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10 Best Robben Island Tours In South Africa

South Africa's standouts.

A shortlist of the 10 robben island tours most worth booking in South Africa, with what each one is like on the day, who runs it, and what it costs.

10 Best Robben Island Tours In South Africa

Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Guided Prison Tour

Cape Town-Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Guided Prison Tour - V&A Waterfront pickup and the Nelson Mandela Gateway

1.Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Guided Prison Tour

Most Popular★ 4.1

Skip the ferry ticket line and meet an ex-prisoner guide for a moving Robben Island prison tour, including Mandela’s cell.

“Tour was good. Didn’t really know where the meeting point was but found it and just joined a queue, all good, got the ferry, then a coach round the island, stopped for 10 mins for coffee and watch the penguins, because there were so many buses could have done with longer as queues were very…”

1,792 reviews4 hoursFrom $79by Beyond Africa Safaris

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Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Tour with 1-Way Hotel Pickup

Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Tour with 1-Way Hotel Pickup - Nelson Mandela Gateway: tickets, timing, and getting your bearings

2.Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Tour with 1-Way Hotel Pickup

★ 4.2

Cape Town Robben Island ferry tour with 1-way hotel pickup to visit Mandela’s cell with a former prisoner guide. 5 hours, small group.

“Definitely a 5 star... and something that I believe everyone that visits Cape Town needs to experience. We are grateful for our guide which has shared such an intimate and difficult experience with us.”

1,380 reviews5 hoursFrom $71by Sam's Cultural Tours

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Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Townships Tour

Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Townships Tour - District Six: Seeing Apartheid Displacement Up Close

Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry with Prison Ticket and Tour

Cape Town: Robben Island Ferry with Prison Ticket and Tour - The Guided Island Bus Stops That Change How You See the Prison

Cape Town: Table Mountain and Robben Island Tour

Cape Town: Table Mountain and Robben Island Tour - Morning Start: Pickup, Timing, and Weather-Based Switching

Robben Island Tour including Pick Up & Drop Off from Cape Town

Robben Island Tour including Pick Up & Drop Off from Cape Town - Robben Island Museum and the First Walk: You Start Seeing the Prison Before You Enter It

6.Robben Island Tour including Pick Up & Drop Off from Cape Town

★ 4.5

Robben Island with Cape Town hotel pickup, ferry entry, and a guided prison visit including Mandela’s former cell.

“Highly recommended for tourists who wants to immerse in the history of South Aftica. It was a privilege to see the prison cell of Nelson Mandela and felt the suffering he and others have to go through to fight freedom inside the jail.”

248 reviewsFrom $63.26by SadiCapeTours

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Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Guided Prison Tour

Robben Island Ferry Ticket and Guided Prison Tour - Your 4-hour rhythm: ferry crossing, museum tour, and Mandela’s walk

Robben Island Experience: Pre-Booked Ticket & Return Transfers

Robben Island Experience: Pre-Booked Ticket & Return Transfers - The on-island tour: guided by a former political prisoner

Robben Island Tour – Hotel Pick-Ups & stops at interesting places pre/post tour

Robben Island Tour - Hotel Pick-Ups & stops at interesting places pre/post tour - The prison walk with an ex political prisoner: why this tour is worth it

9.Robben Island Tour – Hotel Pick-Ups & stops at interesting places pre/post tour

★ 4.5

Hotel pickup, fast access to Mandela Gateway, and a prison walk led by a former political prisoner on Robben Island.

“Fantastic tour! Highly recommended! We saw The Long March to Freedom, a recently-opened outdoor collection of bronze statues commemorating important people in the country’s history. A crash course in South African history, and a perfect set-up to visit… Robben Island, the prison-island off the coast. Half the tour takes you through a prison block -…”

115 reviewsFrom $181.17by ML Sultan Travel & Tours

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ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM TOUR, WITH OPTIONAL LAST MINUTE TICKETS

ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM TOUR, WITH OPTIONAL LAST MINUTE TICKETS - Getting There: Clock Tower Check-In at the Nelson Mandela Gateway

10.ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM TOUR, WITH OPTIONAL LAST MINUTE TICKETS

★ 3.4

Robben Island Museum tour from Cape Town with ferry and a small-group guide, including Mandela’s cell and key sites of apartheid.

“Medise was our guide on the bus, he really is an exceptional inspirational guide to have. Glad we made the tour while there are still ex-prissonars to share their own personal experience with us. It was a humbling experience.”

85 reviews4 hoursFrom $90by CONCIEGE RUNNERS CAPE TOWN

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