Cape Town Township Tours
Hajo´s Township Tours offers you a once in a life time opportunity to experience the townships of Khayelitsha and Langa through the eyes of a local. The private, tailor-made driven and walking tours are designed to fit around your specific interests and are led by professional local experts who have personal relationships with the community that you’ll visit. Hajo’s Township Tour guides are extremely friendly and fluent in both English and German to ensure that you get the most out of this spectacular experience.
All our guided township tours are private tours for a maximum of 4 people (more participants on request), so you travel alone with your personal guide without any other guests. This individuality guarantees that the tour does not have the undesirable character of a “zoo visit”.
We take you into the townships of the black population, starting with the oldest township in South Africa, and ending in the second largest township of the country. For direct comparison and to see and explain the differences, we also drive through a residential area of the colored population, the “Coloreds”. On the way, we will have the opportunity to talk to the people, visit their homes and some social projects.
Our tours promote an understanding of life in the townships and their inhabitants, so personal contact is very important to us. This is reached by an approximately 11/2-hour tour on foot, which can also be varied in time if necessary and depending on your interests.
With half-day, full-day and evening township tours available, there’s no excuse not to treat yourself to this authentic South African experience.
- A safe and private township tour with a friendly, knowledgeable German and English speaking tour guide for up to four people (on special request larger groups can be arranged)
- Tailor-made to give you a personal experience and better understanding of daily township life
- A great opportunity to walk around the townships and talk and interact directly with the locals
Guests staying with us at the guesthouse will receive 10% discount for direct bookings on the basic tour rate!
Township Tour Packages
Half-day (4.5 hours) Cape Town Township Tour
This half-day Cape Town township tour is definitely something that you’ll want to write home about. Led by your own personal tour guide, you’ll visit Langa, Cape Town’s oldest township, as well as Khayelitsha, South Africa‘s second largest township after Soweto in Johannesburg. During the insightful 4.5 hour tour you’ll walk through the townships and learn about their history and interact with families living in the community to find out more about their daily life.
For direct comparison, we will drive through a residential area of coloured population, the “Coloureds”, before we pass other townships to Khayelitsha, the second largest township in South Africa. Here we visit a kindergarten (Monday to Friday) and one of the social projects before we drive back.
As an added treat you can round off the half-day Cape Town township tour with a delicious home-cooked lunch prepared by a typical “mama” in her home. She will join you and your tour guide at the table and share her story while you enjoy your meal together.
Rate includes English speaking driver/tour guide and donations for the families visited and social projects.
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