@ R 855-00 per person
Depart
from Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront by ferry for
a 25-minute trip across Table Bay to Robben (Seal) Island.
This
World Heritage Site and South Africa’s most revered national
monument was a prison for some 450 years - for convicts, slaves, exiled
Eastern princes, lepers, the insane and those punished for resisting
oppressive rule.
Among
its more famous inmates was 19th Century tribal chief, Makhanda, who
lost his life attempting to escape by boat across the Bay, and South
Africa’s first democratic president, Nelson Mandela, who spent
2 decades of his life here along with some 3000 other political detainees.
This
stirring tour is led by guides (some of whom were once inmates) and
includes a visit to the Prison Block and the infamous Limestone Quarry,
where prisoners toiled, as well as a drive around the island with
it breathtaking views across the bay.
Return
by ferry to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, and enjoy spectacular
views of the city and Table Mountain (weather permitting).
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