Soweto Guided Tour with Local Cuisine

Our programs consists of excursions for all interests, adjusted to the features of every market. Excursions are guided by skilled and experienced guides and aim to cover every aspect of interest in the region.
If you are looking for a change on schedule and want to spice your social life a little bit, try this Soweto guided tour. Soweto has a lot to provide to their tourists so that they forget some things behind and dive into the aura of the city.
During this tour you Visit Mandela and Desmond Tutu Houses, get a choice to taste some of the most exotic mouthwatering local dishes which include Shisa Nyama, a local traditional Babaque experience and a cold local Soweto Gold beer. Have a choice of enjoying lunch of a traditional buffet at Sakhumzi Restaurant on Vilakazi Street. The atmosphere is awesome and is in an amazing surrounding. You will mix and mingle with the locals of Soweto. You will have a choice to visit a Shanty town, the idea will be to donate to the poor families.

What's included:

• English speaking guide

Not included:

• Personal Purchases

What to expect:

Duration: 4 hours

Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Pick up at your Hotel, welcome and general introduction

10 minutes

Houghton Estate

Houghton Estate

Houghton Estate is one of the most affluent suburbs of Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela lived in this neighborhood and he is most famous resident of Houghton Estate. A surprise house can be seen here, the house of Nelson Mandela where he lived during his presidency and he died in his in December 2013.

20 minutes

Munro Drive

Munro Drive, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, 2198, South Africa

A national monument built by Italian prisoners of war captured during the Second World War, The Munro Drive is overlooking the northern suburbs of Johannesburg with a beautiful scenic view of world's largest man made subtropical forest.

10 minutes

Hillbrow

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa

Hillbrow is where the results of influx are foreseen. Johannesburg has been the New York of Africa a home to a huge population of immigrants, if not from foreign shores then from elsewhere in the continent or at least elsewhere in South Africa. As you drive through the different neighborhoods, the contrast makes you feel like you are driving from one country to another.

20 minutes

FNB Stadium

Gate B, Soccer City Avenue,, , Johannesburg, 2147

Drive past this iconic landmark which is currently the largest football stadium in Africa. The stadium hosted the opening ceremony, other matches and the final of 2010 FIFA World Cup.

10 minutes

Diepkloof Soweto

Marthinus Smuts Dr, Diepkloof Zone 5, Diepmeadow, 1862, South Africa

The area is divided into different sections. Diepkloof Extension is recognized as an upmarket part of Soweto with the most professionals living in the section. It is characterised by formal, owner-built, large Houses, owned by the Black lower and upper middle class. Presently, Diepkloof is characterised by higher than average House Prices as compared to the other Suburbs of Soweto.

10 minutes

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital - Casualty

Old Potchefstroom Road, Diepkloof Zone 6, Diepmeadow, 1862, South Africa

Chris Hani Baragwanath is a public Hospital considered to be the 3rd largest hospital in the world, occupying around 173 acres (0.70 km2), with approximately 3200 beds and about 6'760 staff members. See the hospital view as we drive past and learn about interesting stories about the hospital.

10 minutes

Orlando Towers

, , Soweto

The two cooling towers are a prominent landmark in Soweto. Now used as an entertainment center housing a famous Bungee jump and a barbecue restaurant

10 minutes

Hector Pieterson Museum and Memorial

8287 Khumalo St, , Soweto

A self guided tour this Museum chronicling the 1976 Soweto student uprising and named after one of its victims a thirteen year old boy. The museum today is a symbol of resistance against the brutality of the apartheid regime

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Mandela House

8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804

Explore in a guided tour the exhibits and artefacts in a previous house of the nation's revered former president Nelson Mandela. This house been entrenched as one of South Africa's most significant heritage sites, it tells the tales and stories in sound, film, interpretive panels and guided tours.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sakhumzi Restaurant

6980 Vilakazi St, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804, South Africa

The thriving heart of Soweto is one of the most well-known streets in South Africa, Vilakazi Street.
While Vilakazi Street may be the only street in the world that can claim to have had two Nobel Laureates as residents - the late Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. The true electricity of this street comes from those who now call it home, each with their own beautiful stories.
Sakhumzi Restaurant is located on Vilakazi Street near the Mandela House Museum. Sakhumzi, which means “building a house”, is popular for its Soweto-style buffet - a variety of proudly South African traditional cuisine such as umngqusho (samp and beans), mogodu (tripe) and dombolo (steamed bread). Travellers can also feast on the range of self-styled signature dishes named after various Soweto locations.

40 minutes

Johannesburg

Johannesburg

After this wonderful experience, you will be dropped back at your hotel in Johannesburg

30 minutes