Are cameras allowed? How much do Ferry Tickets cost? Please check the Tour Types page for more information. How long is the Robben Island Tour?
What times do the Ferries operate? Can I reschedule my tour? Yes, this must be done 48 hours in advance and is subject to an administration fee. If my tour is cancelled will I be refunded? Do I need to drink sea sickness tablets?
The price of the ticket includes access to Robben Island, ferry voyage to and from the Island, access to Jetty 1 and Nelson Mandela Gateway exhibitions. This ticket is only valid for the date and time specified on the ticket. Robben Island Museum reserves the right to cancel voyages or to change departure times without notice. This ticket is not subject to refunds except if the respective voyage is cancelled by Robben Island Museum or the passenger could not attend due to hospitalisation or mortality.
Refunds will only be issued against the return of this ticket and proof of identification. Ticket amendments will be subject to an administration fee as determined by Robben Island Museum. Passengers must arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to the scheduled times of departure, failure to do so could result in the forfeit of your paid ticket.
Boarding gates close 10 minutes before departure time and there will be no refunds or rescheduling of boats if the departure times are missed.
Credit card refunds: All customers who pay by credit card or debit card, either at the ticket office or on the website, shall be refunded to the credit card which was used to purchase the tickets. SAMSA requirements stipulate specific personal information to be processed for ferry trips. By purchasing a Robben Island Museum ticket, consent is implied that such information may be processed in the form of passenger listings.
Passengers may also be conveyed by an independent contractor and the provisions above shall also apply in respect of all services or any activity conducted or provided by this contractor.
The former was closed in and the latter was closed five years later. A large number of the guides working here were former inmates of the prison at the island. The place reminds one of the dark days of the past and the hardships faced by famous world leaders like Nelson Mandela during their time spent on the island.
Navigating near the Robben Island is not an easy job. The island has a jagged coastline and a rough Atlantic swell prevails in the region around the island. Robben Island supports a significant population of penguins which is a great magnet for tourists.
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We won't share your contact details. We don't charge airy-fairy service fees; so you save! Want more reasons? Add your listing. After old Apartheid hard-liner president Pieter Botha was replaced by Frederik de Klerk, things began changing rapidly and Mandela was finally released on 11 February Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in In South Africa 's first fully democratic and multi-racial elections of 27 April , Mandela won a landslide victory and became president.
He retired in — but to this day is regarded as a national hero, which is particularly palpable at the exhibitions at the Nelson Mandela Gateway where tours to Robben Island depart.
What there is to see: Tourists can only visit Robben Island on a guided tour. These last about three and a half hours in total and are wholly worthwhile. The ferry terminal is appropriately named "Nelson Mandela Gateway". After the 30 minutes' ride across Table Bay, commanding good views of Cape Town and Table Mountain, the tour proper commences.
First you get a guided bus tour round the island. This also stops at the infamous lime quarry, where Mandela and his fellow political prisoners were forced to work. It also passes some WWII gun installations and other military gear, as well as the cemetery of the former leper colony on the island. A former prisoner will then take you round the complex that was the maximum security prison.
This extra personal input and first-hand information and recollections add incredible value to the tours. The exact nature of this will vary from guide to guide, of course, but is likely to impress. When I visited, the guide was a truly remarkable, gentle character who talked about his experiences in detail but without any bitterness.
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