TYPE OF TOUR
SOWETO & JOHANNESBURG CITY TOUR (Full day +- 8hrs)
Hours allocated above include travelling times.
We give service to individuals, small and big groups - contact us to get your rate
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Pick up points:
We pick up from your hotel, guest house, lodge, and work place, around Johannesburg, Johannesburg Central, South, North and North West, in Sandton, Rosebank, Fourways , Melrose Arch, Illovo, Randburg, Roodepoort, Edenvale, Bedfordview, Kempton Park, Boksburg, Alberton, Midrand, Centurion, Pretoria, Rosebank Gautrain Station, OR Tambo International airport including accommodations around the area.
Pick up times: Daily- 9h30 week days, 9h00 weekends and Public holidays
Closed: Good Friday, Christmas and New Year’s Day
Minimum: 1 Person
Package rate inclusions:
Pick up and drop at your address in a comfortable air conditioned vehicle
Guided tour through key Tourists attractions
Entrance to Constitution Hill in Johannesburg
Entrance to Hector Peterson Museum in Soweto
Entrance to Mandela House in Soweto
We combine Soweto and Johannesburg tour to give guests an opportunity to learn more about History, Culture and to compare City life with Township life.
In Soweto, the guided tour will take you through key Tourist attractions. We do the tour of Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum. The tour proceed to the Popular Vilakazi street where Mandela House is situated. Soweto has a rich History of the liberation struggle in South Arica.
Post the 1994 Democratic Election, Soweto has become a place of vibrancy, friendship and contrast. In Johannesburg we do the tour of the Constitution Hill where the South African Constitutional Court is situated.
From Constitution Hill we pass Mandela bridge down town Johannesburg. The array of shops and bustling crowds in Johannesburg make it a great place to feel the vibe of the city.
We use qualified experienced tour guides.
Our drivers have professional driving permits.
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Vilakazi Street
We visit Vilakazi Street, a popular attraction with the Historical. Significance.Vilakazi Street is the only street in the world where two Nobel Prize winners once lived. The houses of the two Nobel Prize Winners: Late President Mandela and Arch-Bishop Emeritus Tutu are situated in this famous street.
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Mandela Museum House
Mandela House in Vilakazi Street Soweto was built in 1945 by Johannesburg City Council .Mandela lived in this house before his life imprisonment. Nelson Mandela’s former house provides an effective, efficient and meaningful experience to all visitors, informing them of the former President Nelson Mandela's story 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.
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City of Johannesburg Tour Details
Johannesburg was established in 1886 on the discovery of Gold. Johannesburg, affectionately called Jo'burg, Jozi, and E'Goli, the "city of gold," is the financial and industrial metropolis of South Africa, built on a rich history of gold mining Johannesburg started developing in December 1886 with the discovery of Gold. The city is named after the two officials who worked in land surveying; Johannes Joubert and Johannes Rissik. The population of the City grew rapidly, becoming a Municipality in 1897. In 2002 it joined ten other municipalities to form the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Today, it is a centre for learning and entertainment for all of Africa. Johannesburg is the capital of Gauteng Province.
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Constitution Hill
Overlooking the City of Johannesburg is the Constitution Hill. Constitution Hill is a former prison that provides fascinating insight into South Africa's history. It is the sight of the Notorious Old Fort Prison complex, commonly known as NUMBER FOUR, where thousands of ordinary criminals and Political Prisoners were brutally punished before the dawn of Democracy in 1994. Most of South Africa's leading Political activists, including Mahatma Ghandi and Nelson Mandela were detained here. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned here before his Rivonia Trial in 1964.
Constitution Hill is the new home of the Constitutional Court. The old Awaiting Trial building has been transformed into the Constitutional Court of South Africa, a symbol of freedom, which works to protect the rights of the entire nation's people. The first court session in the new building at this location was held in February 2004. Guided tours of Constitutional Hill offer valuable insight into its rich history.
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Soweto Tour Details
Soweto is the melting pot of South African Urban Culture and history. It is the must-see for tourists who are looking to see more than the big 5.
You will have the opportunity to see the various parts of Soweto, how some communities are still in need of development and Poverty alleviation and how some areas have turned into "small affluent suburbs. The first houses in Soweto, were built in 1930 at the Townships called Klipspruit and Orlando, South West of Johannesburg. From 1930 until 1960 more than 80 000 houses were built in Soweto. Johannesburg City Council adopted the Collective name: SOWETO for all the Townships South West of Johannesburg.
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Sakhumzi restaurant buffet lunch (optional)
Sakhumzi Restaurant in Vilakazi Street Soweto, is serving South African Cuisine Buffet lunch in the form of dumplings, Rice, Pap, Sump and Tripe. Other meals served include Mutton, Beef, Chicken, fish, Vegetables and Salad and desert. The restaurant caters for individuals, Leisure groups, Corporate groups and Team building groups. Give us an opportunity to organise buffet lunch for your leisure or corporate group
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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK OVERNIGHT SAFARI PACKAGES
We have experience to make your Safari memorable; providing great service since 2004. Our tours are Private, conducted by well qualified responsible tour guides, with an extensive knowledge of the Kruger Park camps. For transportation we use fully insured comfortable air conditioned vehicles. We pick up and drop off at O R Tambo International airport and hotels around the area and, at accommodation establishments in Johannesburg-Sandton, Rosebank, and Fourways, in Kempton Park, Midrand, and Pretoria etc.
We include Panorama route on our Safari package, to give visitors an opportunity to visit Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God’s window and the three rondavels along the spectacular scenery of the Blyde river Canon.
KRUGER 3 DAY SAFARI PACKAGE WITH PANORAMA ROUTE
KRUGER 4 DAY SAFARI PACKAGE WITH PANORAMA ROUTE
KRUGER PARK CAMPS ACCOMMODATION
RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRE-CAUTIONS
* Guests are advised to take anti -malaria precautions before visiting the Park.
* Use insect repellents
* Bring light and warm clothes.
* Rain coat recommended for rainy days
* Do not forget your camera
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Lion and Safari Park
The Lion and Safari Park is a 600 hectare wilderness reserved, situated in the Cradle of Humankind Guests are guaranteed an opportunity to get extremely close to many of Africa's most exciting animals.
The Lion Park is home to more than 85 Lions; including rare White lion, and many other Carnivores, such as Cheetah and Wild dogs. A variety of Antelopes indigenous to Africa are also found. The Lion Park is not a Zoo; herbivores are roaming freely in the park.
While exploring the Park guests will get an opportunity to view amazing herbivores such a Zebra, Giraffe, Gemsbok, Springbuck, Blesbuck, Sable, Nyala and many more. Three prides of Lions are kept in camps including the Wild dogs.
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Restaurants
Lion and Safari Park has restaurants selling a variety of dishes.
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