Vhupo Tours is a South African tour operator that specializes in township tours in Soweto, cultural tours, safaris, and historical tours. It offers full service packages that include pickup and drop off from hotels, accommodation options in Soweto like bed and breakfasts, and customized tours. Vhupo Tours uses Rea Vaya buses and private cars to transport tourists and guides them to popular attractions in Soweto like the Apartheid Museum and Hector Peterson Memorial. It also arranges additional activities, transportation from the airport, and accommodation. Vhupo Tours markets through social media, concerts, and partnerships with hotels to promote township experiences in Soweto.
2. Vhupo tour
• Vhupo Tours is an accredited South
African tour operator, specialising in
township tours (Soweto Tours), cultural
tours, natural heritage tours (safaris),
historical tours, trips to Sun City, township
accommodation, local transfers and much
more.
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4. Vhupo Tours offers a full-service
package to our guests
• We cater for both groups and individuals;
• Our tours include collecting you from and returning you to your hotel or
accommodation around Johannesburg;
• Accommodation is available form of Bed and Breakfast in Soweto - offering you the
complete township experience;
• In addition to our available tours (such as the popular Soweto Tours), if you have any
specific requests or ideas for your tour, we will gladly do our best to customise a tour
to suit your specific requirements;
• Airport transfers to or from your hotel can also be arranged;
• Tours are conducted in English, but some other languages can be catered for - please
enquire;
• A 50% deposit is required to make a tour reservation;
• Vhupo Tours has passenger liability cover - however, we strongly recommend that
tourists take out sufficient insurance to cover personal accidents, loss of baggage, etc.
• Tour prices exclude drinks and refreshments, unspecified meals, telephone calls,
other items of personal nature, gratuities and portage;
• While Vhupo Tours, its agents and employees take every care against any
contingencies, they can not be held liable for and shall be exempted from any liability
for any loss, damage or injury to any person and his/her luggage or personal property.
7. 7’A OF ATTRACTIONING
TOURIST
• Availability
• Accessibility
• Attraction at the site
• Facilities
• Activities to engage in
• Additional services
• Atmosphere
8. Accessibility
• They use a bus called Rea Vaya to transport
their consumers accompanying them with a tour
guider.
9. And they use a private transport to transport tourist to and from
their destination or take from airport to their accommodation
/Private car hire
10. Attraction at the site
• Apartheid museum
• Constitutional hill
• Pimville
• Hector Peterson memorial site and
museum
12. Accommodation via Vhupo tour
Accommodation
I. Pimville Guest House Type: Guest House
Grading: 3 Stars
Capacity: 12
Price: From R275 pp
5800/4 Moka Street, Pimville Zone 5, Soweto 1808
ii. Type: B&B
Grading: 2 Stars
Capacity: 10
Price: From R400 pp
1161 Dube Street , Zone 1 Pimville Soweto, Johannesburg 1809
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14. Activities to engage in
• Use of bicycle to see the site and jumping off the towers
• Soweto Bicycle Tours
• Soweto Tuk Tuk Tours
• Bungee Jump
• Visit a traditional healer – sangoma.
• Cradle of Humankind – 1 hour from Soweto
18. Price range
• View of the township
A personal R480
2-4 :460 pp
5*: R 440 PP
DURATION 4 HOURS
• SOWETO AND JOHANESBURG
WITH LUNCH
A PERSON :R 970
2-4:R920
5*:R890
DURATION :8 HOURS
19. MARKETING STARTEGIES
• They have join the Johannesburg visual art
celebration and give Soweto a facelift
• Joined force with high hotels like the
Protea and fire and ice hotel help for
leisure.
• Big concert
• The use of twitter, Facebook and blog
adverts their special
• Pop adverts as way of marketing
20. Benefit of the community
Development of future tour operates and
community in Soweto through the programs
Youth Club
Outdoor Library
Fair Trade Travel Pass
This means that we employ people in our area, we make use of local
businesses and we try our best to create and show our community new
opportunities
21. Being green
• In using bike or walking to see Soweto
help environment