SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG & APARTHEID MUSEUM TOUR

Overview

Get to know the city of gold Johannesburg as well as Soweto which is referred to as the city within the city. Visit the iconic Apartheid Museum and learn about our political and historical past.

What happens in the Soweto, Johannesburg & Apartheid Museum Tour?

This is the popular 3-in-1 tour to experience Johannesburg and surrounding areas in one day. The tour is ideal for people who have limited time in Johannesburg but want to see and experience a lot.

Soweto, Johannesburg & Apartheid Museum Tour Itinerary

Tour Starts

• Pick up at hotel or arranged point.
• Stop at the Constitutional Hill for a guided tour. The complex is a former prison that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past.
• After the Constitutional Hill tour we drive to the city centre of Johannesburg via the Nelson Mandela bridge which is the largest cable bridge in South Africa.
• We drive through Johannesburg and see landmarks like Bree Street taxi rank, Reserve Bank, Johannesburg Library, City Hall and Carlton Centre.
• After the city tour we proceed to Soweto and make our first stop at the Welcome to Soweto sign for photos.
• Our next stop for photos is at the Orlando Towers, one of the landmarks of Soweto.
• Stop at the Hector Pieterson Museum. Here we stop for a briefing about the 1976 Soweto students uprising. We only do the memorial site as the information inside the museum is repeated at the Apartheid Museum.
• Our next stop is Mandela House Museum for a full guided tour.
• Enjoy lunch at one of the restaurants in Vilakazi Street in Soweto or at the Apartheid Museum restaurant.
• After lunch we drive out of Vilakazi Street to our last stop the Apartheid Museum.
• Apartheid Museum tour. The tour guide will give you an orientation and a museum brochure to make it easy for guests to navigate the museum with ease. Note that the museum is big.
• At the end of the tour you will be driven back to your drop off point after having a busy and informative day.