Robben Island

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Table Bay, Cape Town, 800, South Africa
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AK Andy said
…). Later in the day we visited Robben Island, a 30 min boat ride from the waterfront. The tour… continue reading »
EJW said
… visit to Robben Island, nor a Township, nor time to enjoy the watering holes of the V&A Waterfront… continue reading »
April & Chris said
…!After Table Mountain, we headed back down to the V&A waterfront to try and head out to Robben Island only… continue reading »
Janet said
… cities and rural villages, a perfect climate, diverse cultures, Robben Island [Nelson Mandela… continue reading »
The Cheng Family said
… as well as the rest of the drive around the Cape – BarbPenguins on the beaches at Boulders – MomRobben… continue reading »
Becs and Chris said
… through those times and now had his freedom.This was followed by a trip to Robben Island, made… continue reading »
Jim Stewart said
… and the Nelson Mandela Gateway To Robben Island. The V&A is also a very trendy upscale shopping… continue reading »
Denny & Sally said
… the tour over to Robben Island on which is the former leper colony and prison in which Nelson Mandela spent… continue reading »
Seo & Dale said
… and did a bus tour, checked out the city, took a boat trip over to robben island that I finally found out… continue reading »
Jim Stewart said
…. Robben Island was actually named by the Dutch and robben is a dutch word for seal because many seals… continue reading »

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Robben Island

Attraction | by ms galore a female | Mar 24 '09

"Visited Robben Island"

It's something you have to do really, the bus trip around the Island was a bit annoying because packed with loud tourists but other than that very...
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Robben Island

Attraction | by Jim Stewart a 48 year old male from Mountain Top | Jun 06 '07

"Haunting feeling visiting the empty walls that saw so much suffering"

No trip to Cape Town is complete without a visit to Robben Island. Visiting in the winter gives a glimpse into how cold and damp it can be, imagine...
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Robben Island

Attraction | by The Fly a 37 year old male from Utrecht | Dec 02 '07

"Robben Island"

Experience the place the former Apartheid-regime sent their political prisoners to. See how Mr. Nelson Mandela spent 17 years in captivity.
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Robben Island

Attraction | by 6Continents6Weeks a male from Washington | Jul 18 '08

"Reconciliation"

Robben Island rests just a few miles across the bay from Cape Town. For almost 400 years, it has been the location for banishment, exile, isolation...
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More information on Robben Island

A leper colony, an asylum and a prison are some of Robben Island's incarnations during its turbulent history. It is located about 11km from Cape Town's harbour and is most famous as a penal institution that incarcerated many of South Africa's well-known political figures, including Nelson Mandela. It was opened to the public in January 1997 and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 1 December 1999. Each tour lasts approximately 3.5 hours (including the crossings) and consists of a bus trip around the island and a guided tour of the prison. The guides are all ex-inmates and provide personal accounts of prison life.

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