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Soweto
General Information
- Type:
- Cultural
- Price from:
- 240 ZAR /person
- Phone:
- +27845804802
- Fax:
- +27866342002
- Payment Types:
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Cash
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Credit Card
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Cheque
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Travellers cheque
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Paypal
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Wire Transfer
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- Location Start:
- Any (Pretoria)
- Location Finish:
- Any (Pretoria)
- Start time:
- 09.00 am
- End time:
- 12.30 pm
- We Speak:
- English, Afrikaans
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Last updated: 05/21/2009
Experience everyday life in Soweto Township, on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
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Itinerary
Day 1
Experience South Africa's biggest former black township.
Soweto must be the worlds most famous township, with an estimated 3 million inhabitants and more people move to Soweto everyday in the hope of finding jobs in or around Gauteng, the heartbeat of Southern Africa.
What makes Soweto a special township to visit is the fact that it was where the Mandela family lived for most of the struggle against Apartheid. With a drive past taxi ranks, a record holding hospital, a memorial to the innocent, sources of early pollution and a visit to Soweto's Regina Mundi Church (Included in the Basic/Deluxe Choice Tour), this is a tour not to be missed. Not to mention the visit to Mandela Family's old house (Included in the Basic/Deluxe Choice Tour) and the real township-lunch (Included in the Basic/Deluxe Choice Tour). You can also visit a real informal house in a dusty squatter camp(Included in the Deluxe Choice Tour).
Extra Information
- Inclusions -
- Water in the vehicle.
- Exclusions -
- Items of a personal nature e.g. Crafts
- Extras -
- What you can expect to see/do on the tour:
Baragwanath Hospital
Regina Mundi Church*
Soweto/Bara Taxi Rank
Winnie Mandelaâ€s House
Nelson Mandelaâ€s old House*
Hector Petersonâ€s Memorial Site
Township Lunch (Kwota/Township Hamburger)*
Informal Settlements/ squatter camps#
*[Visit included on the Basic/Deluxe Choice Tour]
#[Visit included on the Deluxe Choice Tour]
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