Mahatma Ghandi (Full Day)

 

Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Natal in 1893 as a young lawyer. Gandhi had his first taste of racial discrimination shortly after his arrival in South Africa, when he was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg station after he refused to move to a third-class carriage. During the South African War the role of South African Indians was confined to stretcher bearing, a duty Gandhi himself undertook after the Battle of Spioenkop. Often controversial and unpopular amongst his rivals, Gandhi was nonetheless seen as a leader who was well respected. Towns in KwaZulu-Natal which have a Gandhi interest include Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Ladysmith, Dundee, Glencoe and Newcastle.

 

Tour Description:

• Collected at 9am

• Travel to the Phoenix Settlement, where one of the major leaders of the twentieth century Mahatma Gandhi led his passive resistance movement

• Visit the Inanda Seminary, one of the oldest African private schools for girls, established in 1869

• Visit Gandhi’s home which was re-built and re-dedicated as a monument to peace and justice. It had been destroyed in the anti-apartheid turbulence of the 1980’s

• Enjoy lunch in the area

• Depart for Pietermaritzburg

• Visit the statue of Ghandi which was erected on the site where he was arrested for riding in a whites’ only train carriage

• Return home

 

Includes:

• Certified guide

• Air-conditioned vehicle

• Lunch

 

Excludes:

• Alcohol

• Non-alcoholic beverages

• Porterage

• Gratuities

• Any items bought of a personal nature