CAPE TOWN - The Robben Island Museum will be launching its new Walking Tour from Friday, December 31. The tour will allow visitors to explore the island’s history and biodiversity and tickets ...

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 ...

Cape Town - Some tour operators say they have received complaints from clients who have slammed the service and cancellation of tours to Robben Island. In December, at the peak of tourist visits ...

by Tribune Content Agency and Eileen Ogintz, Taking The Kids, August 1, 2019 | Several former political prisoners work as tour guides, making a visit all the more powerful, helping visitors ...

2:25 p.m.: On the island, we board buses for the tour. There are multiple prison buildings, some housing for workers, and the limestone quarry where prisoners were made to do hard labor. We're ...

Terry RichardWomen from Lesoto break into a song in one of the cells at Robben Island. They had ridden the bus 1,200 miles from their landlocked country (entirely surrounded by South Africa ...

Robben Island, a cornerstone of South Africa's historical and cultural identity, is about to step into the global spotlight as the nation gears up to host the G20 summit later this year.

A detention cell at the Robben Island prison that once held Nelson Mandela. 1992 Koto Bolofo The key to Mandela’s eight-foot square cell. 1992 Koto Bolofo A glimpse through a prison cell's ...