Fordsburg Walking Tour: Explore History, Public Art and Global Street Food
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27 Ratings
Johannesburg
Embark on a fascinating walking tour of Fordsburg, exploring its rich history, vibrant street art, and diverse street food scene. Discover hidden secrets, meet local traders, and indulge in delicious Indian, Bangladeshi, Syrian, African, and Pakistani cuisine. Suitable for vegetarians and non-spicy eaters. Duration: 3.5 to 4 hours.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Fordsburg Square Flea Market - This tour focuses on the fascinating Muslim suburb of Fordsburg. We will visit a variety of traders, including Indian, Pakistani, Syrian and African.
What's Included
- Snacks
Additional Information
This fun walking tour covers the fascinating history of Fordsburg and surrounds. The tour meets up at the City Lodge Hotel in Newtown, from where we take a gentle walk to Fordsburg, covering some beautiful street and public art along the way. The focus is on street food, and we eat from Indian, Bangladeshi, Syrian, African and Pakistani traders
- Best to come hungry! You will discover all the hidden secrets, meet the traders and lovely people of Fordsburg, and do plenty of shopping! The tour is suitable for vegetarians and people unable to eat spicy food, but not for vegan or lactose intolerant eaters. Please note duration depends on group size and mobility, how much you shop etc. Tour lasts between 3,5 to 4 hours. It’s a Muslim area, please dress respectfully. No revealing clothes please
Location
Dosa Hut
Central Road
Dosa Hut
48 Central Road
Fordsburg
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(27 Ratings)
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Debra_w
Nov 11, 2023
We are foodies - Loved the adventure trying new foods. Tried everything and was pleasantly surprised how much I loved it all. Thanks Gilda for exposing us to very different cultural foods.
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Traci_d
Aug 14, 2023
Delicious Food & Good Company! - Gilda, our guide, was fantastic! Very knowledgeable on the area, the food, the people. Was such an incredible evening.
Note: if you do the experience on a Saturday, do the earlier time as the street art shops close at 2pm so we missed that part, which we would have loved to enjoy!
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Charl_d
Mar 6, 2023
Brilliant guide & brilliant tour - Gilda is a brilliant tour guide and generally wonderful human. Gilda's extensive knowledge of the surrounding area and excellent relationship with the local community shines through. Absolutely wonderful tour and of course, the food is amazing. 10/10 would recommend
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Eric
Dec 12, 2022
Great adventure - Gilda was an outstanding and knowledgeable guide. We had a great time wandering around the old parts of Jo'berg. Great variety of wonderful food we sampled. Highly recommend this tour. Suggestion... bring napkins or moist towelettes to clean up between samples.
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Drdmel
Sep 25, 2022
Best food tour we’ve ever been on - The conversation with Gilda, the guide was as delightful as the food served on the tour. The pacing was relaxed even though we covered a lot of ground.
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Born2go
Aug 15, 2022
Unique and tasty tour! - What a fun and informative way to experience the diversity of Johannesburg’s Fordsburg neighborhood.! Making our way through the streets and markets, Gilda introduced us to amazing, unique taste treats of this Muslim and Indian area. Her breezy warm friendly manner with the local traders and thoughtful, honest conversations with us was refreshing. The coconut samosas (or Samoosas, as the locals say) were amazing.
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Jeanette
Dec 6, 2021
One of the best! - The variety of activities and Gilda's expertise and entertaining style
Thank you to Gilda for a fantastic experience with my son Rob (Not a teen I might add so put in couple for category) To be honest I would have probably not ventured into this neighbohood on my own having just arrived in Joburg with no knowledge. We would have missed out on a wonderful day indeed. I highly recommend this tour! Make it one of the first tours you book!
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Rob_l
Oct 5, 2021
Fabulous food experience in Fordsburg - Learning the history of that part of Johannesburg and the amazing streetfood.
Our guide is knowledgeable and knows many people on the route, which made the experience great.
She is clearly well known and well liked.
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Erika_l
Aug 21, 2021
Excellent, fun experience that I would recommend to anyone with a sense of adventure. - Gilda was an excellent tour guide. She was very informative, confident, and freely shared her knowledge of South African social history and more.
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Michelle
Jan 4, 2020
Excellent Tour! - Gilda is hilarious and knowledgeable! We tasted so many different things, all based on who was selling that day. Gilda is very good with being flexible, and really took into account everyone’s preferences to try to choose the best places to visit. She made us feel so much more comfortable with the city of Johannesburg as a whole. We would absolutely recommend this tour!!
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