Elena Travel Services: Katutura Face to Face tours

Katutura Face to Face tours
Special tours that can be booked through us*.

Katutura is a part of Windhoek city founded and developed by Windhoek Municipality as a township for black population during 1950's. In one of local languages the name means ''place where we do not want to stay''.
Penduka. Situated on the banks of Goreangab dam the project was founded to improve craft skills of local women. The dam itself offers an interesting variety of activities and experiences such as hiking trails, music and drama presented by local women at Penduka, exhibition of diverse cultures in the traditional village.
Shifidi Homestead. Get insight into typical Katutura lifestyles of urban blacks. Meet Hilde Shifidi, whose father, Immanuel Shifidi was brutally murdered while addressing a political rally soon after he was released from Robben Island. At the homestead: history of Immanuel Shifidi, traditional meals and beverages on request, traditional music and dances.
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History of Katutura