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Robben Island Tour: Pre-Booked Half-Day Experience
4.2
108 Ratings
Cape Town Central
Experience the Robben Island Half Day Tour from Cape Town with pre-booked tickets. Explore the museum, learn about the island’s history, and visit Nelson Mandela’s cell.
Experience the Robben Island Half Day Tour from Cape Town with pre-booked tickets. Explore the museum, learn about the island’s history, and visit Nelson Mandela’s cell.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Cape Town Central - Madiba’s statue stands at the location where he addressed South Africans and the world upon his release.
The District Six Museum
Housed in the former Methodist Mission Church
Cape Town museum - Robben Island Museum - Pick-up at your accommodation in Cape Town. You will receive a shared transfer from your hotel in Cape Town…
- Cape Town Central - Madiba’s statue stands at the location where he addressed South Africans and the world upon his release.
The District Six Museum
Housed in the former Methodist Mission Church
Cape Town museum
- Robben Island Museum - Pick-up at your accommodation in Cape Town. You will receive a shared transfer from your hotel in Cape Town to the Silo District, where you will be escorted to the Nelson Mandela Gateway. Here, you will board a shared charter to the Robben Island Museum, where a former political prisoner will guide your tour of the island. (Please note that our tour guide/driver will not accompany you on the Robben Island Museum tour.) The entire tour lasts approximately 4 hours, including hotel pick-up. Part of the tour involves being transported around the island by bus, before visiting Nelson Mandela’s prison cell and taking the long walk to freedom. Upon returning to the Jetty, your tour guide or driver will meet you at the entrance of the Nelson Mandela Gateway.
. Visit the man-made facilities
. See where South African leaders, including Jacob Zuma, Kgalema Motlanthe, and Nelson Mandela, were isolated
. Explore the African penguin habitat
What's Included
- Entry/ Admission to Robben Island
- Round Trip Transport
- Air-Conditioned Vehicle
- WiFi on Board
- Bottled Water
- Entry/ Admission to Robben Island
- Round Trip Transport
- Air-Conditioned Vehicle
- WiFi on Board
- Bottled Water
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This half-day package includes museum admission and round-trip transfer from your Cape Town accommodation, making your trip hassle-free. Robben Island is one of the most visited museums in South Africa and is best booked well in advance. Take a moment to reflect on your voyage back to the mainland after learning about the island’s long history and…
This half-day package includes museum admission and round-trip transfer from your Cape Town accommodation, making your trip hassle-free. Robben Island is one of the most visited museums in South Africa and is best booked well in advance. Take a moment to reflect on your voyage back to the mainland after learning about the island’s long history and seeing Nelson Mandela’s cell.
- Book in advance to avoid disappointment on the day
- Round-trip transfer from your hotel ensures a hassle-free trip
- Benefit from the historical insights of your small-group guide
- See the cell that confined Nelson Mandela for 18 years
- For transfers, kindly provide your residential address at least 24 hours prior to your travel date. Please note that we don’t accommodate transfer requests for last-minute bookings.
Location
Cape Town Central
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(108 Ratings)
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Nancy_s
Dec 21, 2024
Excellent - Tour operator HYM Cape Tours kept us well informed, replied immediately to email questions, driver pickup at hotel was on-time and met us promptly on return. I’ve used Viator before, excellent service, highly recommend.
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Divagingerbreadlady
Dec 10, 2024
Great Tour, wish it was longer - We loved this tour. Our guide was very good, able to offer his personal perspective having been a prisoner at Robben Island. My only criticism is the length of the tour. There was so much to read and absorb, I wish we could have lingered at the prison longer and spent less time riding around the island. A special thank you to Joseph who worked really hard to make sure we didn’t miss the boat after a communications mix up. He was kind and professional throughout what was a stressful situation for him and us.
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Lfr94
Dec 5, 2024
Educational and informative! - Educational and thought provoking tour by previous inmates that where held captive. Boat trip is approx 45 mins to the island, bus tour around the island and then in the prison. 8am for us to 1pm and well worth a visit.
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Tracey_b
Dec 3, 2024
Unity of a Nation - Wow just so inspiring engaging with a political prisoner. Very educational and encouraging to know through dialect many problems can be solved. We are so in awe of the way South Africa has become one nation without anger and animosity to the past. Australia can learn very much from the South African people in finding unity as a nation.
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Susan_e
Nov 27, 2024
Easy way to visit Robben Island - This option worked well for my family. Robben Island itself is a group tour that includes a bus ride and mini tour of the island and the history and then time within the prison with an ex-inmate or guard which details more of their time on Robben Island. This booking is getting your tickets and also transportation to/from the port. The driver was on time and escorted us to the ferry and was waiting for us when we got back.
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Rtgj
Nov 26, 2024
This is one tour any visitor to South Africa should not forgo. Informative and enlightening are the operative words to describe - This was a very informative tour. Our guide was a former inmate from 1977 to 1981. He was asked countless, varied questions about the prison and his experiences therein. He spoke authoritatively about all subject matter. The whole tour was very enlightening.
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Paradise53655510868
Nov 17, 2024
Mandela's Legacy tour - We visited Robben Island. The experience was poignant, but experience was poignant, but holding hands made it bearable
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Nael_h
Nov 28, 2024
Wisdom - The words of wisdom from Mandela is powerful. However, it is a bit of confined trip, but you will generally experience the old prison.
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Way2gotravel
Dec 5, 2024
Do in your own - Robben Island is a 45 minutes ferry ride to and from the ticket office. Then there is a bus tour around the island for 45 minutes followed by an hour talk by a past prisoner. I wouldn't recommend using a pre-booking service as tickets appeared easy to get and there was no added value. If you're not near the V&A waterfront an Uber is cheap, so no need for a transfer.
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Marcia_t
Dec 4, 2024
Horrible WEBSITE. AI driven site - Computer logarithms choose our date and time. Original date requested was not what I requested; other family members were unable to used already purchased tickers. I lost $100. Contacted local reservation desk who agreed and was ready of refund; Afterall other passengers were waiting to use space. But was not able to because the 4 original tickets were purchase through were horrible web site.
I contacted your site but was told I needed a Dr's note. You did not read my statement. I will NOT be or recommending your site. In fact, the other 260 members of my travel group were aware of the issue. Your company has just lost future revenue because of your bad decision not to refund my unsued tickets for $20. Good bye.
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