You might just think Johannesburg a stop over point on your way to Cape Town and other places and cities of interest in South Africa, but if your time permits you, it will be a great idea to stay over in Johannesburg for a few days as this city has a lot more to give you than what you would usually imagine. And if you time is constricted, then simply embark on one of the several tours that are held here, to provide you a glimpse of what the cit is all about. Amongst these, the tours that will definitely leave you overwhelmed are the rise to freedom tours in Johannesburg, irrespective of the fact as to where your area of interest in history or not.
Conducted by guides or escorts, the rise to freedom tours in Johannesburg takes you back in time when South Africa saw the most turbulent of times in its political history, the struggle of the so called ‘blacks’ and the formation of the democratic nation. These tours are not only informative, but are also soul-touching, evoking in you a feeling of empathy for all those who suffered and gave their lives for breaking the iron chains of discrimination.
The rise to freedom tours in Johannesburg will are conducted every day from Tuesday through to Sunday and usually spans over an entire, known in the industry language as ‘full day’ tours. From one guest to about forty guests can travel together during one of these tours in either luxury Microbus or a large luxury coach capable of carrying around forty-four passengers. If you speak English, you will get an advantage as the explanations by the guides are provided completely in English. But if you wish translations to German, you can get the facility too but only on request. However, no other languages are entertained generally. You will either require getting to a particular meeting place for the tours to begin or the guides can start it from your hotel itself if it has been decided upon.
Rise to freedom tours in Johannesburg usually cover the areas of the city that are directly related to the past history of the nation, especially the apartheid era and the establishment of the democratic government in South Africa. You will be taken to the Soweto area or the South Western Townships, where the non-Europeans were forced to stay through complete racial discrimination in the apartheid time that ended with the negotiation leading to democracy. The most important attraction here is the house where Nelson Mandela stayed for a long period of time and has now been converted into a Museum. Other areas of interest and landmarks here are Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in Orlando West, Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Rockville, Cooling Towers in Orlando Electricity Plant, Credo Mutwa village in Central Western Jabavu, Freedom Square in Kliptown and Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof.
After this, you will have you lunch and on the way back you will halt at the famous Apartheid Museum which has in it, the details of the events that took place at this time of tension and will be taken back to the place where you started your trip from, to end your tour.
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