We stood in the yard of Robben Island Prison, looking at the tennis court ... recollections and his dignified presence, made the tour vivid, powerful and memorable. Former prisoners escorting ...

This tour, however, is different. Unlike other Street View projects, the Robben Island Prison Tour is annotated by former political prisoner Vusumsi Mcongo, who acts as a virtual guide.

In 1997, three years after apartheid fell, the prison was turned into the Robben Island Museum. The most powerful part of the tour is a visit to Mandela’s cell, a 7-by-9-foot room where a bulb ...

Today, Robben Island houses a fascinating museum detailing the history of the island and offering tours led by former inmates of the former prison ... the guided tour of the island.

Robben Island, one of Cape Town’s most visited attractions, has more to offer than just the ferry ride there and the prison tour. This UNESCO World Heritage site provides a variety of ...

But on the city’s Atlantic Seaboard, the glamorous infinity pools and white sand beaches have a full-frontal view of Robben Island, the brutal prison that housed Mandela for 18 years.

Nelson Mandela remains one of my favourite 20th Century icons; that’s one reason I’d recommend the three-and-a-half-hour Robben Island experience that includes a prison tour by former inmates.

It shows Mandela's prison cell and near the very end ... The film was shot during a journalists' tour of Robben Island. The tour was initiated by the government in order to dispel stories of ...

Today, tourists can tour the island. They can get there ... Apart from being a prison, Robben Island has served different roles across the last few centuries. It was used as a leper colony from ...

Cape Town, South Africa – One morning in December 1967, prison warders strode into Robben Island’s Cell Block 4 with a football and randomly chose two teams of 11. While walking to the ...