Full-Day Tour of Johannesburg's Highlights

Large Wall Paintings

Urban Area

Mandela House

Highlights

Learn about the history of the Apartheid era at the Apartheid Museum

Pay your respects at the Hector Pieterson Memorial

Discover the life of Nelson Mandela at the Mandela House

Uncover the history and culture of South Africa at Constitutional Hill

Johannesburg, Soweto

cultural, historical, museums

Private Tour

1 Day

Easy

Afrikaans, English

Description

Sign-up for this tour of Johannesburg and learn about South Africa's turbulent yet intriguing past at the Apartheid Museum and Constitutional Hill. Also visit the Hector Pieterson Memorial and the Mandela House, where Nelson Mandela lived and enjoy lunch at the famous Sakhumzi Restaurant.

Itinerary

Johannesburg's Highlights
- Transfer from your hotel to Carlton Centre & Constitutional Hil.
- Uncover the turbulent history and diversity of the people and cultures in the heart of Soweto at the Mandela House and Hector Pieterson Memorial with your South African tour guide.
- Have lunch at the famous Sakhumzi Restaurant. (Not Included, Optional)
- Proceed to the Apartheid Museum, in the South of Johannesburg, dedicated to illustrating the Apartheid era and the 20th-century history of South Africa. Come to discover the history and indulge in the vast amount of literature, providing a more in-depth view of what the Apartheid era was like in South Africa.
- Enjoy at a coffee shop and bookshop here.
- Return to your hotel.

What's Included

English speaking South African tour guide/driver

Return Transfers (pick up & drop off)

Entrance fees:

The Apartheid Museum

Mandela House

Hector Pieterson Memorial

Carlton Center

Constitutional Hill

What's Excluded

Items of personal nature

Meals, drinks & gratuity

Travel insurance

Activities not mentioned

Know Before You Go

Minimum 2 people have to book the tour.

Option to have lunch at the famous Sakhumzi Restaurant. (Additional Price)

Entrance Fees Included: Mandela House & Hector Pieterson Memorial.

Witness and engage with the exhibition for one and a half hours. The museum also has an ongoing programme of temporary exhibitions so add an extra 15 minutes to your visit for this.

Our Johannesburg City Day Tour offers an insight into the history as well as a view of modern Johannesburg. Come and experience the "Jozi" atmosphere. Johannesburg also is known as Jozi, Jo'burg or eGoli, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. The city is one of the 40 largest urban areas in the world and is also the world's largest city not situated on a river, lake, or coastline. While Johannesburg is not officially one of South Africa's three capital cities, it does house the Constitutional Court – South Africa's highest court. The city is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills. Johannesburg is served by O.R. Tambo International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of southern Africa.

Soweto is an affluent hub for development projects and tourism, opening its doors to the world in an attempt to showcase its vibrant social life, renowned for its music and arts. The township's name is an English abbreviation for South Western Townships, which refers to its origins as a Black township under South Africa's Apartheid government. The population has historically been overwhelmingly Black, and some of the watershed events in the struggle against Apartheid occurred in the township. Formerly a separate district, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

The exhibits were organised and created by a team of curators, filmmakers, historians, and designers to include film footage, photographs, text panels, and artefacts. A series of 22 separate exhibition areas lead the visitor sequentially through the prelude to and history of apartheid, including the situation in South Africa post-apartheid.