Tours in Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Nelson Mandela House in Houghton.
Johannesburg is in the heart of Gauteng region. Here the gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand’s reef by Australian prospector George Harrison.
Johannesburg is the business heart of South Africa where 8 million people live in an area no more than 60km in any direction. A very diversified place where you can visit the modern suburb of Sandton City, high class shopping centers, casinos and restaurants. Tours to Johannesburg will take you on a city tour, Gold Reef City, Soweto and Nelson Mandela House – where the uprising against Apartheid started. We also tour Pretoria the Capital city of South Africa.
• Departure: Daily
• Participants: 2-8
• Guide: English speaking professional guide.
• Vehicle: Sedan or Minibus
• Includes: Entrance Fees: Hector Peterson Memorial, Apartheid Museum, Voortrekker, Monument, Kruger House
• Excludes: Lunch, Entrance Fees to Mandela House and Gold Reef City.
Drive past Johannesburg suburbs and Nelson Mandala House. Embark this morning on a Soweto half-day tour. South Western Township home to the Uprising, nurturer to Nobel Prize winners and bearer of the Flame of Freedom. Visit Hector Peterson memorial and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital are some of the added highlights. Visit the Apartheid Museum. Continue on a tour of Pretoria. Pack your wagons, load the oxen and prepare to ‘trek’ across a city where Jacarandas are a plenty, buildings are architecturally significant and a nation congregates around statues of past leaders. Take this opportunity to stand in front of the heart of the country overlooking a city built on passion and determination. Highlights of this tour include Paul Kruger House, Church Square, Voortrekker Monument, Union Buildings and City Hall.