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Oemies Tours
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www.oemiestours.co.za
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18 Drift Road, Kenwyn Cape Town. Cape Town. Western Cape. 7780
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Oemie’s Tours Oemie’s Tours is an inbound tour operator, offering cultural tours in Cape Town and the greater Western Cape area.A family business registered by Hajira Ganie, a historically disadvantaged individual who saw an opportunity to register a tour operating business, in 2007.Knowing little about the tourism industry, she empowered herself by completing a tourist guide course in 2006 and a business management course in tourism at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 2007. Witness how these disadvantaged communities strive to survive. Competitions are now recognised by the City of Cape Town and the premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, attended this event for the past few years.Take the opportunity to interact with locals and learn about how Cape Flats residents were forcefully removed from the cosmopolitan city. These celebrations continue into February and end with competitions among the groups. The famous “koon carnival” groups and “nag troepe” groups practice from February each year for the celebrations on the 1st January. Join us with some well known Cape Malay mouth watering treats like boeber, faloeda milk and gadat milk (special milk enjoyed on religious celebrations). In 2009, she did an upgrade in her tourism NQF level 4 Theta accredited national tourist guide and was nominated as one of the finalists in “National Tourist Guide Celebration” hosted by the department of Economic Development and Tourism.Why Oemie’s Tours Oemie’s Tours emphasise on the Cape Malay culture and the Cape Flats area. Hajira was nominated as one of the finalists in “Celebrating Woman in Tourism” hosted by the City of Cape Town in 2008. She is currently on a mentorship program initiated by the department of Economic Development and Tourism. 14 Years into democracy they still use the skills, candle making and cane weaving, plastering, cabinet making, such as building, brought with them during the times of slavery (1759) as a means of survival.

With Oemie’s Tours you experience the diversity of customs of our South Africa, the rainbow nation, and the glorious scenic drives that are on offer in and around Cape Town. Our area of expertise is Cape Malay heritage and culture, and Hajira Ganie offers tours with an historical background in Cape Slavery, Malay heritage and the traditional Malay way of life. Oemie’s Tours also offers you the chance to indulge in a delicious authentic Cape Malay meal that promises tantalise your taste buds. We cater for fully independent traveller’s (FIT’s), small and larger groups. We offer memorable cultural tours and scenic drives in comfort and style. We can recommend restaurants for specific dietary requirements, or arrange transportation for any excursions, within in the Greater Western Cape area. You will experience a slice of idyllic Cape Town with one of our registered and trained tourist guides. You can enjoy the shores of the Peninsula 200km from the Cape Town to the most South Western point of Africa with its world renowned beaches, fauna and flora. Despite the Mediterranean climate, the waters are quite different in different areas within the Western Cape and their temperatures are determined by a combination of the wind and ocean currents. This amazing phenomenon is easily experienced through trips to the various regions. Your trip is not compete without visiting our shores and seeing some of the whales which frequent the Cape coast, the most common of which are the Humpback and the Southern Right whales. For the more adventurous traveller, we can arrange hiking, scuba-diving, paragliding, shark-cage diving, bungee jumping, river rafting, quad biking, surfing and hot-air ballooning. Any other adrenalin pumping activities are available on request. RECOMMENDED TOUR: Malay Heritage of the Cape Peninsula: Experience the unique diversity of various cultures living together, interact with the locals, visit their homes, have a taste of home cooked traditional mouth watering Malay bredie (the Afrikaans word for stew), Bobotie(a slightly sweet, spiced minced dish), Samoosas and Koeksisters (a traditional South African syrup-coated doughnut dessert). Experience what influence the slavery and apartheid had on South Africa and visit the tombs of Saints and Auliyah (spiritual leaders) who were brought to the Cape as slaves.
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  Opening times Opening Closing
   Monday Closed
   Tuesday 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
   Wednesday 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
   Thursday 8:00 AM 6:00 PM
   Friday 8:00 AM 4:30 PM
   Saturday 8:00 AM 3:30 PM
   Sunday 8:00 AM 3:30 PM

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