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ferry to Robben Isle by jumpingnorman
Robben Island was where Nelson Mandela was locked up for years and years. The prisoners are still alive and there are volunteers who give the tour and were prisoners themselves. This adds a personal touch to the tour as well as making aware that all of this apartheid happened just recently. The amazing thing is that the ex-prisoners have embraced the concept of peaceful reconciliation for the sake of unity within the country. Leave a Comment
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The Nelson Mandela Gateway buildingat the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town provides a passage for a pilgrimage to Robben Island, and a vital link between the mainland and the Island.
The building includes a 120 - seater auditorium as well as an interactive, multi - media exhibitions and conference facilities.
Exhibitions are drawn from the UWC- Robben Island, Mayibuye Archives.
Tickets are sold at the Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island situated at the Clocktower precinct at the V&A Waterfront.
Doors open from 07h30 - 17h00 daily.
Ferries depart promptly at the times indicated.
Group tours can be accommodated by special arrangement. Leave a Comment
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 ROBBEN ISLAND. by PEE-WEELeave a Comment Address: ROBBEN ISLAND.Directions: ROBBEN ISLAND.
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 Robben Island by cokes
During the apartheid years Robben Island became internationally known for its institutional brutality. The duty of those who ran the Island and its prison was to isolate opponents of apartheid and to crush their morale. Some freedom fighters spent more than a quarter of a century in prison for their beliefs.
Those imprisoned on the Island succeeded on a psychological and political level in turning a prison 'hell-hole' into a symbol of freedom and personal liberation. Robben Island came to symbolise, not only for South Africa and the African continent, but also for the entire world, the triumph of the human spirit over enormous hardship and adversity.
Prices for tour available at Cape Tourism Board. Leave a Comment Address: Boat Ride to Robben Island.Phone: +27 21 555 3100/3600Directions: Boats are available at the Cape Town Tourism Offices at the Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront.Website: www.robben-island.org.za Other Contact: info@tourcapetown.com
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 Robbens Island by Jim_EliasonLeave a Comment Phone: 27 (0)21 409 5100Directions: Tours orginate for the V&A waterfront in a special building museum in front of the clocktower plaza.Website: http://www.robben-island.org.za/
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 Mandela's cell by Jenniflower
- Oliver Tambo
Robben Island tells us a story: about victory over Apartheid and other human rights abuses. Many future South African leaders were prisoners at some point on the island. So it has an image today of past oppression which became triumph.
Robben Island has had other uses besides that of a prison.
It was a training & defence station in World War II (1939-1945) and a hospital for leprosy patients, and the mentally and chronically ill (1846-1931). In the 1840s, Robben Island was chosen for a hospital because it was secure (isolating dangerous cases) and healthy (providing a good environment for cure).
Since 1997 it has been a museum, which acts as a focal point of South African heritage. It runs educational programmes for schools, youths and adults and has a large tourism-focused agenda now.
Some ex-political prisoners act as tour guides on the island, one of Cape Town's World Heritage Sites.
This cell was the cell of renowned and much-loved freedom icon, Nelson Mandela. He was imprisoned here for 17 of the 27 years he was imprisoned in South Africa during the apartheid era. Leave a Comment Address: Robben Island - off Cape Town PeninsulaDirections: Go to Cape Town harbour and take a ship out to the islandWebsite: www.robben-island.org.za
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 Robben Island by queensgirlLeave a Comment Address: P.O. Box 51806 Nelson Mandela GatewayPhone: +27(0)21 413 4200Directions: V&A waterfront and just book a trip from thereWebsite: www.robben-island.org.za
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 Robben Island by IIGUANALeave a Comment Directions: Take the tour at the V&A Waterfront.
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 Cape Town Harbour by Jenniflower
This is a more cultural one.
If you are in luck you might see whales, dolphins and a glorious mixture of seabirds and mammals' seals are a must of course! You will definitely see these here!
This specific cruise is about 2 hours long and various boating companies offer it at Cape Town Harbour.
Best to price around and see who gives you the best deal. Leave a Comment Address: Robben Island - off Cape Town PeninsulaDirections: Go to Cape Town harbour and take a ship out to the islandWebsite: www.robben-island.org.za
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Now even though a visit can be disturbing and shocking it is a symbol of the great change in South Africas thinking and a constant reminder of the unified way forward
A trip to Robben Island starts at the Gateway on the V&A Waterfront, it is usually necessary to book tours in advance, you must go through the Gateway building to board the ferry and you will have to pass through security screening. There is wheelchair access, if you use a wheelchair do advise them at the time of booking. While you wait for the ferry there are several interesting displays in the waiting room
The whole tour including boat trip takes about 3 1/2 hours, when you arrive at the island you board busses for an interesting 45 minute guided tour of the island, our guide gave us lots of good information on the history, flora and fauna of the island, then we entered the the maximum security prison where we were guided by an ex-political prisoner who gave us real insight into the life here. It could [and perhaps should] have been a very depressing tour but it wasnt, rather we emerged after it with more understanding and empathy with the struggles of the people here, and gratitude that the dark days are gone
wheelchair access in the prision is possible but difficult
Robben Island is now a National Monument and a World Heritage site, tours cost R150 for adults, and R75 children over 4 to 17, under 4 years old are free Leave a Comment
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