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Fun day out exploring the history, architecture, the culture and museums of the vibrant City of Gold (Johannesburg).
This tour will give you an overall history about South Africa’s history. We will visit various attractions in both Johannesburg and Soweto.

We can always customize the tour to meet your expectations.

This is the simple highlight of Johannesburg and soweto with informative sitings at visit, with this tour you are get to see all at simplified time and sights.

Join us for the Johannesburg tour as we explore the history, architecture, the culture and museums of the vibrant City of Gold.
This tour will give you an overall about South Africa’s history as we visit various attractions in both Johannesburg.

Join a 2-hour small group tour of the township of Soweto, described as the “New York of Africa", guided by a Soweto resident guide. Take in the sights of the city where Mandela once lived and Mahatma Gandhi started his legal career.

Complete the day and see the sights of Johannesburg at your own pace with a trip on the hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tour. Learn the history of Johannesburg from the audio commentary on board the double decker sightseeing bus. Ride through the city's historic neighbourhoods and see fascinating attractions, many related to the struggle against apartheid. Get on and off as much as you like.

Reconnect with Nelson Mandela's past, and get an understanding of where he started his fight against apartheid at his family home in Soweto, 8115 Vilakazi street. A short distance up the road is Tutu House, the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Soweto is home to thousands of South Africans and the site of some of the most iconic events in the nation’s history.

Johannesburg(New York of Africa) in South Africa is the second largest city in Africa, in 2016 there were 4.94 million people living in the City of Johannesburg. Joburg, or Jozi as some prefer to call it, offers visitors an experience as unique and diverse as the city itself. Whether you are on business, in search of a cultural encounter, an adrenaline rush or simply want to relax and unwind for a few days, the city of Johannesburg has everything you’re looking for and more!

History. Settlement of Johannesburg began in 1886 when gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand by an Australian prospector named George Harrison. The discovery spurred a feverish gold rush as fortune hunters from all over the world descended on the area.
Establishment of Soweto and the history of forced removal
Soweto uprising 1976

Johannesburg Tuk tuk tour
explore Johannesburg in style, cover more of the city's iconic landmarks and meet its people on our Tuk tuk experience.

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The tour covers the whole of Johannesburg's CBD some key landmarks you visit will be:

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- Braamfontein

- Newtown

- Marshalltown

- Jewel city

- Maboneng

In this tour you will learn the history of the life of Mandela.

Walk on the places Mandela walked and emotionally understand why he fought
for the liberation of the people oppressed by the Apartheid regime.

Jo’burg. Jozi. Egoli. Built on gold, Johannesburg has always been a city of opportunities!

Named after Johann Rissik (principal clerk surveyor-general of the Transvaal Republic) and Christiaan Johannes Joubert (chief of mining and member of the Volkstaad) who recommended the area be declared a goldfield, it owes its existence to George Harrison – a penniless prospector who first discovered gold here in 1886.

Trace Johannesburg’s history from its humble gold-mining beginnings to the pulsing streets of this modern-day African economic giant with a personal tour from Stephenson Adventures. This tour is simply the best way to explore and experience the city of Gold.

Join a thrilling Journey of Nelson Mandela Footsteps in Pretoria and Johannesburg, as we take you through the life of an incredible and selfless global ICON Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. This tour will take you through the story about his life, before, during and after prison.
This tour was specifically designed to take you through some of the key areas and attractions tracing Mandela about his role on the struggle for apartheid, and the birth of a democratic South Africa. Option to book your 1-night accommodation at Sanctuary Mandela Hotel available on request.

“His life is definitely a cause for celebration as well as a serious reflection.”

This is a popular tour that has a combination of a short Johannesburg city tour and a Soweto tour. Soweto is a vibrant city with diverse cultures and plenty of entertainment and rich history. You will learn about and see the iconic heritage sites that have significance of their existence today and get to enjoy lunch at one of the local restaurants.