Half Day Tour Soweto

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SOWETO TOWNSHIP TOUR HALFDAY

Tour Code:	TO/01
Operates:	Daily
From:	All hotels, guest houses, private residences, offices and OR Tambo International Airport.
Departure:	From 08h15 or +-13h45
Return:	+-14h35 or +-18h00
Duration:	4-5 Hours
Transport:	7-Seater or 14-Seater air-conditioned vehicles LARGER coaches can be arranged.
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Soweto, like any city, is a mixture of (as Sowetans themselves say), “The good, the bad and the ugly”. It is also one of the most remarkable and fascinating places for the visitor. It is thus rightly up there in the top 20 tourism destinations in the country, and no first-time visitor should leave Gauteng without experiencing one of the country’s most extra-ordinary and uplifting communities.

Itinerary:

Start the morning or afternoon with a tour of Soweto, South Africa’s most famous township. Our tour starts as we drive past the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere, the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, the taxi ranks, sidewalk stalls and muti shops of the traditional healers. We continue onto a squatter camp (informal settlement) where you will have a chance to buy arts and crafts of the local people and also take a tour of the squatter camp with a
local guide (optional).

This is a positive and interactive tour which will afford the visitor the opportunity
to meet and speak to the local people.

We continue past VISTA university and onto FREEDOM SQUARE, Kliptown. Today this famous space shows signs of the momentous events that occurred here in the mid-1950’s. Another part of the strategy the resistance leadership devised was the creation of a “People’s Bill of Rights”. This is a very famous document and became known as the Freedom Charter.

Kliptown Soweto was the place chosen for a large public meeting in 1955 during which the contents of the document would be finalized and agreed upon. The tour includes a visit to the OPPENHEIMER TOWER – popular tourist attraction offering a unique vantage point from where most of Soweto can be viewed. Built from the ruins of the old Sophiatown, the tower is set in unusual gardens.

Time allowing, we proceed to CREDO MUTWE VILLAGE of African mythical sculptures.

We continue to the REGINA MUNDI CHURCH with it’s black Madonna, for a guided tour. Regina Mundi, one of 18 Catholic churches in Soweto, is another one of the township’s “must see” sites. Built in 1962, this is the largest Catholic church in South Africa. Also see the home of WINNIE MADIKEZELA MANDELA.

Then on to the HECTOR PETERSON MEMORIAL, a museum dedicated to a young boy who was the first fatality in the June 1976 uprisings, for an informative visit and insight into the riots.
Stand on the only road that carries the honour of two of the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. Drop in at NELSON MANDELA’S home – one of the most visited sights in the country, being the tiny, four-roomed “matchbox” house where the young lawyer lived with his wife and small children during the 1950’s.

We then visit a typical shebeen restaurant for lunch (R90.00 optional extra) for refreshments, for the real cultural experience.

But this is only a portion of your tour. On your return journey, your experienced guide will drive through the more affluent suburbs of Diepkloof Extension with it’s beautiful homes, playgrounds and schools.

Return to your hotel via Johannesburg city for a short city tour.

	Highlights of Tour:
	Matchbox, elephant, houses & hostels Informal settlement: Motseoledi or Kliptown Oppenheimer Tower Credo Mutwa's cultural village Nelson Mandela house museum Hector Peterson Memorial Regina Mundi catholic church African township life Soweto celebrities like Desmond Tutu, Walter Sisulu and Winnie Mandela's house.

	Includes:
	Services of a registered English-speaking tour guide) Full commentary of places of interest Entrance fees

	Excludes:
	Tips and gratuities for guides Refreshments (alcoholic beverages, minerals, etc.) Lunch (can be arranged at a shebeen at R90.00 extra per person) Tip for informal settlement guide

Tour Price:

Price per person quoted in South African Rands (ZAR) From OR Tambo Airport, Jhb Central, Jhb North or Sandton
s	Time	1 Person	2-4 People	5 & more People
Soweto morning	08h15	R600.00	R340.00	R320.00
Soweto afternoon	13h45	R650.00	R360.00	R340.00
Soweto with lunch	08h15	R750.00	R430.00	R420.00

(All prices are based on a minimum of 2 people.
Discounts apply for groups of 6 or more)

Soweto private tour – minimum 2 persons - R500.00 per person

SPECIAL SOWETO HALF-DAY TOUR ON WEDNESDAYS at 09h00 @ R300.00 p/person (minimum 4 persons)