo once had offices. Be astonished by the square where Gandhi once worked as a lawyer in the court. This tour tells the full storey of Joburg – from pre-gold rush days to its ‘glory days’, spectacular urban decline and current-day city regeneration. You will leave astonished!

Activity location

  • Marshalltown
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 2 Pritchard St
    • 2 Pritchard Street
    • 2113, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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LocalPlaces Understanding Johannesburg Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 a.m.
Price details
CA $62.75 x 1 AdultCA $62.75

Total
Price is CA $62.75
Until Fri, Dec 27

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedIn-person guide

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Marshalltown
  • 3h
The 'older' part of the Johannesburg CBD and the origins of the city's mining and financial companies can be traced to this architecturally-rich part of the inner-city, known as Marshalltown. Our Understanding Joburg walking tour is also known as the Astonishing Marshalltown tour and is the best introduction to the Johannesburg inner-city. The focus is on the mesmerising history of the city. The tour tells the storey of Joburg’s gold-rush inception, boom days, eventual decline and current regeneration. Starting from Gandhi Square, the tour takes in the pedestrianised Main Street in the corporate mining district, including historic landmarks such as the Mapungubwe Rhino replica, Hollard Street, the Impala Stampede Sculpture and the Shadow Boxer Sculpture in front of Chancellor House, where Mandela & Tambo once had their law offices. It is a thorough historical tour, interspersed with public art and cool pavement cafes.
Gandhi Square
  • 15m
We visit the central square of Johannesburg and view the sculpture of Gandhi as a young lawyer. Yes. Gandhi worked here as a business lawyer when he was a young man!

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMarshalltown
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE2 Pritchard St
    • 2 Pritchard Street
    • 2113, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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