Robben Island Half Day Prison Tour with Pre-Booked ferry Ticket.

Hoogtepunten

Inbegrepen

Route

1. Join our exclusive Robben Island tour for a seamless, unforgettable experience. Enjoy a storytelling ferry ride, skip the uncertainty of standard visits, and gain rare firsthand insights from a former political prisoner. Pick up at 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 charter a shared to Robben Island museum where you will be met by a former political prisoner who will conduct the tour of the Island. (Please note that our tour guide/driver will not be joining you on the tour of the Robben Island museum.) The entire tour lasts +-4 hours which includes hotel pick up. For part of the tour, you will be transported around the island by bus, before you visit the prison cell of Nelson Mandela and take the long walk to freedom. Upon our arrival back at the Jetty, your Tour Guide/Driver will meet you at the entrance of the Nelson Mandela Gateway.

   4 uToegang inbegrepen

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Reviews

Beoordelingen komen uit 363 reviews die onze boekingspartner verzamelt. Het zijn de eigen woorden van reizigers, in de volgorde waarin ze geschreven zijn — nooit herschikt om de ervaring mooier te maken.

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• 5Must See Must experience

  The history of South Africa and the Aparthied regieme are important history we need to learn from. The story that came from Max our guide was heartwrenching and real.

  Jackie_Gseptember 2026via Viator

• 5Excellent day out

  Excellent day out so interesting to hear from an ex-prisoner which brought the whole experience to life

  Andrew_Cseptember 2026via Viator

• 5Important Robben Island Prison Tour

  We were so glad that we booked this tour. It was so informative and eye-opening. The guides were previous prisoners at Robben Island and their stories were heart-rending (bring kleenex!). It was really special to get first-hand knowledge about the prison and the inmates, including Nelson Mandela. Tours like this are so important for raising our awareness about the injustices perpetrated in our world. Everyone needs to have this kind of experience so that we can, hopefully, improve the human condition. The only thing that we didn't like about the tour was that the meeting instructions were not very accurate or helpful. For future travellers: you have to meet at the Nelson Mandela Gateway Museum where you catch the ferry to the island then get on a bus where one of the guides shows you around. There is NO guide provided by Viator or their affiliates that meets you at the "Meeting Place". Your booking simply pre-pays for the ferry, island tour and museum; you're on your own to get there in time.

  Cynthia_Paugustus 2026via Viator

• 5Living History

  This is a must do excursion if you are in Cape Town. The ferry and tour are weather dependent if the boat is able to sail.The tour consists of two parts - bus tour of the island followed by a guided tour of the prison complex. Our guide was a former prisoner so all the commentary was first hand - very informative and sometimes harrowing.

  margaretw818juli 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Haunting history

  Very interesting tour with former political prisoners as guides. Their stories and memories of their time incarcerated are rather haunting. Very powerful and emotional info.

  R2794HColiverbjuli 2026via Tripadvisor

• 3Informative but rushed

  This tour was informative Lady in the bus gave very good info There was not much viewing of cells or walking around in the cells area It felt rushed here

  189farahpjuni 2026via Tripadvisor

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How it compares in Kaapstad

• Its from-price is 56% below the median of the 3091 experiences we list in Kaapstad.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 36 of 3091.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Kaapstad

Kaapstad ligt tussen de Tafelberg en de zee: een opvallende stad van stranden, wijngaarden, pinguïns en geschiedenis bij de zuidwestpunt van Afrika.

De platte top van de Tafelberg torent boven alles uit, te bereiken met de kabelbaan of via wandelpaden, met de Lion's Head en Signal Hill aan weerszijden. Beneden bruist de V&A Waterfront rond de werkende haven, en vanaf daar vertrekken boten naar Robbeneiland, waar Nelson Mandela achttien jaar gevangen zat. De kleurrijke huizen van Bo-Kaap klimmen tegen de hellingen boven het stadscentrum en de Company's Garden.

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