History Bicycle Tour of Soweto

You leave from Hector Pieterson museum in Orlando West and cycle through Soweto’s daily life.

With your guide you will cycle to the place where Soweto started in 1904. You will see the good, the bad an even the ugly side of this world famous township and will get lot’s of information about what happened during the tumultuous past.

Some of the things you’ll see are churches, you will pass an orphanage, hostel for mineworkers and of course see Winnie Mandela's, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu’s and Nelson Mandela’s house.

At Orlando West High school your guide will explain the local struggle against the Apartheid system which led to a student uprising and the killing of Hector Pieterson.

You end the tour at Coffee and Cream coffee shop. If you like you can visit the Hector Pieterson museum in your own time after.