Soweto Tour: Explore Johannesburg's Iconic Township

Explore the vibrant suburbs and precincts of Johannesburg on an e-scooter. Discover Sandton, Braamfontein, Rosebank, and more. Book now for an immersive city experience!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mandela House - Explore Mandela House – A Historical Journey in Soweto
    Discover the legacy of South Africa’s most revered icon at Mandela House, situated in the vibrant Vilakazi Street, Soweto – the only street globally to have been home to two Nobel Peace Prize laureates. This modest red-brick house was once Nelson Mandela’s residence and now…
What's Included
  • Bicycle use
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

Experience the lively essence of Johannesburg with a guided tour of Soweto—South Africa’s most renowned township. Select your preferred adventure: a leisurely walking tour, a picturesque bike ride, or the comfort of a shuttle tour. Each choice provides a distinct and engaging way to delve into Soweto’s rich history, culture, and spirit.
Explore notable…

Location
Vilakazi Espresso
Kumalo Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Nicolar1624
Sep 13, 2025
Insightful and fun day out in Soweto - Had a great day out biking around Soweto with tour guide Lebo, the driver, Murendeni for my transfer also had plenty of interesting facts and stories to share. There's so much to see and with the half day it's still so limited but definitely glad I did the bike tour as you can see a few different neighborhoods. Be ready to ride on some hills but overall it was not too strenuous and they do tailor it to what works for each group. Recommend adding this to your Jo'burg itinerary, it's great knowing that you have guides who are actually from Soweto and really know the area and the history well.
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Cynthiamv6463xi
Aug 9, 2025
Great family experience - Our family of four had a great experience on the tour with Linda and Tye. They were friendly and very well informed, and gave a great interactive tour that was informative and well paced. Thanks for the great memories!
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Odyssey33663743088
Oct 25, 2023
The coolest way to explore the city - Such a cool way to explore the city! The views were spectacular and our guide was very well informed. My favourite part was exploring the hidden gems of the city.
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Dreamer10130373780
Jun 30, 2023
Absolutely fantastic experience - What an exceptional experience !!! Can’t remember when last we had such fun. The scooters were phenomenal - we now all want one. Amazing how much ground we covered, and how much we saw. Tye was amazing with his organisation and logistics ; and our guide was just superb. Intelligent, well informed, interesting, fun ; and he handled our 2 crazy boys so well. Can thoroughly recommend the scooter tours. I can’t wait to go back and do it again… or to go to one of the live music venues we stopped at in Maboneng for dinner. A very positive experience and adventure. So lovely to see JHB from a different perspective. And very professionally run.
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Christophe_d
Apr 19, 2023
Cross Joburg downtown with eScooter - Great expérience with BK, our guide, he's dynamic and professional. He went extra miles with us, this was appreciated
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Explore02932231953
Mar 24, 2023
E-scooter experience - All I can say is fun was had. We thought it would be hard to learn to ride the e scooters but to our surprise it was fairly easy. Also Ivan our tour guide was a great instructor.
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Aminata
Jan 22, 2023
Pleasant - My encounter was wonderful. I was fortunate to meet Tye, who was very polite, professional, and a native of Johannesburg. You actually learn more about Johannesburg's history while having a great time. However, I would caution any female solo travelers to be wary of Ivan, the tour guide. He traveled with Tye to host the event, and when I saw him a week later, he treated me with a great deal of contempt, rudeness, and disrespect. When Tye was around, he was kind, so I didn't understand why he was treating me as such, but after the working hours, I felt incredibly uncomfortable and unsafe. I'm hoping the Honest Travel Experience can help with that issue. It's not nice to have a worker who feels frightened by women, or whatever the case may be, because he doesn't even know me. Because of him, I had an extremely traumatic experience, but I put that to an immediate stop. In the end, it was enjoyable, and I gained a lot from it. I appreciate Tye and the rest of the Honest Travel Experience staff's cheers.
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Heartofhearts
Jun 1, 2022
Fun - Me and my friend had a fab few hours zipping around on an e scooter. Up close and personal in the city centre. Really easy to ride felt very safe hands with our guide Tye. Would really recommend this. It started and finished at Victoria Yards another great place to hang around for a few hours shopping eating and drinking.
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Martin86186
May 11, 2022
Finding some hidden corners - A very nice tour, covered parts of Joburg we would have missed otherwise, such as a very unique art gallery or a community gardening project. The guide was well-informed, had many interesting things to tell and answered our questions very nicely. One should just keep in mind that riding an e-scooter requires a bit of attention for the traffic, so if you are the type of person to just sit back and be driven around, this is probably not the best mode of transport. However, as we enjoy being within the city instead of watching everything through a bus window, it was a lot of fun.
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Raeelle2019
Jan 18, 2022
Experiencing true Jozi - Fun and informative tour! The e-scooter made traveling all over so easy. Tye our guide was awesome and knowledgeable. We went to historical sites, cool places in the city, and got background of Jozi's history and redevelopment efforts.
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From $67
up to 5 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).