Gold was the catalyst which brought Johannesburg into being.

Visit the Mining Houses, the Stock Exchange, Museums and Gold Reef City, a reconstruction of Johannesburg during The Gold Rush era.

Travel to Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The city is the sprawling metropolis of approximately a million people and is synonymous with South Africa's turbulent past and its hope for the future. It is also a multi-lingual, multi-cultural composite of today's South Africa. Peek into the hostel of the past and visit the so-called Freedom Square (struggle for liberty).

Soweto is an acronym for South Western Townships and is one of South Africa's largest black cities that got it's fame due to the 1976 youth uprisings.

Visit the Old House of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, The Church of Survival where people were gunned down in fighting for freedom, "The Black Madonna Church" and the Freedom Square in Klipspruit where the freedom chapter was adopted in 1955.

Tread the past of greatness taken by Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu and stand on the only road in the world that carries the honour of two recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The tour includes a full view of Soweto from the vicinity of the Oppenheimer tower, Nelson Mandela's house, Hector Peterson's memorial and Wandi's place. (Lunch may be pre-booked and is optional).

Start this historic tour at George Harrison Park where gold was discovered in 1996 on the farm Langlaagte.

We then proceed to the top of the mine dump where a panoramic view of Johannesburg mine dump, slimes dam and hand gear can be seen.

Continue to the historical and present financial district to see the buildings that bear mute evidence of the early gold mining days and visit Museum Africa.