U.S. News Insider Tip: The ferry ride to Robben Island can be quite choppy. If you tend to get queasy, visit the museum at the Cape Town ferry dock and also consider the free Apartheid to Freedom ...

When speaking about Robben Island, the name is often synonymous with Nelson Mandela and the struggle against the apartheid regime. However, on 31st March 2025, the Robben Island Museum hosted a ...

The busload of tourists on Robben Island grew quiet as Yasien Mohamed, our 63-year-old guide, gestured to a bleak limestone quarry on the side of the road. It was here, he said, that Nelson ...

Robben Island, an iconic UNESCO World Heritage site and a vital sanctuary for over 130 species of birds, will see a massive coastal clean-up on Saturday, 1 March 2025. This initiative will help ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

One of the more famous dark tourism destinations is South Africa’s Robben Island. The island is now a UNESCO World Heritage site located about 7 miles off the coast of Cape Town. It was once ...