Langa Walking Experience
Duration: 3 hours
Start: 10:00am
Cost: R1500 pp
A Langa township walking tour is a guided experience through Langa, one of the oldest townships in Cape Town, South Africa. It offers visitors a chance to learn about the history, culture, and daily life of the community while supporting local businesses and initiatives.
What to Expect on a Langa Walking Tour:
- History & Heritage: Learn about Langa’s origins, its role during apartheid, and how it has evolved.
- Local Interactions: Meet residents, artists, and entrepreneurs who share personal stories.
- Cultural Experiences: Visit local markets, art galleries, and taste (traditional beer).
- Traditional Cuisine: Taste home-cooked meals at Mzantsi Restaurant
Included:
- Bottled Water
- Umqombothi/ Traditional Beer
- Intloko/ Sheep head
- Coffee
Highlights:
- Gug’sthebe Center
- Drumming circle with Olwethu Uthando Dom Pass Museum
- Beer Hall
- Art Gallery
- Mzantsi Restaurant
– Gug’sthebe Center is where you will meet our Guide Mike who will take you through some beautiful art and some local entrepreneurs around Gug’sthebe.
– The drumming circle will be led by 3 gentlemen Bra X, Bra zwai & Bra Mindlos.
– Our guide will be taking you through Dom Pass Museum where you will meet Thami Sijila who runs the museum.
– Mike will be taking through the Beer Hall.
– At the Art Gallery, you will get to meet the founders, Mpilo Ngcukana, Thulani fesi, Khanyo Ngcukana and Shaun Williams.
– At the restaurant you get to meet Mbasa Siyaka who is the son of the late Nomonde Siyaka, who has transformed her family’s home in Langa into a two-storey traditional African food restaurant. Now, the owner is Mbasa, their son.
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