Tremendous Cape Town Township Tours

South Africa is a place of enormous diversity and varied cultural experiences. One of these phenomenal experiences is to participate in a township tour. The majority of citizens live in the townships.

Cape Town is a modest hub in relation to the rest of the country in terms of demographics but it too enjoys some of the more vivacious township societies. In Cape Town, Khayelitsha is the principal township followed by Crossroads. Khayelitsha translated to English means our new home and is a merger of the old Crossroads and KTC settlements.

Today it is populated by over two million inhabitants and is recorded as the second largest informal settlement in South Africa. It is only eclipsed by the world famous Soweto where Nelson Mandela lived. Khayelitsha was officially established in 1985 but the apartheid regime had been forcefully moving people there since 1983.

There are many exciting things to see in township living. There are shebeens where visitors can go to enjoy locally or home-made beer and eat the local fare. Food mainly consists of the livestock that is farmed; such as goats, cows and chickens.

Townships have vacancies where tourists can stay a few days to familiarize themselves with the ins and outs of daily life. It is a mixed blend of backgrounds and beliefs. The prevailing faith being African Traditional Religion; consist of traditions such as witchdoctors, diviners and ancestors.

The township tours in Cape Town are exceptional and poignant. The music and dance that rise from this sector are of a class that is internationally recognized. The scale to which can be glimpsed from world renowned and award captivating honors; like the film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha which won a Golden Bear for best film at the respected Berlin Film Festival.

The people and the settlement unite to form an effervescent and active way of life. This lets all kinds of human interest situations exist where individuals can express their untold skills to the world. The experience of a township tour is unforgettable and contributes enormously to the enjoyment as a tourist in Cape Town.