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Robben Island Half Day Tour with Diamond Museum experience

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Robben island boat trip and museum tour is one of the most popular tourist attractions in South Africa. Visitors can take advantage of return ferry boat trips to and from the V&A Waterfront; Experience a guided tour of Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with an ex-political prisoner and take the Long March to Freedom in the historical footsteps of former president Nelson Mandela;
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Bottled water onboard the vehicle
  • Entrance into the Diamond Museum tour
  • Robben island boat trip & museum tour ticket
  • Shared Tour Guide/driver, vehicle and fuel
  • Meals, Drinks and Gratuities (optional)
  • Items of personal nature
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Traveler pickup is offered

Traveler pickup
  • Cape Town Intl Airport, Cape Town Central, South Africa
  • cape town cruise ship terminal
  • Cape Town Central, Cape Town Central, South Africa
    After pick up at your accommodation in Cape Town we will travel to the Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island situated at the Clocktower Precinct in the Waterfront. We ask that you kindly wait in the hotel lobby for your pick up. Hotel pick up commences 1 hour before the tour starts.
  • Shimansky, Cape Town Central, South Africa
    Upon our arrival at the Waterfront, we will stop at the Cape Diamond Museum, situated in the Gateway to Robben Island Clocktower Center. Here you will learn about the 3 billion-year-old history, from the diamond’s formation to the final polished stone. Explore the origins of South Africa’s diamond industry with an introduction to some of the great names in diamond history, like Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato and the Oppenheimer family. The Cape Town Diamond Museum also pays tribute to the most famous South African diamonds, such as the 3,106 carat Cullinan rough diamond. This diamond was discovered in 1905 and showcases specimens of Kimberlite rock, dating back to billions of years. Life-size replicas of the famous diamonds worn by royalty, the rich and the famous are also on display. Please note that visitors will have the option to purchase exquisite jewelry pieces from Shimansky Jewellers that is adjacent to the Cape Diamond Museum. However, visitors are under no obligation to make any purchases of jewelry.
    60 minutes
  • Robben Island Museum, Cape Town Central, South Africa
    Upon your arrival at the Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island, you will skip the ticketing line and proceed directly to the boat departures line. Upon your arrival at the Robben Island Jetty, you will disembark the boat and be guided on a bus by a resident Robben Island Tour Guide for a tour of the island. The guide will provide live commentary about Robben Island and its history. The tour will culminate with a view of the prison cell where former President Nelson Mandela was held as a prisoner and an opportunity to take a walk in his historical footsteps on The Long March to Freedom. Thereafter, you will return to the Jetty where you will charter the boat for your return journey back to the V&A Waterfront.
    240 minutes
  • Cape Town Central, Cape Town Central, South Africa
    Please meet your tour guide/driver at the entrance of the Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island for your return transfer back to your hotel. Should you not require a return transfer, please advise your Tour Guide/driver in the morning when he pick you up.
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Mark_B
04 Jan 2023
This was the worst experience we ever had with a tour operator. They canceled the tour, then said it was on and they would give us a pickup time. Several communication attempts with them and no pickup time until finally at 11:04PM (after we were asleep) a text arrived that they would pick up at 8:00AM the next morning- even though we booked for 10:00AM. Did not see the text until the tour guide woke us up the next morning at 8:00 AM. Do not ever use this company again! No apologies given and no credit given for our inconvenience and wasted time. The contracted tour guide who drove us (Marshall) was very nice but he showed us that he was never given our contact number until 8:20 that morning so he was not able to contact us in advance. Viator and Trip Advisor should never allow any of its customers to go through this experience.
ahobbs
18 Oct 2022
Excellent day out, must do on a trip to cape town. Enjoyable boat trip out to the island, great views of cape town. The tour itself was very informative, the guides were helpful and funny. Quite moving seeing nelsons prison cell and hearing all about his captured life.
Pia S
06 Oct 2022
This is a great tour. All the details are taken care of for you. Ray our excellent tour guide contacted us the night before and told us what we needed to have to go to Ruben Island as well as what time he would pick us up. Ray gave us an overview of Cape Towno. The way to the dock. The ferry ride was a bit choppy but very happy that it went. A bus tour of the island occurs first and that gives you an overview of the facility. AN ex-inmate then give you a tour of the prison in detail and that is excellent. His personal experiences makes it rich. You get the sense of what it was like to be there as well as a history of the movement to end apartheid. Ray met us after the ferry took us back and we did the Shaminky Diamond tour. It is the history of diamonds and gold i South Africa. The showroom is open afterwards for business. They have wonderful pieces. Ray very generously took us to Table Mountain which was not on the itinerary and went to the top with us and give us an overview of what we were looking at. Thanks Ray- much appreciated. A wonderful day was had and made easier by a friendly, easy going guide.
This tour in Cape Town is organized by Kabura Travel & Tours A Division of Kabu

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