PRIVATE TOUR ONLY
Duration: 4 hours (approx)
Starting from USD 250 pp / ZAR 3791 pp
Book via info@coffeebeansroutes.com
Highlights
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- Experience a unified Cape Town city
- Learn about township context and future potential
- Meet visionary locals
Inclusions
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- Local tasters
- Mineral water
- All entrance fees
- Collection from and return to accommodation
Exclusions
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- Discretionary tips
- Items of a personal nature
You will hear a lot of things said about the Cape Flats and the Townships.
“The other side of town”
“The danger zone”
“Are you crazy, don’t go there!”
These are just some of the mild things said.
Consider the facts:
Of Cape Town’s population, the majority of us live in townships. Which means that the largest distribution of the city’s spend comes from the townships.
Of families living in houses, the majority are owned by the residents. Which means that there is very, very little home loan debt, if any. Compare that with suburban areas, where the majority of residents are not homeowners, and where the majority of people have significant debt.
Consider that Khayelitsha is the fastest growing suburb in the country, with a large middle class.
And finally, consider that the future of Cape Town lies in the townships. That as the city grows and expands, it is expanding into the townships. That the South African Treasury has earmarked some 300 billion rands to invest in developing economic nodes in townships across South Africa. National government, even if it doesn’t shout it out loud, believes that the economic future of the country is in its townships.
So what does the future hold?
On this four hour excursion we take the visitor into two key parts of Cape Town’s townships. We visit some sites and projects of transformation, and meet some of the people that are making this change. We look at how the city and its townships were formed, and how the townships are being shaped into the future. It looks at models for economic and social integration. It looks at ways that townships might connect to each other and to the city as a whole. In between these lines, it touches on food and stories and life.
A typical itinerary could look like this:
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- 09h00 Collection of guests at hotel
- 09h05 Tour departs
- 09h35 The Langa Quarter, Langa township, a social enterprise development precinct, including a walking tour component
- 11h30 An engagement with a township based entrepreneur
- 12h30 Return to the city
- 13h00 Drop off at accommodation
