Johannesburg and Soweto Private Guided Tour with Shebeen Lunch.
This tour is private just for you with our guide. Johannesburg is the only major city in the world built because of an underground resource, gold instead of a river or port. For over 100 years it was the world's biggest producer of the yellow metal. Johannesburg and the township of Soweto together make up arguably Africa's most interesting city, least of all because of the vast diversities in race, culture, and wealth of its inhabitants. During this full-day private tour, your informative guide highlights places and events that changed the cultural and political landscape of South Africa and in some cases the world. See the former homes (both old and recent) of Nelson Mandela and spend time exploring the Apartheid Museum. Your customizable itinerary includes lunch on vibrant Vilakazi Street in Soweto. Changes can be made to add going down a gold mine, seeing Gandhis home, who, during his 20 years in South Africa he became the human rights activist we know him as today.
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Johannesburg and Soweto Private Guided Tour with Shebeen Lunch.
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(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Carlton Centre
The Carlton Centre is located in what was once Johannesburg's most prestigious central business district, now called the "old CBD". The now dated but well-maintained building towers above the city and you can see magnificent 360-degree views from its 50th floor called the “Top of Africa”. Hailed as a huge groundbreaking feat in building design when built it is an impressive building inside and out. The shops in the mall at ground level are in themselves are full of what the South Africans who shop here want to buy. They range from the most modern of technological and consumer products to traditional African remedies potions, foods, musical instruments, and ethnic clothing. There is even the store from which Nelson Mandela bought his outfits, having moved here from the older building outside. Mahatma Gandhi practiced law from an office closeby during his 20 years in South Africa and there is a display of photos of him and turn of the 19th century Joburg scenes.
Apartheid Museum
The Apartheid Museum traces the history of this abhorrent form of South African society but also celebrates our emergence out of it into a brave multicultural democracy that still strives to attain equality of opportunity fro all its citizens . It has been described as a masterpiece of Museum design. There is incredible depth to the exhibits and the multi media narratives they illustrate and although they do create a feeling of sadness at the injustices committed spirits are raised by the stories of heroic South Africans who fought and died to create a pathway to something better. You can easily spend the whole day here and still not see it all but 2 hours will give you a good overview of what it was like to live here during these bad old days.There is a book and curio shop focusing on relevant items, and a coffee bar serving light meals. Next to it indigenous grasses and plants are grown to give a glimpse of what this area of the "veld" would have looked like before Joburg existed.
Hector Pieterson Memorial
The murder of a 12-year-old child by police firing on demonstrating school children is commemorated here along with the 70 or more others who died on that fateful but momentous day on the 16th of June 1976. The date is now our National Youth Day and a public holiday. There is a large African crafts market next to it if you want to buy some souvenirs.
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Local taxes
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Souvenirs and curios
- Gratuities
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult, a senior or a youth.
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
If staying at a hotel please wait for us at the ground level foyer or reception. If staying at a private residence or guest house please let us have your mobile number and make sure the gate bell is working so we can call you when we arrive to pick you up.
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