Soweto Half Day Tour

Overview

Visit Soweto and experience it in our half day tour. Soweto is a city of enterprise and cultural interaction. From the famous township to the emotional Hector Pieterson and Mandela  House museums. This half day tour promises to be filled with plenty of South African history, culture and memories.

What happens in the Soweto Half Day Tour?

Mosikare Tours offers a unique experience in our Soweto Half Day tour. It is perfect for when you have limited time in Johannesburg but want to see and learn a lot about the culture and lifestyle of the people of Soweto in a short space of time. On this Soweto Half Day tour, we cater for individuals, corporate South Africa as well international and local leisure groups. At the end of this popular and unique tour you will have seen the good, the bad and the not so good faces of Soweto.

Soweto Half Day Tour Itinerary

Tour Starts

• Meet your experienced, friendly and qualified Soweto tour guide.
• We make our first stop at the Soccer City Stadium for photos before entering Soweto.
• Enter Soweto via Diepkloof Extension which is the upmarket jewel of Soweto.
• Drive past Baragwanath Hospital – the biggest hospital in the southern hemisphere.
• Then its time to head past Orlando Towers, the iconic landmark of Soweto.
• Our next stop is Kliptown informal settlement. At this location you will be taken on a guided tour of the settlement by a local site guide. The guided tour will show you the harsh realities of poverty and it is an eye-opening experience. A true reflection of the unfortunate circumstance of informal dwelling.
• The tour then continues to Orlando West and enters through Vilakazi Street. This is the world-renowned street that has housed two Nobel Peace prize winners, namely Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
• We stop at Mandela House for a full guided tour of the museum. The family house is revamped and filled with interesting artefacts and memorabilia pertaining to South African liberation icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela.
• We make our next brief stop at the site where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed by the police during the 1976 students uprising.
• The trip continues to our last stop at the Hector Pieterson precinct. This is the site where the whole story about the 1976 student uprising is told.
• The Hector Pieterson Museum is fascinating and has a state-of-the-art multimedia centre depicting scenes leading to the Soweto students uprising that changed the political landscape of South African history.
• Depart Soweto. The individual or group returns to their point of origin having experienced Soweto township life in its many forms.