Unique Street Food Tour in Fordsburg

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Johannesburg

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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: 24 hours

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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

Dinner

Additional Information

This engaging walking tour delves into the rich history of Fordsburg, Johannesburg’s oldest suburb. The tour highlights street food, featuring dishes from Indian, Bangladeshi, Syrian, African, Turkish, and Pakistani vendors – so come with an appetite! You’ll uncover hidden gems, interact with the traders and friendly locals of Fordsburg, and enjoy ample…

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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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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Leslie_r

May 11, 2024

Food tour first thing in Joburg! - Three of us did this tour with Gilda. We were late arriving at the Joburg airport and hence a few minutes late for the start of the tour. Fortunately it was only the three of us on the tour. We tried middle eastern and Indian food which was all really good! Make sure you come hungry and are not offended easily as Gilda likes to joke around!

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From $50

up to 15 guests

2 Adult