Guided tour

Half-Day Tour Through Cape Town's Townships

Guided tour

Half-Day Tour Through Cape Town's Townships

From US$ 45 per person

Become a guest in the Townships of South Africa with your own personal guide. Walk the streets, chat with the locals, visit the schools. With your guide Camissa, you are not a voyeur, you are a guest.

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Duration 3 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Pickup included
Pick-up available from hotels in Cape Town city center waterfront and areas on the Atlantic seaboard including Camps bay.
Wheelchair accessible

Experience

Highlights
  • Enjoy a personally guided tour of Cape Town's Townships
  • Experience a walking tour of Langa
  • Stop at Gugulethu
  • Hear about Guglethu Seven Memorial
  • Learn about the Amy Bichel Memorial to honor the nation's struggles against violence
Full description
Imagine yourself as a guest strolling the streets of Cape Town's Townships, with your own personal guide leading you through the homes, schools and gardens of the vibrant Townships of South Africa. With your personal guide, Camissa, you will become a part of the community. Our half-day tour begins with an insightful visit to District Six. This former inner-city residential area is best known for its forceful removal of over 60,000 inhabitants during the 1970s Apartheid regime. Since 2003, however, a new life has been breathed into the community by former president Nelson Mandela, and you will see the benefits of this work today. During our stay in District Six, we will glimpse life in an up-close and intimate way, and Camissa's knowledge will further your pleasure. Comfortably drive on to Langa, the oldest of the Townships in Cape Town. Here we have the chance to meet the residents. With each new encounter, the experience comes to more and more to life! Drive through Bonteheuwel -- a township spawned from the residents of District Six, who were classified as “coloured.” After our stay, we depart to Gugulethu, home to some 300,000 residents today. The name derives from "igugu lethu", which translates in Xhosa as 'our pride.' You will soon discover why this Pride has helped South Africa transform out of its dark days to the vibrant communities you have witnessed during your day. The day culminates with the chance to visit Creche, with the Gugulethu Seven Memorial and Amy Bichel Memorial. The first of these works was built to commemorate the death of seven youths fighting against Apartheid. However, you will soon discover its magic, as the light shines through the empty space, bringing all those who died back to life in a powerful way. We end our day with a pleasant drive back to your hotel.
Includes
  • Vehicle and driver guide
  • Entrance fees
  • Fuel and passenger liability insurance cover
  • Lunch

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  • Luggage or large bags

Know before you go

  • ● Some venues may not be available over weekends
  • ● Our tours are for a minimum of two guests
  • ● Guests are advised to bring small change for donations to people if they take pictures of them and for purchasing small arts and crafts in support of small businesses
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5

based on 191 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.9/5
  • Transportation
    4.8/5
  • Service
    4.8/5
  • Organization
    4.8/5

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Thank you for this very individual and informative tour. We appreciated very much. Especially the very private insights of our guides life. During our walk, we learned a lot about those very open minded and friendly people which are living there. We entered very close in their daily live. Wow. I really recommend to everybody to do such a tour. Because the major part of the fee goes directly into projects to develop the township.

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April 1, 2023

The two tour guides were well informed and provided an excellent up close and personal view of life in a township. It is an experience that would have been impossible for me to have without the expertise of someone born in a townships like the two guides. Most certainly this was the most valuable experience that I had of several I partook in, in and around Cape Town. The only problem I had was the address of the meeting point is non-existent and the voucher did not specify the Portswood Hotel. Maybe this has been corrected.

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April 1, 2023

A township tour should be a Must-Do for everyone visiting Cape Town. Far too little attention is paid to this side of the city. For us, the township tour was an eye-opener that made us think about the contrasts of the city and the still noticeable consequences of the apartheid system.

April 1, 2023

Product ID: 11063