Tour Gold Reef City, Soweto and the city of Johannesburg

The mining camp which grew into Africa's dynamic and vibrant City of Gold. Standard full day tour of Soweto, Johannesburg and Gold Reef City.

Gold Reef City, Soweto and the city of Johannesburg standard itinerary

We shall collect you in the morning.

Gold Reef City reflects the history of the discovery of gold as well as the lifestyle of those who worked on the mines. Go on an underground tour of a gold mine, see a gold pouring demonstration and feel the rhythm of tribal dancing.

• Our tourguide may do the Soweto & Johannesburg tour first. You will have an opportunity to have lunch before your afternoon tour starts.
• The suburban drive will include affluent suburbs contrasting with the “bronx” like Hillbrow, followed by an orientation tour of downtown Johannesburg.
• Stop at a traditional healers “muti” shop in downtown Johannesburg.
• We shall drive through affluent suburbs. Compare the different houses: matchbox houses, elephant houses and informal settlements.
• On route to our first stop, view structures reminiscent of South Africa’s Apartheid past. Stop at the old mine compounds.

Join your guide for a short guided tour of the Baragwanath taxi ranks and markets. Experience general urban life and culture in a black township. Some of the things you may see include: colourful markets, ladies carrying goods on their head, the local barber shop, “spaza” or informal shops, ladies doing their washing, donkey carts carrying coal, local home made beer brewing, traditional restaurants, traditional medicine and traditional healers, taxi commuters using local sign language to communicate with the driver, etc.

You will get a chance to meet the people of Soweto. Your guide will stop at Motswaledi or Kliptown informal settlements.

We shall then take a drive to the suburb of Orlando. You will be able to view famous black activists’ houses during the apartheid years. See the houses of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. Then on to our famous previous president, we shall go on a guided tour of the house where Mr Nelson Mandela lived before he was imprisoned in 1964.

Your guide will point out sites of the student uprisings that started in 1976.

Our last stop. A guided tour of the Hector Petersen Memorial Square and Museum. The Hector Pieterson memorial and museum has been established to preserve the history and memory of all those who were involved in the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976. The museum is named after 13 year old Hector Pieterson, who was among the first student victims to die from police shootings. The memorial to Hector Pieterson is situated a few hundred meters from where he was shot. The museum houses photographic and audio-visual displays of the struggle of the youth against the injustices of apartheid.

Tour Duration

(8 Hours)
Depart: 8:00am - 9.00am
Return: 5:00pm - 5.30pm

Book this tour

Price includes ALL entrance fees. Prices are subject to change without notice. Please confirm via email or cellphone for a formal quotation. We provide transport to other locations as well, eg. Limpopo, Namibia, Botswana, Maputo and other destinations in SA. Call/Email for Quotations. ALL QUANTUMS ARE FITTED WITH LATEST NAVIGATION AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS STATE OF THE ART ENTERTAINMENT