Originally Posted by
1Konsultant
South Africa
Day 9: See Table Mountain, Robben Island (CPT)
Day 10: Drive and spend day in Cape Pointe, Cape of Good Hope (CPT)
Day 11: Spend day in Stellenbosch (CPT), fly to JNB in evening
Day 12: See Apartheid Museum in morning / Lion Park in afternoon, hang out with friends in evening (JNB)
Day 13: See Soweto in the morning, fly back to US in late evening (via LHR)
We actually skipped Robben Island at the urging of several folks in Cape Town. We were instead encouraged to visit the District Six museum and do a Township Tour. We did just that...I think every tour starts with District Six and moves onto the townships ----- we ended up having the driver take us back to the District Six museum to explore it a bit more. Neither of us had any regrets on skipping Robben Island.
Though you're seeing Soweto, so it might be better if you did go to Robben.
We used Hylton Ross Tours for the township tour. Tour was conducted by a really nice guy who lived in Khayaletsha Township. There were just three of us on the tour and it was much more personal. We saw other tour companies passing us in 24 passenger mini-buses. Our driver took us to several out of the way locations and seemed to know everyone in Khayaletsha.
Tour company was recommended by our Guest House (booked by them) and was also suggested by another tour company!
http://www.hyltonross.co.za/