Cape Town Township Tour

Name: Cape Town Township Tour
Brand: Baja Bikes
Price: 1600.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.92 (26 reviews)

Meet the locals during this bike tour

26 reviews

Price per personZAR 1600 Clock

Duration4 hrs.

Date, language and time

March 13, 2026 - English - 10:00

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Meet the locals
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Cape Town Township Tour
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This International Award-winning socially responsible Cape Town Township Tour provides you with the opportunity to meet and interact with the local community in the townships. A qualified guide will lead you around the township, visiting interesting places and explaining Xhosa customs. Some highlights of the tour are a visit to a local pre-school, traditional dancing by the Sangoma (traditional healer) and you will enjoy a lunch in an African home and taste some authentic African food as well. This is the perfect excursion if you want to see another side of South Africa other than just the most-visited spots.

Unique Township Tour with a certified guide in Cape Town

Highlights of the Cape Town Township Tour

Sangoma (traditional healer) dancing and drumming
Visit to Masivelani crèche (only available during the week)
Visit crafters and local artists in the community
Visit to the learning center / library
Lunch at Nonni’s home or Nongoloza’s Restaurant

*Please note: not all the highlights are available on Sundays and the tour is more focused on the African Gospel Experience.

After a 45-minute drive, you will start the bike tour. During the tour you will visit a preschool. Please do not bring treats for the children, as we already make donations to the creche on your behalf (10% of all tour proceeds go directly to Masicorp a non profit organisation). After that you will see traditional dancing and drumming by the Sangoma and we will also enjoy an authentic African lunch. This guided bicycle tour gives you the unique opportunity to see the townships in a different way and there will be enough time to interact with the locals. Experience the life of the local people and seize this opportunity to help them through sustainable tourism initiatives.

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Our advice: Do one of our guided tours on your first days in the city so you can get an overview of the most important spots at the beginning of your trip.

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Information

Good to know:

Online reservation is necessary
Payment up front
Cancellation free of charge until 24 hours in advance
In case of bad weather: free poncho
Distance: 5 km (3 mi)
Level of activity: Easy

Included:

Bike rental
English-speaking guide
A great experience!
African lunch
Sangoma visit
Donation
Time to take great pictures

Extra options:

Child bikes: 24 and 26 inches
Child seats: available, up to 20 kg (44 lbs)
Tandems: not available
E-bike: not available
Helmet: obligated

Group size:

Bookable from: 2 to 200 participants
Average group size: 8 participants
Minimum: 2 participants
If the group is bigger than 15 participants we provide an additional guide
For bigger groups we provide an additional guide

Sustainable activity

This is why this tour is good for you and the planet:

Bike tours are eco-friendly and help promote sustainable tourism
By doing a bike tour, you save 1.5 to 2 kg of CO2 on average compared to a sightseeing tour by bus
You stimulate the local economy and employment
You help to invest in a local green infrastructure
Cycling is healthy and relaxing
Read more about Baja Bikes & sustainability

Meeting point

More details will be sent by e-mail after booking
Parking: Chasmay Campus
Online booking for the tour is mandatory!

Chasmay Road, Chasmay Road Campus, Masiphumelele, Cape Town

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This is what customers say about this tour

26 rate this tour with 4.9 stars

*** is een fantastische gids! Vol passie liet hij ons kennismaken met zijn leven in zijn Town Ship. Het is een hele hechte gemeenschap, dat blijkt uit alles. We hebben ons geen moment onveilig gevoeld en iedereen begroette ons enthousiast. We kunnen deze excursie iedereen aanraden!

Yvonne Evers

November 13, 2025

Impressive!

Mariëlle Fokker

September 16, 2025

We would recommend this tour to anyone who is interested in a little piece of history of a township next to Cape Town. Our guides were very enthusiastic and learned us a lot about the slums! 100% satisfied!

Ramon Smits

August 31, 2025

Our guide *** was very friendly and had a great inside knowledge about the township.

Katja Logger

June 9, 2025

De fietstour door de township was geweldig, Lurho is een geweldige gids die je helemaal meeneemt door de township, hij legt alles uit over de geschiedenis en hoe het nu is. de lunch was geweldig. Voor wie nog twijfelt, het is een absolute veilige tour en je steunt ook hiermee de gemeenschap.

Syl De vroom

March 4, 2025

Zeer interessante tour die super leuk en deskundig begeleid wordt. Voelde zeer veilig, de gids woont zelf in de township en kent echt iedereen. Vooraf twijfelden we of het moesten doen om meerdere redenen, achteraf zouden we het iedereen aanraden. Je wordt nederig als je daar loopt en tegelijkertijd zie je stralende gezichten van alle inwoners. We waren er op zondag en hebben genoten van de talrijke muzikale (kerk) bijeenkomsten, een privilege om dat bij te kunnen wonen. Het goede nieuws is ook dat je met een bezoek, de community daar ook (financieel) ondersteunt!

Hanneke Van De Voort

February 5, 2025

Fantastic experience with a great guide. Definitely highly recommended.

Werner Arnouts

February 3, 2025

Door een gedreven jongeman rondgeleid, met goede uitleg, zonder gène.

Marga Wasmann

January 28, 2025

Although reluctant at first we were very happy that we did the tour. Our guide was very enthusiastic and told us everything about the community and how people live and work together. In this way we could contribute to the development and projects within the community. And have fun at the same time.

Astrid Lurken

January 17, 2025

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