3day Pre AFROPUNK Fest Experiences

Itinerary

Day 1: Pilanesberg Safari

Stop At: Pilanesberg National Park, Sun City 0314 South Africa
Joburg may be an urban jungle but that doesn’t mean you can’t see some wildlife while you’re here. Take a day trip out to the nearby Pilanesberg National Park and you’ll see the Big 5 in their natural habitat.
Duration: 9 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Light Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Soweto Township Full Day Tour

Stop At: FNB Stadium, Nasrec, Johannesburg South 2147, Johannesburg South Africa
This iconic 87 436-seater is the largest venue in South Africa and the country’s proud global colossal located in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.
The unique design of FNB Stadium is highly regarded internationally, and is often fondly referred to as the “Calabash” or “African Pot”.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Hector Pieterson Memorial, Hector Pieterson Square, Soweto, Johannesburg South Africa
The Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum in Soweto was erected in the early 1990's as a memorial to Hector Pieterson, a 12 year old child, who is believed to have been the second school pupil shot by police during the Soweto Student Uprising on 16th June, 1976 - but the first fatality.
Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804, South Africa
The homes of two Nobel Peace Prize laureates – South Africa's first democratically elected president, the late Nelson Mandela, and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu – are found on Vilakazi Street.

Stop At: Apartheid Museum, Northern Park Way and Gold Reef Rd, Johannesburg 2001 South Africa
The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Lunch at a local restaurant in Soweto
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Maboneng & Inner City Walking Tour

Stop At: 286 Fox Street, Maboneng Precinct City & Suburban, Johannesburg 2094 South Africa
Maboneng meaning “Place of Light” is a fitting name for a district that has fast become a center of the creative energy for Johannesburg’s urban artists, designers and entrepreneurs. Only a few years ago, this inner-city neighborhood was largely viewed as a no-go zone due to urban decay. Today, as the result of plan to place art at the center of the revitalization efforts in Johannesburg, the now popular Maboneng cultural precinct is living up to name as the “Place Of Light” and drawing tourists from aroundthe world eager to be witness and be part of this transformation.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kwa Mai Mai Hostel & Traditional Market, 14 Berea Rd, City and Suburban, Johannesburg, 2094, South Africa
One of the oldest markets in Johannesburg. Once an old horse stable, now houses over 176 market stall, with traditional medicines, African attires, beaded items, artefacts, walking sticks and craft works. A truly hidden treasure and an authentically genuine place to buy souvenirs to take back home.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Collectors Treasury, 244 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 2094 South Africa
We visit the largest second hand bookstore in the Southern hemisphere. There are books stacked everywhere in this 8 storey building, plus LPs, maps, porcelain & postcards.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Carlton Centre, 150 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 2094 South Africa
Built between 1969 until 1976 by the American architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Carlton Centre is a skyscraper with a panoramic views of the City of gold. At 223 meters above Johannesburg we will narate the history of the city, from the gold rush in 1886, to the urban decline in the late 80s and 90s and now the re-birth of the city centre.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Gandhi Square, New Street between Rissik Street and Eloff Street, Johannesburg South Africa
Remember the lawyer? Gandhi Square, is named after Mahatma Gandhi the Indian leader and human rights activist, who spent 21years in South Africa and had his law firm in downtown Johannesburg.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Chancellor House and Newtown tours, Fox St, Ferreiras Dorp, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa
A walk through the Main Street mining district towards Chancellor’s House.
In the 1950s, the humble 3-storey Chancellor House was home to Mandela and Tambo Attorneys where they set South Africa’s first black-owned law firm. Opposite the old law firm now stands “The Shadow Boxing Sculpture” designed by artist Marcos Cianfanelli based on a famous Bob Gosani image of young Mandela boxing.
Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.