Soweto, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soccer City & Surrounding Areas

--- HALF DAY tours ---

Soweto, the largest township in South Africa / Pretoria, the capital city / The Lion Park
/ Gold Reef City, Johannesburg's favourite, most visited theme park / Lesedi Cultural Village / Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind, Sterkfontein Caves, Rhino and Lion Park,
/ Soccer City, our largest stadium, famous for the 2010 Soccer World Cup ..

 'Per person' pricing is based on tours conducted for a minimum of 2 full-paying persons, departing from Pretoria or Johannesburg. Please enquire for pricing for individual (one person) only, and/or departure from other areas. Special rates for groups.

Soweto

Departs Daily 08:30
Tour ends 12:30 (4 hrs)

Soweto, South Africa's largest Township, informal settlements, affluent suburbs, Mandela House, Hector Peterson Memorial, celebrity houses, visit a 'shebeen' (tavern) for refreshments (own expense)

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The Standard tour with lunch at a 'shebeen' is highly recommended.

Optional:
How about adding a Bungee jump from the Cooling Towers in Soweto!?

Alternative:
Do the 'Walk-to-Freedom' tour which includes also Apartheid Museum and Regina Mundi Church, as a full day tour, including a drive-by photographic opportunity of the 2010 'Soccer City' Stadium, the largest in Africa.

Alternative:
You may want to consider the MANDELA Remembrance tour (full day): Visit Mandela Family Museum in Soweto, in Johannesburg visit Apartheid Museum, drive by his Houghton house, visit Liliesleaf farm. Light lunch included.

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Apartheid Museum

Departs daily; Morning or Afternoon tour


Learn about the Apartheid history of South Africa in this world renowned museum. Stroll through displays and exhibitions about the life in South Africa during an era which is long gone.

A special Mandela exhibition forms part of the Museum

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Combine this tour with Soweto, or with Gold Reef City, or with another Half day tour, for a much more affordable option

Gold Reef City

Excluding Mondays

Departs daily; Morning or Afternoon tour


(4 hrs) Johannesburg's favourite theme park, a recreated mining village dating from the 1890's. Descend down a Gold mine shaft to 220m/715 ft below surface, and see gold being poured.
African Dancers entertain in the Town Square. Early Architecture abounds.

Fun Rides include the exhilirating Anaconda !!,
and the Tower of Terror !!, with the vertical down-into-the-earth exhilirating fun ride, or alternatively hop on the relaxing sightseeing train.


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Pretoria

Departs daily; Morning or Afternoon tour


(4 hrs) Visit Pretoria / Tshwane, the Capital city, to view Sir Herbert Baker's designed Union Buildings (the President's office), Church Square, Paul Kruger and Melrose Houses, Voortrekker Monument, etc.


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Take part in the exhiliration of feeding the giraffes at the Lion Park!

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Some of the animals to be seen at the Lion Park

Lesedi Cultural Village

Departs Daily; Morning or Afternoon tour


(4 HRS) Lesedi, for the best, amazing, traditional Zulu, Ndebele, Sotho, Pedi and Xhosa tribal cultural experiences. Tour their villages, learn about their different cultures. Lesedi tribal dancers. Traditional African meal (included).

Lesedi can be done together with Sterkfontein and Maropeng, for a full day experience of the historical Early life up to the Recent iron age cultures of South Africa.

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Rhino and Lion Park / Wonder Caves

This 1400 hectare park houses more than 700 head of game, including lion, rhino, buffalo, wild dog and cheetah.

Situated in a World Heritage Site, The Cradle of Humankind, this park is home to many game, including hippo and crocodile. The newly built breeding centre, houses inter alia, Bengal and Syberian tigers, jaguars and white lions. For some amazing photos and sightseeing of the different animals in the Rhino and Lion Park, let us take you for an outing in this wildlife reserve.


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Within these caves, scientists have discovered many hominid and other animal fossils, dating back more than 4-million years, to the birth of humanity. The most important and most famous of these fossils are "Mrs Ples", a 2.1-million-year-old Plesianthopus skull, and "Little Foot", an almost complete Australopithecus skeleton that is more than 3-million years old.

These fossils, both found in the Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind, tell us much about the precursors of modern humans, Homo sapiens.



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An exciting, world-class exhibition, focusing on the development of humans and our ancestors over the past few million years.

On arrival, you will see a massive burial mound called the Tumulus, which is your entrance to learning the secrets of our ancestry. Along the pathway to the Tumulus building, stop to have a look at the site of an archaeological excavation. The Stone Age site has been excavated since October 2005 by scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand. The early stone tools from this area are from the Acheulean period, and include handaxes and cleavers.

Early humans, and their ancestors, migrated into the Maropeng area. They used the local rocks for tool-making, as they were hunter-gatherers. The technology of these found tools suggests that they were made some time between 1.0 and 0.5 million years ago during the Earlier Stone Age, before the appearance of modern Homo sapiens. The universe was formed about 14-billion years ago. The Earth is about 4.6-billion years old.

- Life first emerged about 3.8-billion years ago. Our exploratory journey begins in South Africa, where fossils of some of the earliest known life forms on Earth are found.

- All of humanity shares an African heritage. We are one, diverse species across the globe, with our roots in Africa.

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Cullinan Diamond Mine

Come experience the awe of seeing the Cullinan Diamond Mine, which is still a working mine, where the world's largest diamond, the Cullinan diamond, was found in 1905. Learn about the operation of the mine, and the fascinating history of this world renowned area.
Early Architecture surrounds you in Cullinan town, where you feel the life of rural South Africa in an attractive tree-lined environment.

Surface tour:
Departs daily; Morning or Afternoon tour

The surface tour is a relaxed walking tour above ground, which takes you through the working surface of the mine. Marvel at the huge mining gear. Proceed to the amazing big hole, where the biggest diamonds in the world were found. Return to the museum and display of current magnificent diamonds on offer.

Consider combining Cullinan with the Pretoria City tour

Underground tour:
Departs daily; Morning tour

This tour is longer, starts in the morning, and require you to get into mining gear, which is provided (gumboots, overall, hard hat and lamp). It is a tour for those who want an extensive underground experience in a mine.

Alternative underground tour:
If you want an underground mine tour which does not take that long, and where you are not required to get into overall and boots, consider the Gold Reef City tour. That is a shorter underground tour in an inactive Gold mine in Johannesburg.

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Scenes of Soweto township, southwest of Johannesburg

Gumboot dancing, and children of Soweto

Any 2 Half day tours can be combined to form a full day tour.

 'Per person' pricing is based on tours conducted for a minimum of 2 full-paying persons, departing from Pretoria or Johannesburg. Please enquire for pricing for individual (one person) only, and/or departure from other areas. Special rates for groups.

Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in any of these packages or if you would like us to tailer make a tour package for you.

Experience the many sights and excitements of Soweto, Soccer City, Pretoria, Lesedi, Gold Reef City, Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind, Pilanesberg, Sun City, anything in these areas!

More half-day and day tours are available, like:

• Elephant Sanctuary
  
• Monkey Sanctuary
  
• De Wildt Cheetah Centre
  
• Cowboy Ranch
• Johannesburg city tour

You just tell us what you need to experience -- we take you on a Guided tour by a qualified Guide, with pleasure..