AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS
PRESENTS
SOUTH AFRICA ROOTS & CULTURE TOUR
December 24, 2024 - January 4, 2025
Welcome to the journey of a lifetime everyone. Join us for a real cultural experience on an incredible tour throughout South Africa including Johannesburg, Soweto, Pilanesberg and Cape Town. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to reconnect with our people, land, enjoy paradise in the tropics, networking with the group. learn about the roots, culture, repatriation, investment opportunities and more. Africa is the future; see you in the motherland.
DAY 1 TUESDAY DEC 24 DEPART ATLANTA to JOHANNESBURG
Meet and greet 3:45 PM at departure gate at Delta International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport in Georgia. Flight departs at 5:45 PM on Delta Airlines flight # DL 24 to Johannesburg, South Africa.
DAY 2 WEDNESDAY DEC 25 WELCOME to JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Delta Airlines flight # DL 24 arrives at 4:05 PM in Johannesburg, South Africa. Short tour and orientation on the way to the hotel for check in. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/jnbwa-protea-hotel-johannesburg-wanderers
DAY 3 THURSDAY DEC 26 JOHANNESBURG TOUR - LESEDI CULTURAL VILLAGE - CONSTITUTON HILL
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 9 AM departure for a 1 hour drive to experience Lesedi Cultural Village based in the Cradle of Humankind was created to showcase the diversity of African cultures, particularly of the dominant groups found in South Africa – the Zulu, the Xhosa, the Basotho, the Ndebele and the Pedi. Guests will be welcomed with traditional African singing before being escorted for a wander through the Ndebele-styled village and craft market. Guests will be orientated by watching a multi-visual theatre presentation on the history and origin of the South African people. Then guest will be taken on a tour of the five homesteads, each representing a particular culture’s choice of housing materials, decorative details and way of living.
Lunch then drive back to Johannesburg for full tour of Constitution Hill. This has been the site for South Africa’s Constitution Court since the mid-1990s but previously it was one of the country’s most notorious prisons. The Old Fort was built in 1892 and originally functioned as a prison and detention centre for those awaiting trial. The tour of the facility will take in the isolation cells known as Sections Four and Five where famous political activists such as Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu were held, the Women’s Gaol that has housed Winnie Mandela and others and many other cells as well as the awaiting trial building. Prisoners at this facility have included British soldiers, traitors, hardened criminals, activists and many normal South Africans who contravened the harsh Apartheid laws. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/jnbwa-protea-hotel-johannesburg-wanderers
DAY 4 FRIDAY DEC 27 - APARTHEID MUSEUM IN JOHANNESBURG - FULL TOUR OF SOWETO
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8:30 AM departure for the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg which is architecturally interesting and packed with thoughtful, often brutal, reminders of South Africa’s history. Depart for SOWETO to have lunch, shopping and tour.
Mandela House in Orlando West, Soweto is a national monument dedicated to offering insights into the life of Nelson Mandela and the families that he lived with from 1946 through to the 1990s. Managed by the Soweto Heritage Trust, the house has been fully renovated and hosts a visitor centre as well as excellent multi-media and audio-visual displays outlining the history of the Mandela family. A meaningful experience, visitors are exposed to Mandela’s personal life on this visit.
Visit Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum. On the 16th of June 1976, Hector Peterson was shot by the police during a protest by school children about Afrikaans being imposed as the medium of instruction. The Soweto uprising, as it has come to be known, saw 20 children shot by police during what started out as a peaceful protest. One of the pivotal moments in the anti-Apartheid struggle, 12-year old Hector has come to symbolize those that stood against the tyrannical regime. Today, the 16th of June is celebrated in South Africa as National Youth Day in remembrance of those who lost their lives during the protest. The site where Hector was shot is not far from the memorial. Retun to Johannesburg. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/jnbwa-protea-hotel-johannesburg-wanderers
DAY 5 SATURDAY DEC 28 PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 6:30 AM departure for a 2 hour drive to Pilanesberg Game Reserve the ideal destination for a 3 hour safari, this is a reserve which boasts the big 5 Animals and other main species. Pilanesberg lies in the crater of an ancient volcano and has some unique scenery and geology. Pilanesberg National Park exists in a transition zone between the dryness of the Kalahari and the wet Lowveld vegetation. This rich transitional zone attracts an incredible variety of game animals, flora and fauna that are not often found living side by side. Virtually all of the animal species native to southern Africa can be found here, including the Big 5, wild dog, Roan, Tsessebe, Sable antelope and more than 360 species of bird. After Safari, we will break for Lunch in Pilanesburg. Depart back to Johannesburg mid afternoon. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/jnbwa-protea-hotel-johannesburg-wanderers
DAY 6 SUNDAY DEC 29 JOHANNESBURG FREE DAY
Free day good for final shopping, leisure and more. 7 PM Dinner various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/jnbwa-protea-hotel-johannesburg-wanderers
DAY 7 MONDAY DEC 30 JOHANNESBURG TO CAPE TOWN
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 6:30 AM check out of hotel for flight to Cape Town. Flight departs Johannesburg, South Africa at 9:15 AM on South African Airways Flight # SA317 and Arrive at Cape Town International Airport at 11:25 AM. Transfer to hotel for brief orientation, 7 PM dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfront Breakwater Lodge. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cptbr-protea-hotel-cape-town-waterfront-breakwater-lodge
DAY 8 TUESDAY DEC 31 CAPE TOWN – ROBBEN ISLAND – TOWNSHIP TOUR
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 8 AM departure for half-day guided tour of Cape Town and Robben Island. Take the ferry from V&A Waterfront to UNESCO-listed Robben Island for a tour of the former prison for political prisoners. This where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. Lunch at waterfront then visit District Six Museum and learn about apartheid history. Travel to nearby townships, including Langa and meet people in the community. 7 PM Dinner and various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfront Breakwater Lodge. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cptbr-protea-hotel-cape-town-waterfront-breakwater-lodge
DAY 9 WEDNESDAY JAN 1 CAPE TOWN FREE DAY
Free day good for final shopping, leisure and more. 7 PM Dinner various night life options. Overnight at Protea Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfront Breakwater Lodge. www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cptbr-protea-hotel-cape-town-waterfront-breakwater-lodge
DAY 10 THURSDAY JAN 2 CAPE TOWN CITY TOUR – TABLE MOUNTAIN
DAY 11 FRIDAY JAN 3 CAPE TOWN to ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA
Wake up call, morning exercise and breakfast. 12PM check out of hotel. Afternoon leisure. Evening dinner. Airport dropoff at 7PM for departure flight from Cape Town flight to Atlanta. Flight departs Cape Town, South Africa at 10:55 PM on Delta Airlines Flight # DL25 and arrive in Atlanta, Georgia at 8:40 AM.
DAY 12 SATURDAY JAN 4 ARRIVE in ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA
Arrive at 8:40 AM in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Proceed to your connection flight if you have one. Safe Journey home. End of the tour schedule. Thanks for touring with us on the journey of a lifetime to South Africa.
(Note this itinerary may change slightly for logistic and operational efficiency)
Hotels that we are staying at in South Africa from Dec 25 - Jan 3
Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers.(Dec 25-29)
www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/jnbwa-protea-hotel-johannesburg-wanderers
Protea Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfront Breakwater Lodge (Dec 30 - Jan 3)
www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cptbr-protea-hotel-cape-town-waterfront-breakwater-lodge
For questions and additional info visit our website www.africafortheafricans.org and
Contact Tour Organizer: Bomani Tyehimba at (404) 931-9429 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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