JoburgPlaces Overview Tour – Charlie’s Favourites (9am-6pm)
This Overview Tour presents our Johannesburg Favourites as chosen by Charlie Moyo. Enjoy a stellar day, exploring our favourite spaces and places all over the city and suburbs. The itinerary is as follows:
9:00: Pickup at your hotel in Rosebank, Sandton, or the Parks Suburbs
(Pickups further afield are possible but please check with us when booking as it will influence the schedule/timing of the tour. It could also incur an additional cost depending on the location.)
9:30: STOP 1: Constitutional Court & Rooftop Farms
We visit the contemporary architectural marvel, the Constitution Court, that celebrates and protects South Africa’s democracy, as well as urban rooftop farms, operated by young entrepreneurs.
10:30am: Bus departs
10:45am: STOP 2: 44 Stanley Avenue
A quick coffee stop with time to browse the stunning retail stores at this precinct carved out of refurbished industrial buildings. Choose from Bean There Coffee, Saint Germain or Salvation Café.
11:30am: Bus departs
11:45am: STOP 3: Outside Soccer City
Photo opportunity outside the imposing Soccer City/FNB Stadium that hosted the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup final.
11:50 Bus departs
12:05: STOP 4: Hector Pieterson Memorial
We stop at this poignant memorial outside the Hector Pieterson Museum, commemorating the first child who died in the 1976 Soweto Uprising.
12:30: Bus departs
12:45: STOP 5: Lunch at Just Bedala in Soweto
14:00: Bus departs
14:30: STOP 6: Jewel City & Maboneng
We walk along Fox Street through Jewel City and Maboneng, marveling at the street art, youthful culture and inner-city regeneration.
15:15 Bus departs
15:30 STOP 7: Victoria Yards
We visit a remarkable set of refurbished industrial warehouses, home to many creative businesses today, just east of the inner-city.
16:15 Bus departs
16:30 STOP 8: Rooftop drinks at Hallmark House, Maboneng or Radisson Red Rooftop, Rosebank
Our final stop provides a panoramic view of the city for sundowners in Maboneng, or if you prefer a swanky hotel rooftop ion Rosebank.
17:30: Bus departs
18:00 Drop off at hotels
Rates:
Available as a private tour only at any time, 7-days a week, subject to availability.
We charge separately for guiding and for transport:
The minimum guiding charge is R6000 for up to 3 guests or R1800 per person if you are more than 3 guests.
The minimum transport charge is R2100 in total for up to 3 guests or R2300 in total if you are up to 6 guests. For more guests, we will quote you on the best transport option. Transport charges may vary depending on your pickup and drop-off location or the travel season. We will confirm charges before you make the booking.
Any food, drink or museum entrance fees for the customer’s account on the day.
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To book your tour, send an email to gerald@localplaces.co.za or a WhatsApp to +27 (0) 82 894 5216
Please do not phone as we are mostly busy hosting guests.
Send a message and we will contact you as soon as is possible.
We will respond to your booking request and provide an online payment link for you to pay by bank card to secure the booking.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Guests participate in all LocalPlaces tours at their own risk. Neither LocalPlaces, nor its guides, accept any responsibility whatsoever for any injury, accident or death that may occur while participating in a LocalPlaces tour, whether in a public or a private space.
A tour booking is only secured upon payment.
Provisional bookings will automatically be cancelled if not paid within 48 hours from making a booking.
Bookings cannot be cancelled once paid for any reason whatsoever and no refunds will be offered for cancelled bookings.
Bookings can be postponed to another date if postponed more than 30 days in advance of the booked date. However, bookings cannot be postponed for any reason whatsoever within 30 days of the tour date, as we would lose the opportunity to take another booking for that slot.
STARTING POINT
For driving tours pick up and drop off from your hotel or accommodation (one address) is included as long as it is within the northern suburbs of the city or at the airport.
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