Nelson Mandela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela's Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa, in this photo from March 27, 1998.

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.

FORMER Namibian Robben Island prisoners will reunite with their South African counterparts on 27 September at the island, marking a historic occasion of remembrance and solidarity.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa -- With thousands of penguins waddling on its beaches and rich grasslands and trees covering its interior, Robben Island seems a haven of natural serenity.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa, June 14 (Reuters) - A small but much-prized soccer trophy on display in a cell of Robben Island prison is a reminder of how football touched the lives of the activists ...

African penguins are a popular sight on South Africa’s Robben Island. Before the fall of apartheid, Nelson Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected president, was held as a ...

Nelson Mandela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela's Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa, in this photo from March 27, 1998.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa (Reuters) - A small but much-prized soccer trophy on display in a cell of Robben Island prison is a reminder of how football touched the lives of the activists locked ...