Optional South African Excursions

INTRODUCTION: Combination Tour including suburbs of Johannesburg and Soweto, and a Traditional African buffet at a local “Shebeen”
DURATION: 6‐7 hours
PRICES FROM: £65 per person (includes all entrance fees and lunch)
ITINERARY:

• 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.
• Guided tour of the Baragwanath taxi ranks and markets. Experience general urban life and culture in a black township,  including: colourful markets, “spaza” or informal shops, donkey carts carrying coal, local home made beer brewing, traditional restaurants, traditional medicine and traditional healers.
• You will get a chance to meet the people of Soweto. Your guide will stop at Motswaledi or Kliptown informal settlements.
• See the houses of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu in the suburb of Orlando & a guided tour of the house where Mr Nelson Mandela lived before he was imprisoned in 1964.
• Guided tour of the Hector Petersen Memorial Square and Museum.
• Visit a Shebeen and enjoy a traditional African buffet meal.

Shebeen (An African restaurant)
A shebeen is an “unlicensed pub”. Shebeens were born during the period when the apartheid government denied African people the right to consume liquor unless they could prove that they had passed 10 years of schooling. They might then apply for a permit for no more than six bottles of beer and a bottle of spirits a month. This action saw shebeens formed by professional bootleggers. In 1988, shebeens were licensed and are now run as taverns and nightclubs.  

INTRODUCTION: Standard Tour of Johannesburg, Soweto and Gold Reef City.
DURATION: 8 hours
PRICES FROM: £105 per person (includes all entrance fees (excludes lunch))
ITINERARY:

• Gold Reef City reflects the history of 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.
• 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.
• Guided tour of the Baragwanath taxi ranks and markets. Experience general urban life and culture in a black township,  including: colourful markets, “spaza” or informal shops, donkey carts carrying coal, local home made beer brewing, traditional restaurants, traditional medicine and traditional healers.
• You will get a chance to meet the people of Soweto. Your guide will stop at Motswaledi or Kliptown informal settlements.
• See the houses of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu in the suburb of Orlando & a guided tour of the house where Mr Nelson Mandela lived before he was imprisoned in 1964.

INTRODUCTION: Standard Tour of Johannesburg and Soweto including the impressive Apartheid Museum.
DURATION: 8 hours
PRICES FROM: £71 per person (includeS all entrance fees (excludes lunch))
ITINERARY

• 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.
• Guided tour of the Baragwanath taxi ranks and markets. Experience general urban life and culture in a black township,  including: colourful markets, “spaza” or informal shops, donkey carts carrying coal, local home made beer brewing, traditional restaurants, traditional medicine and traditional healers
• You will get a chance to meet the people of Soweto. Your guide will stop at Motswaledi or Kliptown informal settlements.
• See the houses of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu in the suburb of Orlando & a guided tour of the house where Mr Nelson Mandela lived before he was imprisoned in 1964.
• Guided tour of the Hector Petersen Memorial Square and Museum.
• We shall then proceed to the impressive Apartheid Museum to learn more about the political system ‐ "apartheid" that divided a nation for more than 48 years.

INTRODUCTION: Gold Reef City reflects the history of the discovery of gold as well as the lifestyle of those who worked on the mines.
DURATION: 4 hours or 8‐9 hours
PRICES FROM: £63 per person (includes all entrance fees (excludes lunch))
ITINERARY

• Transport is provided to Gold Reef City.
• Explore this educational Park by going on an underground tour of a gold mine, see a gold pouring demonstration and feel the rhythm of tribal dancing at one of the shows in the aerodrome.
• Experience a thrill of the rides in the theme park

INTRODUCTION: Maropeng and Sterkfontein form part of the Cradle of Human Kind, a World Heritage Site, which has been nominated for the rich diversity of fossils found in
the area, which cast light on human ancestors; their relatives and the environments in which they lived.
DURATION: 6‐7 hours
PRICES FROM: £73 per person (includes all entrance fees (excludes lunch))
ITINERARY

• There are currently over 200 caves & 13 fossil sites which have been extensively examined.  A variety of stone tools, used by our human ancestors, such as axes and scrapers have also been discovered and identified.
• Sterkfontein is one of the world's most productive and important anthropological sites and it is also a World Heritage Site. It is the place where Dr Robert Broom believed he had found the very first adult "ape‐man," in 1936 and where, in 1947, a well‐preserved skull of a female Plesianthropus was uncovered. The newspapers dubbed the skull Mrs. Ples. It is believed, by some scientists, to be the most complete skull of Australopithecus‐Africanus that has been found to present date. Mrs. Ples is said to be about 2.7‐million years old.

INTRODUCTION: It is South Africa's most exciting showcase of African Culture.
DURATION: 5‐6 hours
PRICES FROM : £94 (prices include all entrance fees and lunch or dinner)
ITINERARY

• You will view four African villages and shall be introduced to their art, dancing, history and the tribal legends of the African people
• This tour includes lunch or dinner at the famous "Nyama Choma," African restaurant.