Museums of Johannesburg & Soweto Tour
Overview
Johannesburg, known as the world's largest city not built on a coastline, is also referred to as the world's biggest 'dry port.' With a rich history dating back to its founding on 4 October 1886 during the gold rush, it remains one of the youngest major cities globally.
- 🌍 Johannesburg is the second largest city in Africa, surpassed only by Cairo.
- 📦 Over half of the cargo from Durban and Cape Town arrives at the container terminal at City Deep.
- 🏙️ Despite being over 120 years old, Johannesburg retains its status as a young major city.
- ⚓ The city's unique designation as a 'dry port' highlights its significance in cargo transport.
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Pickup included
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Lunch
- Alcoholic Beverages
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Carlton CentreIf you want a bird’s-eye view of Johannesburg, the 50-storey Carlton Centre is the place to go. Visitors to the centre can enjoy a panoramic view of the City of Gold from the Top of Africa, as the topmost floor of the building is known: 360 degrees of dense cityscape and outwards towards the countryside and beyond. The tallest building in Africa and once the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, the Carlton Centre stands 223m high – about 40m shy of featuring on the world’s top 100 skyscrapers list.
- Constitution Hill is a living museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former prison and military fort that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past and, today, is home to the country’s Constitutional Court, which endorses the rights of all citizens. There is perhaps no other site of incarceration in South Africa that imprisoned the sheer number of world-renowned men and women as those held within the walls of Constitution Hill. (pass by)
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Mandela HouseNelson Mandela's humble house in Orlando West, Soweto, now called the Mandela Family Museum, is an interesting stopover for those keen to imbibe a slice of authentic history on the world's most famous former prisoner. 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West in Soweto is known to many simply as Mandela House. It was where Nelson Mandela lived between 1946 and 1962. The house is a humble abode of four inter-leading rooms that today contain a collection of memorabilia, paintings and photographs of the Mandela family. Even a pair of Mandela's old boots lie on a shelf for display – insight into the man the country fondly called Tata (father). For today the house functions as a museum.
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Hector Pieterson Museum and MemorialThe Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, situated in Orlando West, Soweto, commemorates the role of the country’s students in the struggle against apartheid and in particular the role played by the school children who took part in the Soweto protests of 1976, many of whom were shot by the apartheid police while protesting against the sub-standard of education in black schools in South Africa. On June 16, 1976, Soweto high school students took to the streets in a peaceful protest against the mandatory use of Afrikaans as a language of instruction in black secondary schools.
- Constitution Hill is a living museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former prison and military fort that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past and, today, is home to the country’s Constitutional Court, which endorses the rights of all citizens. (pass by)
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