Soweto Apartheid Museum and Mandela House Tour

We give you an opportunity to learn about the liberation struggle in South Africa and the culture of black people in townships, by combining the Soweto and Apartheid museum tours.
In Soweto, we drive through Diepkloof Extension, hostels, and family units, pass Baragwanath hospital, squatter camps/ informal settlements, and Orlando Towers on our way to the Popular attraction-Vilakazi Street where Mandela house is situated.
At Apartheid Museum you do the tour of a series of 22 individual exhibitions
that include film footage, Photographs, Text panels, and Artefacts depicting how Apartheid affected the people of South Africa.
Apartheid museum is also a beacon of hope, you learn how South Africa is coming to terms with its oppressive past and working towards a future that all South Africans can call their own.
You also do the tour of Mandela exhibition where Mandela's extraordinary life is explored through seven themes: CHARACTER, COMRADE, LEADER, PENSIONER, NEGOTIATOR, and STATESMAN.

What's included:

• Guided tour
• Pick up and drop off in a comfortable air conditioned standard vehicle

Not included:

• Items of personal interest from shops and flea market
• Entrance fees to the museums

What to expect:

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes

Diepkloof Zone 4

Diepkloof Zone 4, Diepmeadow, 1862, South Africa

We drive through the Diepkloof extension and stop to view Diepkloof hostels and Family units, as we share information about the housing project which was initiated to move hostel dwellers to family units.
The tour proceeds, and we pass Baragwanath Hospital, the biggest hospital in Southern Africa and the third biggest hospital in the world.

15 minutes

Orlando Towers

, , Soweto

Orlando towers are one of the distinctive landmarks in the neighborhoods of Soweto. The towers were cooling towers for the coal-run power station supplying electricity to Johannesburg over 50 years.
The station was closed in 1998 and transformed into an entertainment and sporting center in 2008.
The towers are always
covered with bright colours since they are used by companies to advertise their products.

15 minutes

Vilakazi Street

Vilakazi Street, Soweto, 1804

Vilakazi Street is one of the Popular attractions with Historical significance.
It is the only street in the world where two Nobel Prize winners once lived.
The houses of the two Nobel Prize Winners are situated on this street.the late President Mandela and the late Arch-Bishop Emeritus Tutu's houses are situated on this street.
We give you time to browse the flea market selling clothes, artifacts, and curios in case there is a need.
Sakhumzi restaurant is situated on this Popular street close to Mandela house.
The restaurant serves South African Cuisine buffet lunch in the form of dumplings, Rice, Pap, Samp, and Tripe.
Other meals served include Beef stew, Sausages, Chicken, Veggies, Salads and dessert.
Light lunch restaurants are also available.Lunch is Optional.

30 minutes

Mandela House

8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804

Mandela Museum House in Vilakazi Street Soweto was built in 1945 by the Johannesburg City Council.
Mandela lived in this house before his life imprisonment.
This 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 and International community.
Have an opportunity to view and know where the statesman lived.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Apartheid Museum

Northern Park Way and Gold Reef Rd, Johannesburg, 2001

The structure of the museum outside is symbolic of the events of Apartheid, and how South Africa is getting
into terms with what happened in the past. Outside the museum towards the entrance, you view the 7 pillars that are symbolic of the 7 fundamental values of the country's constitution: Democracy, Equality, reconciliation, diversity, responsibility, respect, and freedom.
At the entrance, practically, one can see and learn how Apartheid policies affected the people of South Africa.
Inside the museum, you do the tour of a series of 22 individual exhibitions
that include film footage, Photographs, Text panels, and Artefacts.
The museum is a beacon of hope, you learn how South Africa is coming to terms with its oppressive past and working towards a future that all South Africans can call their own.
You also do the tour of Mandela exhibition where Mandela's extraordinary life is explored through seven themes: CHARACTER, COMRADE, LEADER, PENSIONER, NEGOTIATOR, and STATESMAN.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included