In the Footsteps of
Desmond Tutu &
Nelson Mandela
Ubuntu Lessons from South Africa
September 27 - October 8, 2026
Cape Town, Hermanos, Soweto, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Safari
Dr. Michael Spath - Lmichaelspath@gmail.com
Rev. Edwin Arrison - edwinarrison2022@outlook.com
Deon Kitching - deonkit@mweb.co.za
20-24 travelers $4,850 double room $5,195 single occupancy 24+ travelers $4,650 double room $4,995 single occupancy
10% (non-refundable), 30% (June 21), 30% (July 19), 30% (August 26)
Accommodations Land transportation All meals per itinerary (30 meals) Domestic flight, Cape Town --> Johannesburg Guide, entrance fees Tips in certain cases
(US --> Cape Town, Johannesburg --> US) * Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you.
Deon Kitching – founder of Embrace South Africa tours. Retired pastor, 20+ years offering tours focused on beauty of South Africa’s landscape and people and cultural, historical, and religious issues.
Dr. Michael Spath – co-chair of ICAHD-USA and founder of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, retired Religious Studies professor. He has led tours to Palestine and Israel, Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Egypt, and co-led tours to South Africa.
Rev. Frank Chikane, Rev. Allan Boesak - anti-apartheid activist leaders
Rev. John de Gruchy - Dietrich Bonhoeffer scholar
Dr. Marthie Momberg - Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, Global Kairos for Justice
Dr. Thandi Gamedze, Rev. Rene August – The Warehouse, social justice activists
Fr. Michael Lapsley - Healing Memories Program, injured by the apartheid SA gov’t
Christo van der Rheede - music educator, agricultural development expert
Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
Long March to Freedom Statue Park
District 6 Museum – neighborhood destroyed by apartheid government in 1960’s
Robben Island, with Nelson Mandela’s cell (UNESCO World Heritage site)
Apartheid Museum , Johannesburg
Soweto (Hector Pieterson Memorial)
Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg (where Ganhdi and Mandela were interred)
Freedom Park, Pretoria
Volmoed Youth Drummers - from Zweilihle Township
Penguin Colony at Stony Point, Betty's Bay
Whale watching from the shore in Hermanus
Fynbos - South Africa's rich floral biodiversity made into drinks, herbs, and spices
Wine tasting @ La Vierge Winery in "Heaven and Earth" Valley
Three 3-hour Safaris - Bakebung Game Lodge, Pilanesberg Game Reserve (the “Big 5”)
(minimum 5 persons – prices are per person)
Th, Sept. 24 – Cape Agulhas $140
Southern point of Africa, where Atlantic & Indian Oceans meet
F, Sept. 25 – Bo-Kaap $165
Muslim neighborhood, pro-Palestinian murals) and Langa Township
Sa, Sept. 26 Both - $220
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens – $75
Cape Point Nature Reserve & Cape of Good Hope – $150 For a complete trip flier and more information, contact Michael Spath: Lmichaelspath@gmail.com ICAHD USA ICAHD.org , click the ICAHD USA tab on the far right 119 N. Fairfax Avenue, #486 Los Angeles, CA 90036-2110
TRIP COST
* Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you.
INCLUDED
* Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you.
EXCLUDED
* Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you.
Travel insurance (including COVID insurance)
Medical, personal, liability insurance Visa and passport fees Meals not covered in itinerary (4 meals) Personal items and souvenirs Pre-tour rooms Double ($285/night), Single ($265/night) TOUR LEADERS (accompanying the entire trip) Rev. Edwin Arrison – close friend, and anti-apartheid activist with Archbishop Demond Tutu. He lectures around the world on Tutu’s spirituality of ubuntu. Leader of Kairos South Africa and friend of Kairos Palestine.