Explore the heart of bustling Johannesburg, the third largest city in Africa. Visit various Soweto areas where the history of Apartheid began in 1948. Learn about and understand the country's difficult past with a local, knowledgeable guide.

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Duration 8 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Driver: English, French, Portuguese
Pickup included: Pick–up from your Johannesburg or surrounding area hotel. Please note that the pick-up might take up to one hour. Based on the hotel location, you will be picked up between 8am-9am.
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

Explore the heart of Johannesburg and view landmark buildings and structures including the Carlton Centre Tower and the Nelson Mandela Bridge
Visit the Apartheid Museum and the house of Nelson Mandela
Learn about the county's turbulent past with a local guide

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Be picked-up from your hotel for a full-day tour of Johannesburg, the Apartheid Museum and Soweto. Begin your explorations in the heart of bustling Johannesburg, the third largest city in Africa. Pass landmark buildings and structures such as the Hillbrow Tower, one of the tallest towers in Africa, the sky-scraping Ponte City, Sentech and Carlton Centre Towers, and the multimillion-rand Nelson Mandela Bridge. Stop at the Apartheid Museum in the south of the city that showcases the notorious system of racial discrimination that became synonymous with South Africa from 1948 until 1994. The museum has two entrances labelled ‘white’ and ‘non-white’ giving visitors a tiny taste of some of apartheid’s prejudiced rules. Learn about this system of racial classification inside the museum with harrowing personal testimonials and historical facts. Leaving the hustle and bustle of central Johannesburg behind, the tour will proceed to historical Soweto, an iconic South African township that experienced many student uprisings and much police brutality during the apartheid era. Visit the Hector Pieterson Museum and Memorial, and see the house of Nelson Mandela. After an interesting and thought provoking day head back to your hotel on a comftable air-conditioned coach.

Includes

Hotel pick-up and drop off
Transportation by air-conditioned minivan or sedan
Local driver/guide
Entrance fees
Bottled water

Lunch
Gratuities (optional)

Covid-19 precautions

You must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask
You must fill out a travel information form
You will receive a mandatory temperature check

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Children must be accompanied by an adult
Adult pricing applies to all travelers
Dress code is casual and comfortable, walking shoes are recommended

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Overall rating

4.9 /5

based on 140 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.9/5
Transportation
4.9/5
Value for money
4.6/5
Safety
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Our full day tour with James was fantastic! He did such a great job at explaining the history and facts about all of our stops and was entertaining as well. It didn’t feel like an all day event since he made everything enjoyable. All of the places we visited were great with a good amount of time at each stop. We definitely learned a lot and tried to soak it all in. I would highly recommend this tour, especially with James!

March 23, 2020

This was the highlight of my time in South Africa. Amazing tour which gives you a deep understanding of South Africa's history in a way that is very good to follow. My guide was the best! So knowledgeable, so friendly and tailored the tour to out interests. He never grew tired to answer all questions and shared different perspectives. One could really feel how he sincerely enjoys showing us his country. The way he interacted with everyone on the street showed how sincerely nice he is. I also really loved Soweto and the lunch we had. This is not a tour that extensively walks you though the very deprived areas of Soweto to look at poor people which I appreciated. No need for this sort of tourism. On the contrary, you see a real picture and interact with people.

January 9, 2020

was very good , saw so much , 2 hours not enough time at the apartheid Museum you have to skip through so much of the information , lunch is a bit of a tourist trap and costs 205 Rand for the food which is a lot of money for Soweto but was good .. saw lots of other stuff , sometime we couldn't stop as not safe, Our Tour guide Christian was amazing new some much info and was very funny too.. i had a great time

December 21, 2019

Johannesburg and Soweto Apartheid Full Day Tour

Johannesburg and Soweto Apartheid Full Day Tour

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