Robben Island untold Walking Tour

 All our tours are conducted in English.
We have 7 walking tours, each one of them focusing on a different topic and subject. Please make sure that the tour you intend to book is one that suits your interest.

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Robben Island untold

"Secret places . . . we'll take you there"

• This is a walking tour in and around the V+A Waterfront, and NOT a tour to the island itself.
• The tour is based on history and the personal experiences of members of Michael's family, including his uncle who was jailed for almost 7 years (between 1972 and 1979) in the cell right next door to that of Nelson Mandela.
• Of course, this tour also covers the system of apartheid that was devised by the racist white regime of the time, and how it led to people being detained as political prisoners on Robben Island.

NB
The information shared may be of a sensitive nature to some, and also includes facts that are not available on the internet.

• The tour is ideal for those who:
• do not have the 3 to 4 hours required to do the excursion to the island
• have done the tour to the island but would like added information which is not offered during the tour 
• are unable to do the tour to the island due to health issues, pregnancy or sea sickness
• are not able to secure a booking for a tour to the island
• are not able to do the tour to the island due to ferry maintenance or technical issues
• are not able to do the tour to the island when the service is interrupted due to rough seas, fog or strong wind

Meet your guide outside the Cape Big Wheel. The guide will be wearing an official tourist guide badge.

Itinerary:

• Places of interest
• Khoisan history (indigenous people of the Cape)
• Buildings
• Ruins
• Artefacts
• Plants and flowers
• The early Portuguese arrivals
• The Dutch East India Company
• The British influences
• Penguins
• Shipwrecks
• People
• Cultural heritage
• Religious prisoners
• Leper colony
• Political prisoners
• Escaped prisoners
• Churches
• Mosques
• National monuments
• Sites of significance

 All our tours are based on proper research and facts, and the information shared is not meant to be disrespectful to anyone's gender, country, religion, ethnicity, culture, ancestors, place of origin, political persuasion, traditions or practices.
 
Your guide will take you back in time and talk about how Robben Island was named, to how the island has played and important part of the history and the development of the Cape of Good Hope.

The tour finishes back in the heart of the V+A Waterfront where one can enjoy refreshments at a restaurant in the area.
Service ends
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