Private Tour

PVT Langa 'Township Development Taster' Walking Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

2 hours

Mobile ticket

Get immersed in this 3-part tour co-hosted by multiple local changemakers!

A Side by Side tour is an adventure comprising 2+ of our hands-on experiences. Escape the tourist trap, live like a local, and make an impact. A percentage of every booking goes directly back to the changemakers we've partnered with in the form of year-end gifts: equipment, bursaries, and cash grants.

To ensure all experiences run smoothly and guests' every last need is met, an SbS guide will be by your side throughout the entire tour from pick-up to drop-off (if you add the Hotel Pickup add-on). Your guide will provide you all the background info you need to know and settle the entrance fees on your behalf.

Optionally add the Photoshoot add-on for HD pics/vids of you in action sent by the Google Drive same day; and/or the Prepaid Meal add-on to get food pre-ordered for prompt delivery.

With flexible experience durations & sequence, choose from 6 different tour versions (more info in itinerary).

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Cape Town

'BLEND THE CITY' Tour Overview The tour you'll be taking is called 'Blend the City.' By traveling, you meet and support entrepreneurs in Cape Town's very first township called Langa. The legacy of segregation during Apartheid has the left the city divided along racial lines to this day. By economically empowering townships and stepping into them, we integrate the city. And you also get a 'blend' of our favourite experiences. TIMING NOTE: If you only have the morning available and therefore need a half-day AM tour, please book a start time between 7-9am, and we will truncate the experiences to ensure you're dropped back off at your requested location within 4 hours after pick-up or meeting at Guga S'thebe centre in Langa. — DISCLAIMER: Half-day AM tours exclude kids from the African Zumba experience, as they are busy schooling during the day.

Admission Not Applicable

PRE-DEPARTURE: Orientation Your tour starts off in an unconventional way... You partake in a very interactive orientation led by your guide, instead of rushing off right away. This is done right at the Langa's famous arts & culture community centre, Guga S'thebe. Rest assured, we also put aside a little time to see the facilities and buy souvenirs from the centre's vendors. The orientation sets expectations and the vibe for the day, covers safety & conduct, teaches handshakes and greetings, and does a check-in to sense where the guests' thinking and feeling is at. TIMING NOTE: If time is very limited, or you simply prefer, a good deal of the orientation can—albeit less comfortably—be done over the course of the drive into Langa, instead of before that drive. We do, however, recommend keeping the orientation in for the optimum tour.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

Entrance to Lunch with a Restaurant Founder experience

10% Charitable Pledge

Local Tour Guide

Entrance to 'Walk Down Memory Lane' 'Hood Stroll with a Founder experience

1 p.p.

Entrance to Zumba w/ Kids experience

Hotel Pickup add-on — to add private transport, select a tour option including it.

Photoshoot add-on — to get HD pics/vids of you in action, select a tour option including it.

Prepaid Meal add-on — to have a meal & beverage included, select a tour option including it.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Options

with Photoshoot add-on

Photoshoot add-on: This add-on has us snap and tape the memories in HD (Nikon D3500), and send to you on Google Drive and WhatsApp same day.

with Prepaid Meal & Photoshoot

Prepaid Meal add-on: This add-on includes a meal & beverage, minimizes waiting times, and eliminate the nuisance of settling the bill.
Photoshoot add-on: This add-on has us snap and tape the memories in HD (Nikon D3500), and send to you on Google Drive and WhatsApp same day.

with Hotel Pickup & Photoshoot

Hotel Pickup add-on: This add-on has your guide collect/drop you at your desired location(s) before/after your tour in a licensed/insured vehicle.
Photoshoot add-on: This add-on has us snap and tape the memories in HD (Nikon D3500), and send to you on Google Drive and WhatsApp same day.
Pickup included

with Prepaid Meal add-on

Prepaid Meal add-on: This add-on includes a meal & beverage, minimizes waiting times, and eliminate the nuisance of settling the bill.

Bare-bones (no add-ons)

with Hotel Pickup & Meal

with Hotel Pickup add-on

Hotel Pickup add-on: This add-on has your guide collect/drop you at your desired location(s) before/after your tour in a licensed/insured vehicle.
Pickup included

The Works (with all add-ons)

Prepaid Meal add-on: This add-on includes a meal & beverage, minimizes waiting times, and eliminate the nuisance of settling the bill.
Hotel Pickup add-on: This add-on has your guide collect/drop you at your desired location(s) before/after your tour in a licensed/insured vehicle.
Photoshoot add-on: This add-on has us snap and tape the memories in HD (Nikon D3500), and send to you on Google Drive and WhatsApp same day.
Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

5 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Amazing and life-changing experience
ReneeBeverly,,Dec 3, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
As an American traveling to South Africa for the first time, I can honestly say that the township tour with Jason, Thulani, and Sisa was the highlight of my trip. This was an eye opening experience into the historical and current day impacts of systemic displacement and segregation of the Black and brown community of Cape Town. Everyone we met was warm, welcoming, knowledgeable, and eager to share their personal experiences with us. I learned more during this tour than any amount of learning/reading I could have done had I not stepped foot in a township. Thank you Jason, Thulani, Sisa, Chuma, and Ma Jean for opening up your world to me. I am forever grateful! I HIGHLY recommend this experience for any and everyone travelling to Cape Town!!
Awesome
0331mimmy,,Nov 11, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Side by side tours or is truly an immersion in the history and culture of Africa. Brenda guided me through the township of Langa both in her car and on foot. She was exceptional not only because of her honest sharing of her experience as a woman, a black woman, who grew up in South Africa but she provided real and honest feedback. It was truly a life changing experience! Meeting Brenda alone is spirit and life changing!
Township Tour
642rickyn,,Mar 31, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Me and 2 friends had a great experience of the Township ( Lalanga ) with Jason (volofu/Woolf). He has great local knowledge, the whole town knows him especially the youngsters. And we had a very warm welcome being with him, and felt very safe. His colleague Buja was born a bred in the town and he’s a local businessman who turned his life around, having him around, just put the icing on the cake. with his insights into township life and growing up there etc. I would highly recommend the experience!
Folley
Folleydon,,Mar 31, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great experience, I would definitely recommend it thanks again Jason aka the wolf. #township #langa.
Highly recommend, Great Experience!
Flashpacking2012,,Mar 31, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Jason was great and informative, he’s is like one of the locals and knows everyone in the area! We met some really great people and got a feel of the township.