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Soweto, Lunch & Apartheid Museum
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 6h
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Selective hotel pickup
Overview
- Mandela House
- Soweto Towers
- Hector Peterson Memorial
- Apartheid Museum
Activity location
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Soweto, Lunch & Apartheid Museum
- 6h
- English
What's included, what's not
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Entry to Hector Pieterson Museum
- Entry ticket to Apartheid Museum
- Lunch
- Drinks
- Service charge
- Entry ticket to Nelson Mandela House Museum.
What you can expect
Overview
Get the experience of being a local Soweto resident by spending your day in one of the largest townships in South Africa; as we drive and walk through the vibrant Soweto Township.
Come enjoy the day as we go through the Rich history and culture in Soweto, we will also have lunch at one of the local restaurants before we end our day at the Apartheid Museum where you will learn about the events of apartheid in South Africa.
NB: PLEASE NOTE APARTHEID MUSEUM IS CLOSED ON MONDAY'S & TUESDAYS.
Itinerary:
• Pick up at residence.
• Stop at the FNB Stadium which hosted the 2010 Football World Cup Final.
• We then start our Soweto tour in Diepkloof as we discuss the different housing.
• Drive past the hostels which has been transformed from migrant labour accommodation to informal family units.
• Drive past Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital which is the one of the largest hospitals.
• We then view the Soweto Towers which is now the landmark of Soweto.
• Then we visit one of the most prestigious streets in the world Vilakazi Street; which was home to the 2 Noble Peace Prize Winners Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela here you will get a chance to do some souvenir shopping and view the Mandela House Museum from outside.
• Visit the Hector Pieterson Memorial; where you will get an overview of the events of the 1976 Soweto Student Uprising.
• We then off to enjoy lunch at a local restaurant, (Drinks at your own cost)
• We visit the Apartheid Museum, here you will learn about the events of apartheid in South Africa. (ONLY WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY)
• Tour ends we drive back for guests drop off.
Please note duration of the tour is dependant on the number of people we have in a group tour, e.g. tour with 2 people will go faster than that of 13 people. We deliver the tour based on the itinerary.
Location
Activity location
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa