SELF-DRIVE to SOWETO:  

The visitor will drive to the guides home, parking is secure, Cost R 250 pp, t&c apply, R50 single supplement:

On confirmed booking we will email or text directions to the allocated guides home, please pay guide on arrival.

During 2008 we stopped offering a half-day tour due to the restrictions that the time limit had on getting to the exciting corners of Soweto.

At this time we also stopped the standard drive-by tour, understanding that we were not respecting the local community, and we were in-fact using the international tourist in this profit making opportunity at the expense of both the community and the visitor.

The R250 excludes you and your guides local taxi fare, meals and museum fees. There is a single supplement of R 50 if alone.

Due to confusion we considered increasing our rates, to cover the guides local taxi fare and meals, but having given due consideration to why we adpoted this policy initially, we have decided to maintain this structure.

The motivation is that it permits the visitor to dictate the amount of travel in the Township. If you as a visitor only walked the streets of Orlando East and West, should you pay?

If we gave the guides an additional R 40 on her daily allowance, would she not be tempted to keep the areas visited to a limit to suit her?

For meals, we visit a traditional eating house where R 40 could feed three, the guides option could be to take you to a facility where you miss the Nancefield experience, and pay R 100 per person, and the guide is fed free.

This page will give you an introduction to most of the corners that we cover in Soweto, if you do not find your specific area of interest, we will find  it for you.

Kliptown: It is possible to spend a Full day in Kliptown to experience –The Sisulu Square of Remembrance, the Youth Centre, the shopping centre, The Mandela Hide-away, Mandela Square, ‘Tamatie Vlei’ the area where scenes of the Tsotsi movie were shot, the Congress of the People Museum, and have a typical lunch

Oppenheimer Tower, gives you views of large parts of Soweto, a must for every visitor. Credo Mutwa Village, built and crafted by Baba Credo Mutwa in the 1970’s, partially destroyed by the Youth, but still bubbling with spiritual energies that were always there. Should you wish, we will arrange drumming and some special energy time for you? Find out a little about Africa’s religious heritage around the ‘trinity’. Sangomas; the traditional healer, a brief visit is must, if you have the time, a consultation, throwing the bones for a small fee, is an experience you should have.

Orlando East; the oldest official Township in Soweto, (1932) you could spend a day just visiting with the families who have been in Soweto for 70 years.

Orlando West; the Mandela Family museum, the Hector Pietersen museum, Vilikazi street and much more.

Regina Mundi Church; The Mountain of Hope; Squatter Camps, The Nancefield Hostel for lunch, Sun Valley, Orlando Towers Bungee Jump

The people of Soweto, meet them in the streets, in their back-yard, in the shebeen for sundowners, in the restaurants,

Note:  We arrange transfer out of Soweto at times to suit you. Please just ensure that your guide gives us 40 minutes notice of your departure time..

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