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Soweto Private half day tour

By LBK Tours
9.4 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is S$153 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Soweto is the popular attraction in Johannesburg for both local and International communities.
Post 1994 Democratic Elections,Soweto has become the place of frienship,Vibrancy and diversity.
You will experience how some communities in Soweto are still in need of development and poverty alleviation and how some communities have turned into smart affluent Suburbs.
This tour gives you insight about Soweto’s different faces.
Our guided tour will take you through Diepkloof Extension,hostels, Baragwamath hospital and Orlando Towers on our way to Hector Pieterson Museum.At Hector Pieterson museum you learn about Soweto student Uprisings in 1976 and the struggle against inequalities in South Africa.
The tour proceed to the popular tourist attraction Vilakazi street where Mandela house is situated.
We give you an opportunity to do the tour of this house in order to learn more about the statesman.
The flea market in Vilakazi street has African clothing,Artefacts and Curios guests can browse.

Activity location

  • Orlando Towers
    • Soweto, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Orlando Towers
    • Soweto, South Africa

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Rates
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
S$153.15 x 1 AdultS$153.15
Total
Price is S$153.15
Until Tue, 19 Aug

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPick up and drop off at your address in an air conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch and drinks are available on own account at one of the local restaurants
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance to Mandela House: R180 per person, Students and children 12- 18: R70 ( Proof required )
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance to Hector Pieterson: R100 per person,Students:R50 (Proof required)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedItems of personal interest at local shops and flea market

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Orlando Towers
  • 15m
The guided tour will take you through Diepkloof Extension; we stop to view and to share information about the family units project at Diepkloof hostels. We pass Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital the third largest hospital in the world after the two largest hospitals in China. We stop at Orlando towers the distinctive landmark in the areas of Soweto to take pictures. The towers were cooling towers for the coal run power station supplying electricity to Johannesburg. The station was closed in 1998, and transformed into,sporting,entertainment and business centre in 2008. The towers are used by businesses to advertise their products. Branding not permanent.
Hector Pieterson Memorial
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Hector Pieterson memorial museum depicts events of the 1976 Soweto Students' Uprisings and the struggle for democracy in South Africa. It interprets the memory,legacy,and history of the 1976 students' uprisings. We give you time to browse the flea market selling curios, beaded work, and African clothing by Hector Pieterson incase there is a need.
Vilakazi Street
  • 30m
Vilakazi street is the Popular attraction in Soweto for both locals and International guests. The houses of the two Nobel Prize winners former President Mandela and Archbishop Emeritus Tutu are situated in this street. Sakhumzi restaurant is situated in this street close to Mandela house. The restaurant is serving South African Cuisine Buffet lunch in the form of dumplings, rice,mealie porridge (pap), Samp and sour Sorghum porridge. Other meals served include , Beef stew, Chicken,Sausages( boerewors )Vegetables, Salads and desert. Lunch is optional.
Mandela House
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
We visit Mandela house in Vilakazi street. Mandela lived in this house with his family before his life imprisonment. Mandela’s former house provides an effective, efficient and meaningful experience to all visitors, informing them of the former President Nelson Mandela's storey 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 and International community.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESOrlando Towers
    • Soweto, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOrlando Towers
    • Soweto, South Africa

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