Joburg has a lot to offer – architecture, cuisine and even its people. The best way to experience the city in all its glory is by foot. Meetings shares its top picks.
PAST EXPERIENCES offers a wide array of Joburg inner-city walking tours, which can be catered around any themes your client wants to focus on – from growth to change, to giving their team some creative inspiration.
1 KA’CHING TOUR
Travel back in time to 1886 and early mining in Johannesburg. Learn about the discovery of gold in the city and the huge impact it had. The tour takes a look at some of Johannesburg’s oldest buildings and you will enjoy a relaxed walk past many of the mining houses and banks in Johannesburg. The importance that minerals have played in South Africa’s development is revealed and there is an opportunity to view one of Johannesburg’s earliest mining stopes. This experience pairs well with drinks or high tea at The Rand Club – Joburg’s original private club.
2 GRAFFITI EXPERIENCE
Joburg has a really unique graffiti culture. This walking tour will look at the street art by local and international artists who have contributed to this growing art movement in Joburg. For an extra-special experience, Past Experiences can organise one of Joburg’s top graffiti artists to accompany your group on the tour. You will also be able to take part in a graffiti workshop to get delegates to think outside the box.
3 MANDELA’S JOBURG
This tour looks at the Joburg that Nelson Mandela experienced in the 1950s and 1960s. Visit his original law practice and the areas he walked through on a daily basis. This tour not only focuses on Mandela, but on all the anti-apartheid leaders who spent time in the inner city.
4 PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED EXPERIENCE
Past Experiences has teamed up with I Was Shot in Joburg to create a fantastic, interactive walking tour. This collaborative event includes an introduction to the Project*, a tour of the Maboneng Precinct or another area of your choice. The aim on this walk is to explore the inner city, learn about its regeneration and public art, all while keeping in mind the theme, ‘finding beauty where there is none’. If you really like a photo (or two) that you took, you can print it and create a stretched canvas for yourself, at a really great price!
