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Cape Town Slave Legacy Tour

Cape Town Slave Legacy Tour

Walking tour

Run by a local guide · ZImi Nakeni

Refundable cancellation up to 24 h before.

Uncover history on a guided walking tour through Cape Town’s old city. Trace the legacy of enslaved people through living stories, not rigid dates, ending in the iconic garden that once fed arriving ships.

Duration
4 h
Destination
Cape Town
Meeting Point
Iziko Museum Slave Lodge
Provider
ZImi Nakeni

Description

We begin at the corner of Adderley and Wale Street, at the Slave Lodge, where the Dutch East India Company housed the people it owned — and end at the Company's Garden, planted in 1652 to provision passing ships and dug largely by the people held five minutes down the road.

The route:
- Church Square & the Groote Kerk (the auction ground, memorial stones, and the church whose congregation left enslaved attendants waiting outside)
- The Slave Church on Long Street, the Sendinggestig, built for those the other churches wouldn't seat
- The Town Hall & the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest colonial building in the country.

Told through storytelling and character rather than a list of dates.

Duration: 3–6 hours, flexible · Under 2 hours walking.
Meet at: Iziko Slave Lodge, cnr Adderley & Wale St.
Group: no minimum · private on request · English & isiXhosa

Includes a registered local guide, all entrance fees on the route, and optional interior visits to the Slave Lodge or Castle. Meals, drinks, and hotel collection available on request.

Includes

  • Greenmarket Square
  • Slave Church
  • Cape Town City Hall
  • Church Square
  • Groote Kerk Kaapstad
  • Castle of Good Hope
  • Water Bottles and snack pack

Meeting Point

Iziko Museum Slave Lodge

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FromEUR €20

approx. MXN $417

Charged in EUR; the peso conversion is approximate and your bank may add fees.

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EUR €20

approx. MXN $417

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