Lebo’s Soweto Backpackers is situated in Orlando West, not far from the Hector Pieterson Museum and famous Vilakazi Street. The Backpackers is located in the middle of a friendly and relaxed community.
Physical address: 10823A Pooe Street, Orlando West If you're using a GPS to get here, please be careful to find Pooe Street in Orlando West. There are several Pooe Streets in Soweto.
GPS Co-ordinates: 26.2244°S 27.9129°E
Postal Address: 10823A Pooe Street Orlando West, Soweto 1804
Directions driving to the Backpackers:
From OR Tambo International Airport; Take R24 Johannesburg. Take the Durban/Kimberly off ramp and connect thereafter to M2 W Johannesburg. Take thereafter M1 South, direction Bloemfontein/Soweto. Take exit 7 (Booysen road) and keep left. Turn left at the second traffic-light (Mentz Street) and left at T-junction (Ophir Booysen Rd). Drive straight ahead, you will pass the FNB soccer stadium on your left and then see signs leading you in to Soweto on Soweto Highway (M70). Keep on driving straight ahead. Pass Engen petrol station and the Chicken Licken restaurant on your left. Keep straight in the roundabout. After going under the railway bridge look out for a sign: Lebo's Soweto Backpackers pointing left at the traffic light, into Carr Street. Take second right and second left. There is a mural-painting at the entrance of the backpacker and it is facing a park.
From Johannesburg; Connect to M1 South direction Bloemfontein/Soweto and follow directions above.
From Pretoria (N1 North); Follow N1 South direction Johannesburg, then take N1 Bloemfontein. Take the Soweto off-ramp N17. Take right at the traffic light. At the roundabout, take right on to Soweto Highway, direction Elias Motsoaledi (M70). After the railway bridge look out for a sign: Lebo's Soweto Backpackers pointing left at the traffic light, into Carr Street. Take second right and second left.
From Kruger area / Witbank, coming on N12; Follow N12 Kimberly, take the N1 Pretoria/Roodeport off ramp. Take the Soweto highway off-ramp (M70) leading you in to Soweto, drive straight ahead. Pass Engen petrol station and the Chicken Licken restaurant on your left. Keep straight in the roundabout. After going under the railway bridge look out for a sign: Lebo's Soweto Backpackers pointing left at the traffic light, into Carr Street. Take second right and second left. There is a mural-painting at the entrance of the backpacker and it is facing a park.