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    Bicycle or Tuk Tuk Soweto Guided Experience

    4.6(8 reviews)
    By Thiya Tours and SafarisProduct code 419880P23
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    Duration

    4 hours

    Ticket type

    Mobile Only

    Languages

    En, Guide, Service Guide

    Confirmation

    Instant

    Pickup

    Pickup details available

    Time zone

    Africa/Johannesburg

    Why Travelers Love This

    4.6 rating from 8 reviews4 hoursMobile ticketsPickup details available

    Overview

    Explore a Soweto Guided cultural experience on a bicycle and an optional guided walking tour in a Shantytown. This tour offers a wide variety of entertainment for both young and old. Cycle on Vilakazi Street, once home to two Noble Prize winners the late Nelson Mandela and late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Experience welcoming traditional dances on this street. Visit the Hector Peterson Museum and Mandela House. Experience the rich cultural heritage of South Africa's townships on this tour. Meet friendly locals, learn about the vibrant history, and immerse yourself in the colorful atmosphere of these fascinating communities. Lunch at the Boma & Outdoor Restaurant at the Backpacker’s Lodge is a unique cultural experience. Stews, known as “potjie” in Afrikaans, and curries are prepared on a fire and served with traditional steamed bread. An alternative to bread is “pap” or maize porridge buffet served with various stews, a traditional barbeque, referred to as a “braai”, and side salads

    What's Included

    Transportation amenities

    Private transportation

    Other

    Use of Tuk tuk

    Food and drink

    Bottled water

    Other

    English speaking guide

    Food and drink

    Lunch

    Transportation amenities

    Air-conditioned vehicle

    Use of equipment

    Use of bicycle

    Other

    Personal Purchases

    Other

    Soft drinks

    Meeting And Pickup

    Pickup details

    Pickup Everyone
    Custom traveler pickup may be available
    Contact Supplier Later

    Itinerary

    Standard4 hours
    1

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    30 minutesNot Applicable

    Pick up from your hotel, welcome, general introduction and itinerary briefing

    2

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    30 minutesYes

    Our guide will drive straight to Soweto, depending on the starting time of tour, you may have lunch before or after the tour. Our guide will help you report to Backpacker’s reception, your bicycles or tuk tuks will get prepared for you. The program Guides will welcome and brief about the tour.

    3

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    30 minutesNo

    A self guided tour this Museum chronicling the 1976 Soweto student uprising and named after one of its victims a thirteen year old boy. The museum today is a symbol of resistance against the brutality of the apartheid regime

    4

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    20 minutesNot Applicable

    The thriving heart of Soweto is one of the most well-known streets in South Africa, Vilakazi Street. While Vilakazi Street may be the only street in the world that can claim to have had two Nobel Laureates as residents - the late Nelson Mandela and late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. The true electricity of this street comes from those who now call it home, each with their own beautiful stories. Enjoy welcoming Zulu and Tswana traditional dances on Vilakazi Street and get a chance to shop on African hand made artefacts sold on the streets.

    5

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    20 minutesYes

    Explore in a guided tour the exhibits and artefacts in a previous house of the nation's revered former president Nelson Mandela. This house been entrenched as one of South Africa's most significant heritage sites, it tells the tales and stories in sound, film, interpretive panels and guided tours.

    6

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    30 minutesNo

    The two cooling towers are a prominent landmark in Soweto. Now used as an entertainment center housing a famous Bungee jump and a barbecue restaurant. Get to taste the famous locally brewed Soweto Gold beer. Visit a Shantytown on a guided tour. The site guides will take on a 10 minute walking tour explaining to you about general life of people living in Shantys

    7

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    20 minutesNot Applicable

    The bicycle or Tuk Tuk tour will end back to where you started. You will meet our guide who will drive you back to your hotel in Johannesburg

    8

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    30 minutesNot Applicable

    After this wonderful and fascinating experience you will be dropped at your hotel in Johannesburg

    Additional Info

    Wheelchair Accessible

    Wheelchair accessible

    Stroller Accessible

    Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

    Transportation Wheelchair Accessible

    Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

    Surfaces Wheelchair Accessible

    All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

    Physical Easy

    Suitable for all physical fitness levels

    Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

    Policy type

    Standard

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

    Refund eligibility

    100% refundable 1+ days before

    Refund eligibility

    0% refundable 0-1 days before

    Review Summary

    4.6

    8 reviews

    Collected by Viator and Tripadvisor

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