South African Tourism (SAT), in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, has developed an itinerary for all those who would want to walk the footsteps of the forever-loved and admired hero, Nelson Mandela. Tourists can now get an in-depth feel of the places that defined Mandela’s life.
The itinerary will take visitors to the places through the Eastern Cape, where he was born, grew up and attended Fort Hare University; Gauteng, where he worked as a human rights lawyer and became instrumental in South Africa’s political struggle; KwaZulu-Natal, where he was captured and the Western Cape, where he was imprisoned and ultimately freed.
The map also includes well-known attractions such as UNESCO World Heritage Site, Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned and Mandela’s house on Vilakazi Street in Soweto, the only street in the world to have had two Nobel Peace Prize winners as residents, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu; and lesser known attractions such as the Kliptown Open-Air Museum, also in Soweto, which marks the spot where the Freedom Charter was adopted by the Congress of the People. The Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre in Mandela’s childhood home, Qunu, where he was buried is also featured in the map.
The “Madiba Inspired Tourist Attractions” map has been made available to trade partners in South Africa and around the world to make it as easy as possible to packaging Madiba-inspired itineraries.
