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When I mention rural Eastern Cape cultural tours, people immediately think that its a budget, dirty,difficult conditions, sleep on the floor, no en suite bathroom experience.
As you can see the Eastern Cape lodging we use is quaint, local, full of local flavour and local architecture design.....its the hearfelt warmth of genuine hospitality that makes these tours memorable,
Our the Eastern Cape lodging gives you a real experience of the area, a personal contact with local people, a memorable heart to heart connection, different from the big hotels...people to people, seeing scenery that many visitors to South Africa, do not get to experience.....
Eastern Cape Cultural Tours Lodging Day 1
Arrive at East London Airport – tour guide meets you.
En-route to the Ubukhosi Village you will be expertly guided through the Rharhabe Kingdom and the Steve Biko Trail
The following attractions will be visited:
• The Steve Biko Bridge traversing the Buffalo River
• The Steve Biko Statue at the City Hall in Oxford Street
(East London city centre)
• The former Office of Steve Biko in Leopold Street
• The Steve Biko Foundation in King William’s Town
• The SteveBiko Monument in Ginsberg Township
(audio-visual presentation)
• The Steve Biko Garden of Remembrance
Arrive at Ubukhosi Village at Mngqesha Great Place
• Introduction to the Rharhabe Kingdom
• Traditional evening at the Boma (weather permitting)
Steve Biko rural medical clinic Day 2
• Breakfast at Ubukhosi Village Restaurant
• Briefing about programme for the day ahead
Leave Mngqesha for tour of the following attractions:
• Sandile Royal Monument
• Zanempilo Clinic community health centre
• Sandile Caves/ Maiden Dam
Lunch
● Grave of Sandile
Return to Ubukhosi Village
• Dinner and cultural performance
Day 3• Imbali museum
• Traditional farewell Cotrubutions to the Steve Biko Foundation welcomed...Please ask us how. "We have set out on a quest for true humanity and somewhere in the distance we can see the glittering prize. Let us march forth drawing strength from our common plight and brotherhood. In time we shall be in a position to bestow upon Africa the greatest gift possible, a more human face." B.S. Biko
Steve Biko was murdered by Apartheid security agents under brutal circumstances in September 1977. The circumstances surrounding his death drew worldwide attention to South Africa and elicited support that was stronger than at any other time since the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960. The Steve Biko Foundation devotes itself to community development and the preservation of the legacy of Bantu Steve Biko.
The Steve Biko Foundation, is a trust registered in 1998 to give contemporary meaning to Steve Biko's developmental legacy. Although still in its infancy, the Foundation has successfully positioned itself at both national and community level. At a national level the Foundation acts as a catalyst for public dialogue around various issues by organising public lectures and seminars. The most prominent of these lectures are the Steve Biko Memorial Lecture (held in partnership with the University of Cape Town) as well as the Robert Sobukwe Memorial Lecture (held in partnership with the University of Fort Hare).
At a community level the Foundation runs programmes working primarily with youth in the areas of Education, Entrepreneurship, Community Health, Leadership and Social History, Arts and Culture as well as Sports Development. The Foundation's programmes come to reach a network of seventy-three youth organisations spread throughout the Eastern Cape. These organisations participate in the Annual Youth Leadership Conference which takes place annually, around June 16.
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