history and culture Johannesburg 2 days private

history and culture Johannesburg 2 days private

Spend two days exploring the hidden history of Johannesburg with a guide. You'll be able to go in-depth into the city's history and culture by spending an extensive amount of time uncovering the truth of the past. Listen to guided commentary on the Afrikaneers, the discover of gold in the area, and the Apartheid era. Finish up with a visit to the Cradle of Human Kind and the Lesedi Cultural Village.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Apartheid Museum, Northern Park Way and Gold Reef Rd, Johannesburg 2001 South Africa

Day 1

Pretoria Soweto & Apartheid Museum Day Tour

We start the day in your hotel in Johannesburg early in the morning preparing ourselves for 2 days of history and culture. We drive to Pretoria the administrative Capital of South Africa and start off in Voortrkkker Museum, here we get to know about the white afrikaaners and the significance of the various heroes back in the days. From where we drive through Pretoria with its Beatiful Jacaranda Trees as we head to Union buildings the offices that house the offices of the President. From here we head to Johannesburg driving on the sleazy highways with our tour guide on point with various information about these town. We head straight to Soweto and start to explore the dark apartheid past that haunted South Africa before 2004. We visit hector Peterson Museum and get to know the significance of these Museum in 1976 and finally head to to Mandela House which is the former icon homestead. Lunch will be served here in Soweto before we head to Apartheid Museum to cap off all the history about Apartheid with detailed explanation on Gold discovery in these museum too. On our way back we drive through Johannesburg CBD via Nelson Mandela bridge. More to come on the second Day

Day 2

Cradle of Human Kind & Lesedi Cultural Village

We depart from the hotel in the morning ready for the second and last day of our Tour. We head to Skerfontein Caves in Johannesburg North to know more about the origin of Human Kind. We get to know why these caves are important in the Human Kind origin ad why the area is so famous all over the world. From the Caves we drive to the Museum that has all the fossils that explains the origin of Human kind in detail. The day is not over before visiting Lesedi cultural Village to know about the rich cultures of South Africa and why culture is very important in the African Society. A good 2 days awaits on these history and Culture Tour

Duration: 6 hours