CULTURAL IMMERSION HIGHLIGHTS

– Community Meeting with the Chief and Local Community Leaders
– Activities:
– Hair Braiding & Other Cultural Expressions
– Health Insights From Traditional Healers
– Traditional Dinner with Villagers, Featuring Local Foods
– Meeting with Local Farmers to Discuss Agriculture in Eastern Cape

HISTORIC SITES & ATTRACTIONS HIGHLIGHTS

– Sites in Soweto
– Visit the Nelson Mandela House & Museum
– Visit the Desmond Tutu House
– Site in Pretoria
– Visit Freedom Park and the Union Building

CONNECTIONS & NETWORKING HIGHLIGHTS

– Dinner with Local Health & Wellness Professionals in Mthatha
– Dinner(s) with Professors & Students at Walter Sisulu University
– Meeting with the Principal, Parents, and Stakeholders About Community Gardens
– Wine Tasting & Networking Dinner Meeting with Local Black Professionals in Pretoria

REGIONAL FOOD, SHOPPING, ARTS AND CRAFTS HIGHLIGHTS

– Dinner at Nelson Mandela Square
– Gift Shop at the Nelson Mandela Museum (Mthatha)
– Village Arts & Crafts
– Street Markets at the Union Building

DAY 2: SOWETO/SANDTON

– Historical Sites in Soweto:
– The Nelson Mandela House
– Hector Pieterson Memorial
– Desmond Tutu House
– Regional Foods: Popular, Black-owned Restaurant in Soweto
– Making Connections: Networking Dinner at Nelson Mandela Square (Local Professional, Academics, South African Musicians/Artists)

DAY 3: DURBAN/SCENIC ROUTE TO MTHATHA

– Direct Flight from Lanseria to Durban
– Scenic Travel: Luxury Tour Van From Durban to Mthatha (First 2-Hours Along the Coast of the Indian Ocean)
– Making Connections: Dinner with Local Health & Wellness Professionals in Mthatha

DAY 4: MTHATHA

– Historical Sites in Eastern Cape (Mthatha, Qunu and MVezo):
– The Nelson Mandela Museum (Mthatha)
– Qunu Village: Where Mandela Was Raised & Mandela Family Grave Site
– Making Connections: Dinner at Walther Sisulu University, Hosted by the Dean of Health Sciences

– Scenic Travel: Day Trip to Mt. Fletcher in Luxury Tour Van
– Cultural Immersion:Community Meeting with a Village Chief (Tsolobeng Village) and Local Community Leaders
– Cultural Immersion Activities:
– Traditional (Cultural) Dancing
– Walking-Hiking Tour
– Horseback Riding
– Hair Braiding & Other Cultural Expressions
– Health Insights from Traditional Healers
– Making Connections: Traditional Late Lunch/Early Dinner with Villagers, Featuring Local Traditional Rural Foods (Cabbage/Pop), including Celebratory Slaughter and Preparation of a Sheep

DAY 6: MACLEAR/MTHATHA

– Scenic Travel (Mountain Trip): Luxury Tour Van to Maclear
– Making Connections: Meeting at Local School’s Community Gardens (with Principal Growing Rose Geranium and Other Health Botanicals for Students and Community)
– Making Connections: Mountain Trip to Agricultural School Growing Rose Geranium and Other Health Botannicals for Students and Community)
– Cultural Immersion: Meeting with Local Farmers to Discuss Agriculture in Eastern Cape
– Making Connections: Dinner with Health Science Students from Walter Sisulu University

DAY 7: PRETORIA

– Direct Flight back to Johannesburg from Mthatha; Check into Pretoria Hotel
– Making Connections: Wine Tasting & Networking Dinner with Local Black Professionals

DAY 8: PRETORIA/SANDTON/JOHANNESBURG

– Making Connections: Tour of Aloe Farm or Black African-Owned Hydroponics Farm
– Historic Site: Visit Freedom Park and the Union Building in Pretoria
– Shopping: Street Markets at the Union Building
– Shopping: The Sandton Mall
– Direct Overnight Flight from JHB to ATL