In Uitenhage, Kariega Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has resumed offering its well-liked Kariega plant FactoryTours to the general public after a more than two-year suspension brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
FactoryTours started up again in June, the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak began.
Tours provide visitors a closer look at Volkswagen’s well-known Polo and Polo Vivo vehicles’ construction.
After being suspended in 2020 at the beginning of the epidemic, The FactoryTours resumed operations on June 21 and have since hosted 921 people in total.
The team behind the FactoryTours has reimagined the experience for guests by making good use of the downtime.
The tours have been totally rewritten in their new format to highlight the most fascinating features of Volkswagen’s top-notch facility.
This includes the production procedure, which blends the proficiency of our production staff with the effectiveness of high-tech robots.
Guides for the Kariega plant FactoryTours
Veteran tour guide Monwabisi Cekiso, who has been entertaining tourists for 11 years, conducts the trips.
Siphokazi Wonci, who joined VWSA in 2021 as a YES program trainee and stayed on to convey the Volkswagen story on these tours, will be joining him.
On an open-top FactoryTours train with room for 21, all excursions are conducted.
In the near future, there are plans to increase the trip capacity.
School groups and other visitors enjoy going on FactoryTours and visiting the AutoPavilion museum.
2019 saw 34 314 visitors come through the museum, 12 780 of them also took part in the FactoryTours.
The museum offers a range of one-of-a-kind exhibits, such as Meet the Freaks, which features the bizarre and amazing aspects of Volkswagen history, and 70 Years, which features iconic cars from Volkswagen’s seven decades in Kariega.
For guests eight years of age and older, free FactoryTours are offered on weekdays at 9:00 and 12:00.
Visitors can reserve a spot by contacting the AutoPavilion at 041 994 5941 or autopavilion@vwsa.co.za.
Published on Motorpress by Volkswagen South Africa
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