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Half Day Robben Island

Walk to Freedom Tour

Ideally a Robben Island Tour may have more meaning, as an addition to the Cultural Township Experience Tour. The Robben Island visit is taken as part of a group tour, and includes a Ferry crossing from/ to the V&A waterfront and the Island itself. You receive a comprehensive guided tour of the Island, and its Prison facilities – generally conducted by a Guide was himself an inmate (political detainee) during the Apartheid Era.

The Tour consists of two separate experiences – with the first being a guided Bus Tour of the Island. This part of the experience gives a strong sense of the island's windswept, strangely forlorn environment and stops off at several historical landmarks. The second part of the experience is a walk through the maximum security prison buildings – whose most famous inhabitant was Nelson Mandela, who spent about 17 years on the Island. He was one of the many who spent their time in this infamous place.

Thereafter, you are free to wander around before making your way to the Harbour for your return Ferry journey to the Waterfront.

HIGHLIGHTS

A 30 minute Ferry Trip to and from the Island. Look out for whales, dolphins, seals, and penguins

The Tour is guided by early inmates of the Prison, giving you their personal experiences.

MORNING TOUR

DEPARTS: 08H45 (Collection from your Hotel or Guest House)

RETURN: 12H45 (Return to your Hotel or Guest House)

AFTERNOON TOUR

DEPARTS: 13H00 (Collection from your Hotel or Guest House)

RETURN: 16H45 (Return to your Hotel or Guest House)

Cost: R 715 per person

Includes the cost of the Ferry and the Robben Island Tour

Please note: this Tour is subject to prior Reservations and Bookings, and if the weather is inclement, and the ferry unable to leave harbour, the tour will have to be cancelled.