Cultural experiences

South Africa's Apartheid Museum

Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum, assembled by a multi-disciplinary team of architects, curators, film-makers, historians and designers, takes the visitor on a powerful emotional journey into South Africa's past, bringing to life the story of a state-sanctioned system based solely on racial discrimination.

South African cultural experiences

Community tours will give you an authentic South African experience. Heritage sites such as the Apartheid Museum and Robben Island will give you a glimpse of the violence of South Africa's past - and the miracle of our reconciliation. And don't forget where it all began: the Cradle of Humankind.

Stopping in Vilakazi Street, Soweto

One of South Africa's most famous streets – the only one in the world to have housed two Nobel Prize winners – has long been a must-see tourist attraction. Now, the Vilakazi Street precinct has become fully visitor-friendly, with public art, memorials and benches picking out its historical sites.

On the trail of the 16 June '76 students

Visitors can relive South Africa's turbulent history by walking the route that protesting Soweto school students took on 16 June 1976 – the day that marked the beginning of the end for the apartheid regime. The entire path has been declared a heritage trail.