The City Stay Package consists of the following :

Return airport to lodge transfers
2 nights accommodation in a dorm bed or ensuite twin or double rooms - see "Seasonal Rates" tab for prices plus you can add additional nights and additional activities to your Package
Soweto Cycle tour picks you up at around 8 am and drop off time between 4 and 5 pm.
Jozi by Foot day tour will pick you up at around 9am and drop you back between 2 and 3 pm.

Accommodation Description
Your Melville backpackers is the ideal base in the vibrant heart of gold in Johannesburg. It is in easy walking distance to the famous 7th Avenue with all its fantastic eateries, clubs, galleries, bookshops, off beat clothes shops and music bars. Melville is unique in its "vibe" as it reflects the surrounding Media, Arts and Student communities in this part of Johannesburg.
Close to two leading universities, you can walk around the corner to the Campus Square Shopping Centre, Laundromats, Fast food outlets, clubs and pubs at night and sidewalk cafes by day. Gold Reef City, Constitution Hill, Civic Theatre, Market Theatre, Planetarium, Soccer City, Ellis Park and Wanderers sports grounds, are all a quick taxi ride away .
Your accommodation offers you comfortable new beds, showers, a swimming pool, and a range of accommodation options, from dorm bunks to single rooms and en suite double rooms. Broadband Internet is available. Major bus and taxi routes close by.

Soweto Cycle Tour
We head to the bustling city for a day tour of Johannesburg, the hub of South African business. Entering Jozi – affectionately named by the locals, our first stop is the highest building in Africa.  The Carlton centre was built in the 1960’s and is 50 stories high.  From the viewing deck at the top of the building we are able to get our bearings of this vast city.  Our next stop is the Apartheid museum which depicts the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa.
We make our way to Soweto in time for lunch and try the local cuisine.  After lunch we get together at the starting point of the biking tour of Soweto. You will be introduced to Soweto, its history and its people. More than three million people are living here speaking all the of 11 official languages of South Africa, you will be taught some of the most common phrases to be able to greet people as you are cycling along the streets. Speaking and interacting with the locals at a real level and not from the comfort of a closed vehicle. Learning about the different cultures and history of this famous city.  Go to places such as a former migrant workers’ hostel for men. Here you will be introduced to the culture and life today by your local guide. Continue to Meadowlands, famous for the forced removals from Sophiatown in the 1950's. Cycle through historical landmarks of the 1976 student uprisings and visit the memorial site of Hector Pieterson. You will also cycle down Vilakazi Street where Nelson Mandela used to live and where Bishop Desmond Tutu has his home. Finish the biking tour of Johannesburg off at the local shebeen, have a drink, play pool and dance to kwaito music.
This day tour of Johannesburg gives you insight about Soweto's many different faces, the Soweto uprisings and the resistance against Apartheid. You will also see and learn how the communities have changed and developed to what it is today.
Included: English speaking guide, Entrance fees and transportation as indicated and lunch.

Jozi by Foot
Welcome to Johannesburg, the heartbeat and “Hub” of Africa. Home to the Rainbow Nation, it is in this fast paced city that South Africa’s radical and political formation is most evident. Take a walking tour of Johannesburg from roots to present. Starting our tour at the Carlton Centre, the top of Africa.  From the 50^th floor we can view Johannesburg and get an idea of which direction our walking tour of Johannesburg will take us.