Street Soccer Safari

Street Soccer Safari

'The beau­ti­ful game' played by the beau­ti­ful people of South Africa in the beau­ti­ful sur­round­ings of Cape Town can be enjoyed by all vis­it­ors – beau­ti­ful or not. Celebrate the game of foot­ball and the uni­fy­ing spirit it gen­er­ates with a Street Soccer Safari, offered by Andulela Tours (sim­ilar tours can be arranged by other Cape Town Tour Operators).

Tour open air 'sta­di­ums' of dusty town­ship earth as well as state of the art amphi­theatres of FIFA World Cup sport­ing centres. Travel through a vari­ety of eco­nomic envir­on­ments where a soc­cer ball is kicked and dreams are chased. Salute local soc­cer celebrity teams at the Hartleyvale Stadium where foot­ball pro's accept show­downs and spec­tat­ors pick sides. War cry the tra­di­tional 'Laduma' (isiZulu word for 'it thun­ders') expres­sion with a pas­sion­ate crowd over the bass sound of an uncon­duc­ted mass orches­tra com­prised only of trumpet-like vuvuzela's (tra­di­tional South African soc­cer noise makers) ...

Soccer Safari

Cheer from the side­lines, coach from the field or strap on soc­cer boots and chal­lenge the goalie at a rural com­munity match. Partake with smil­ing faces in a local club train­ing ses­sion or a town­ship tour­na­ment. Experience the excite­ment of sup­port­ers huddled around a shared radio applaud­ing each goal scored.

Take out a cam­era and cap­ture the focussed faces of street chil­dren drib­bling a home-made ball bare­foot. Interview a Black African coach who schools a team of Caucasian Atlantic Seaboard young­sters in the afflu­ent Camps Bay vil­lage on the art of ball skills.

Visit the Guguletu headquar­ters of the women's league. Attain auto­graphs of future legends or donate a soc­cer ball to a grass roots play­ing ground. Listen to the suc­cess story of home-grown soc­cer her­oes who serve as com­munity ment­ors in informal set­tle­ments. Watch under-privileged play­ers take sponsored super­stars to task.

Explore the diverse ven­ues and enjoy the game that serves as a core cul­tural bond on any African play­ing field con­nect­ing South Africa to the world of global fol­low­ers of the game.

'Laduuuuuuuuuummmmma!!!!'

Need to know:
Company: Andulela Tours
Tel: +27 (0)21 790 2592
Website: www.andulela.com
Hours: Half Day from 14h00 — 18h00 (book­ing essen­tial)
Cost: R550 per per­son includ­ing accred­ited tour guide, trans­port and lunch
Includes: Rendezvous with Cape Town soc­cer experts, local soc­cer match in town­ship, tra­di­tional lunch

Useful Links:
South Africa 2010 World Cup
Green Point Stadium Cape Town
Cape Town Hotels
Cape Town Accommodation