Unique Street Food Tour in Fordsburg

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Johannesburg

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Embark on a fascinating walking tour of Fordsburg, exploring its rich history, vibrant street art, and diverse street food scene. Discover hidden secrets, meet local traders, and indulge in delicious Indian, Bangladeshi, Syrian, African, and Pakistani cuisine. Suitable for vegetarians and non-spicy eaters. Duration: 3.5 to 4 hours.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

This tour highlights the captivating Muslim neighborhood of Fordsburg. Participants will explore a diverse range of traders, featuring Indian, Pakistani, Syrian, and African vendors.

Highlights

Fordsburg Square Flea Market

What's Included

Dinner

Additional Information

This engaging walking tour delves into the rich history of Fordsburg, Johannesburg’s oldest suburb. The tour highlights street food, featuring dishes from Indian, Bangladeshi, Syrian, African, Turkish, and Pakistani vendors – so come with an appetite! You’ll uncover hidden gems, interact with the traders and friendly locals of Fordsburg, and enjoy ample…

Location

Dosa Hut

Central Road

Dosa Hut 48 Central Road Fordsburg

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Michaele140

Feb 10, 2026

Bring your appetite - A great tour of the Fordsburg neighbourhood of Joburg. A mix of so many cultures. Our guide Gilda knew all the tasty spots to stop and try delicious foods from all round the world. A really interesting part of the city.

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482aarts

Feb 20, 2025

A great surprise - The food was everytime a nice surprise and Gilda a super friedly guide. We enjoyed every minute of it and the hospitality of our guide (and husband)

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Debra_w

Nov 11, 2023

We are foodies - Loved the adventure trying new foods. Tried everything and was pleasantly surprised how much I loved it all. Thanks Gilda for exposing us to very different cultural foods.

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Traci_d

Aug 14, 2023

Delicious Food & Good Company! - Gilda, our guide, was fantastic! Very knowledgeable on the area, the food, the people. Was such an incredible evening. Note: if you do the experience on a Saturday, do the earlier time as the street art shops close at 2pm so we missed that part, which we would have loved to enjoy!

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Charl_d

Mar 6, 2023

Brilliant guide & brilliant tour - Gilda is a brilliant tour guide and generally wonderful human. Gilda's extensive knowledge of the surrounding area and excellent relationship with the local community shines through. Absolutely wonderful tour and of course, the food is amazing. 10/10 would recommend

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Eric

Dec 12, 2022

Great adventure - Gilda was an outstanding and knowledgeable guide. We had a great time wandering around the old parts of Jo'berg. Great variety of wonderful food we sampled. Highly recommend this tour. Suggestion... bring napkins or moist towelettes to clean up between samples.

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Drdmel

Sep 25, 2022

Best food tour we’ve ever been on - The conversation with Gilda, the guide was as delightful as the food served on the tour. The pacing was relaxed even though we covered a lot of ground.

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Melissa_m

Jan 4, 2026

Experience New Cultures - The food options were good. The host is well known by the vendors. There location can be a bit intimidating at first, but the vendor ensures safety at all times. I wish a little more historical context could have been provided.

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Leslie_r

May 11, 2024

Food tour first thing in Joburg! - Three of us did this tour with Gilda. We were late arriving at the Joburg airport and hence a few minutes late for the start of the tour. Fortunately it was only the three of us on the tour. We tried middle eastern and Indian food which was all really good! Make sure you come hungry and are not offended easily as Gilda likes to joke around!

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Clairerd6245oy

Jun 3, 2025

It was fun seeing stores and places I wouldn't normally have seen, but.... - Gilda was our guide. It was a fun tour, however... Our group contained 9 people. 5 were close friends of hers. Gilda really talked to them the most. The other 4 people mainly listened to their stories and experiences that they had shared, all throughout the tour. We explained food sensitivities (mine: no spicy foods, others had issues with dairy) right away, as the tour started. Gilda did not handle these well at all. Almost half the food was spicy and no alternatives were offered. When I re-verbalized that I couldn't eat spicy, she just said, "Oh, you should have told me before I bought it." (I had), and "Oh so you can't eat this, or this, or that." It was quite frustrating. This was definitely not as good a food tour as others I've taken. Perhaps it would have been better without her friends there.

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up to 15 guests

2 - Adult