Our Mesmerizing Maboneng 2-hour tour gives you a glimpse of the exciting, youthful, arts and culture district on the eastern edge of the inner-city. Expect lots of street art, vibrant bars and cafes,
student- and affordable housing, backpacker hotels and upmarket trendy apartments too.
The tour ambles along Fox Street in Maboneng and Jewel City and tracks the remarkable story of how this once derelict corner of the city was reimagined by a property entrepreneur in 2008. And how the area has morphed and adapted since, surviving the bankruptcy of the original property development company. Today Maboneng is the entertainment and nightlife hub of the city and certainly a place to experience day and night.
Rates:
Available as a private tour at all other times, at a minimum of R2000 for up to 4 guests, or R500 per person if you are more than 4 guests.
Any food, drinks, or shopping along the way for guests’ own account.
BOOK NOW:
To book your tour, send an email to gerald@localplaces.co.za or a WhatsApp to + 27 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.
Guests participate in all LocalPlaces – JoburgPlaces tours and events at their own risk. Neither JoburgPlaces, nor its guides, accept any responsibility whatsoever for any injury, accident or death that may occur while participating in a JoburgPlaces tour, whether in a public or a private space.
STARTING POINT
We will stipulate the starting point for your tour in your booking confirmation letter. This tour starts at Bertrand Cafe in Fox Street, Maboneng. We provide detailed directions of the safe route to drive if you come with your own car and need to park. However, we recommend that you Uber there.
SAFETY
We care for all our customers’ safety as our reputation depends on our guests feeling safe and enjoying their experiences. We have been doing tours safely in downtown Johannesburg for 13 years. Regardless of what your hotel receptionist, concierge or even other residents in the suburbs of Johannesburg, may tell you, it is safe to come on a walking tour in town. We would not recommend that you set out and go and explore on your own before having done a walking tour. As a tour will orientate you and give you the local streetwise knowledge of how to navigate the city and what to avoid. Gerald lived in the inner-city of Johannesburg for 10 years and loved walking around. Charlie lives in Maboneng on the eastern edge of the inner-city and loves it too!
Our starting point is carefully chosen so that we can meet safely in Bertrand Cafe and with our directions in the confirmation letter, you will know how to get there easily and simply.
For private tour bookings, it is possible to arrange pick up and drop off from your hotel or accommodation, possibly for an additional fee, depending on location.
JOIN OUR GROUP:
If you urgently want to know about already scheduled open tours in a current week, which you could join, please WhatsApp us directly on +27 82 894 5216. We also run a WhatsApp Group where we post news on upcoming quick encounters, tours and events. send a message to us requesting to join this group.
WhatsApp us on +27 82 894 5216 or email us on gerald@localplaces.co.za to check availability.