Nearby Activities
Your base to explore Soweto and all that the greater Johannesburg and Gauteng area has to offer!
Local Attractions
Explore and Enjoy
Major tourist attractions, historical landmarks, trendy bars and restaurants, sports venues and shops, all within walking distance or a few minutes-drive!
Our friendly staff can help with recommendations and bookings.
Historical and cultural landmarks
- Vilakazi Street: Mandela House, Desmond Tutu’s house and Winnie Mandela’s house (a block down)
- Hector Pieterson Memorial / Orlando West High School on Khumalo Street
- Freedom Square (or Walter Sisulu Square) in Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was adopted by the African National Congress in 1955
- Regina Mundi Church
- Diepkloof Hostels and Informal settlements
- Meadowlands (where evictees from Sophiatown were moved)
- Apartheid Museum (14km, 15 mins)
- Soweto Theatre
Leisure / fun activities
- Cycle through Soweto
- Bungee jump, abseil or zip-line the Old Orlando Power Station Cooling Towers (3.1km, 7 mins)
- Gold Reef City (14km, 15 mins)
Bars / shebeens
- Abundance of bars and traditional local “shebeens” all along Vilakazi Street and within a 1km radius from Soweto Boutique Hotel
Sports
- FNB Stadium / Soccer City (10km, 15 mins): venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and home to the Kaizer Chiefs
- Kaizer Chiefs Village
- Orlando Stadium (2.7km, 4 mins): venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and home of the Orlando Pirates
- Dobsonville Stadium, home to the erstwhile club of Moroka Swallows
- Arthur Ashe Sports / Tennis Complex
- Shapa Soweto
Shopping
- Maponya Mall
- Jabulani Mall
- Local arts and craft shops
Discover
Fun Facts
- Vilakazi Street is the thriving heart of Soweto and one of the most well-known streets in South Africa.
- Vilakazi Street is also the only street in the world where two Nobel Peace laureates – the late Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu – once lived.
- FNB Stadium / Soccer City is the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94’736. Views of the pitch are unrestricted and no spectator is seated more than 100m from the field.
- Johannesburg is the world’s largest city not built on a coastline.
- Johannesburg is well over 120 years old, but it is still one of the youngest cities in the world.
- Gauteng (Sesotho for “place of gold”) is South Africa’s smallest province (17’000 square km), but also the wealthiest and most densely populated. It is also known as the “City of Gold” or “Egoli”.
- Renowned comedian Trevor Noah spent much of his childhood at his grandmother’s house in Soweto’s Moroka area, a 10-minute drive from Soweto Boutique Hotel — and he remains deeply connected to Soweto to this day.