{"id":4370,"date":"2021-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joinmytrip.com\/blog\/following-the-footsteps-of-nelson-mandela\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:00:00","slug":"following-the-footsteps-of-nelson-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joinmytrip.com\/blog\/en\/following-the-footsteps-of-nelson-mandela\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the Footsteps of Nelson Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"

A journey through Africa Mandela style…<\/h2>\n

The steps of the brave man Nelson Mandela took him through Africa’s landscapes on his way to tackle institutionalized racism and to find peace. His walk to freedom was something that we can all look up to, and is especially important during these times! Always wanted to go to South Africa<\/a>? Now’s your chance, and you can add a little historical spin to your trip by honoring important locations where the man himself once walked.<\/p>\n

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Start your journey in Johannesburg\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Johannesburg tends to be a popular spot for tourists to spot at, but it also holds a lot of history when thinking of Mandela’s journeys. The first stop to make is at\u00a0Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia<\/span>, which was used as a hiding place for meetings of the African National Congress. This also happens to be the spot where the South<\/a> African government security police would arrest the anti-apartheid group, following the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, one should also pay a visit to Nelson Mandela’s home<\/span>. Located at 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando, Soweto, the place where Nelson lived before his arrest. Nelson also called it the ‘center point of his world<\/a>‘, although the time he spent there was under oppression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One last mandatory ‘Nelson’ stop in Johannesburg is\u00a0Constitution Hill.\u00a0<\/span>Known as the birthplace of South African democracy, Constitution Hill is also home to the\u00a0Mandela Cell<\/span>, featuring an emotional documentary of the incarceration and return 40 years later.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Start your Nelson journey in beautiful Johannesburg<\/p>\n

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Visit the place where Mandela was made president<\/h3>\n

Of course, a Nelson Mandela tour is not complete without visiting the place where history was made, as Nelson was voted as the first black head of state. At the\u00a0Ohlange Institution\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0Durban,\u00a0<\/span>the voting site where Nelson was once declared as president. “It is the beginning of a new era”, he said: and we of course hope to be a part of the continuation of his legacy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A look at Mandela’s former prison<\/h3>\n

Of course, a visit to\u00a0Robben Island\u00a0<\/span>is necessary when discovering the footsteps of Nelson Mandela. This is the place where he spent 18 years of his 27-year incarceration in hopes of peace. The cell is very small, Nelson has said that he could walk across it in three steps. His heroic actions in the fight for democracy were not in vain, though! Are you a history<\/a> fan and want to create your own trip to take others on? Start creating your first trip now!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Inside the Robben Island prison where Mandela was for 17 years<\/p>\n

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Other Nelson Mandela Locations in South Africa<\/h3>\n

Although the locations above are perhaps the most significant in terms of Nelson’s Long Walk to Freedom, there are other locations as well that are of certain interest to travelers wishing to experience a part of the ‘long walk’:\u00a0<\/p>\n