Peregrine Travel Tours
Peregrine Travel Tours
Johannesburg Stopover
Explore South Africa's vibrant City of Gold – taking in the city's most famous sights over three memorable days
Johannesburg is South Africa's City of Gold and a major gateway for people travelling to the African continent. Johannesburg has a rich economic and cultural history and we explore two very important icons that helped shape the history of this modern African city.
Soweto is a sprawling township, or more accurately, a cluster of townships on the south-western flank of Johannesburg. Soweto was created in the 1930s, and has a current population of over 2 million. Here we are able to view the homes of two Nobel Peace Prize winners, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, as well as visit the memorial to the Soweto Uprising of 1976 which became a catalyst for anti-Apartheid demonstrations across the country, and in fact the world.
To experience what apartheid South Africa was really like, a visit to the Apartheid Museum is fundamental. The museum is a beacon of hope showing the world how South Africa is coming to terms with its oppressive past and working towards a future that all South Africans can call their own.
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Tour Highlights
- The cultural history of South Africa's 'City of Gold' Johannesburg
Inclusions
Local guides, return airport transfers, meals as specified, transport, sightseeing and entrance fees.
- Private vehicle
- 2 breakfasts
Johannesburg Stopover
Day 1
Johannesburg
Meals Privided:
On arrival in Johannesburg you will be met at the Arrivals Information Desk and transferred to your hotel, where the rest of the day is spent at your leisure. Please note this is is an arrival day. Check in to your hotel is from 2.00pm.
Day 2
Soweto and Apartheid Museum
Meals Privided:
Breakfast
Soweto is a cluster of townships on the south-western flank of Johannesburg and was created in the 1930s with Orlando the first township established. On this tour we learn about the 1976 student uprising which started as a protest by students in Soweto, which quickly spread to the rest of the country and as a result many thousands of people were killed in the years leading up to the 1994 election. We visit the Hector Pietersen Museum in Orlando which was built in memory of the people who died in the uprising.
We also visit former president Nelson Mandela’s humble little house in Orlando West which is now a small museum housing memorabilia, photographs and some of Mandela’s artwork. Also in this area we see the former houses of anti-apartheid leaders Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Walter Sisulu.
In the afternoon we visit the Apartheid Museum which was opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th Century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story. Here we learn about what Apartheid in South Africa was really like through means of provocative film footage, photographs, text panels and artifacts which illustrate the events and human stories that are part of the epic saga. (Please note the Apartheid Museum is closed on Mondays).
Day 3
Johannesburg
Meals Privided:
Breakfast
Today our local operator will arrive at your hotel to transfer you to Johannesburg Airport for your onward flight, unless you have other arrangements to follow.
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TOUR INFORMATION
| Start |
End | Price |
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| 27/10/2011 | 29/10/2011 | $550 |
| 20/11/2011 | 22/11/2011 | $550 |
| 01/12/2011 | 03/12/2011 | $490 |
| 27/04/2012 | 29/04/2012 | $490 |
| 26/06/2013 | 28/06/2013 | $490 |
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