Robben Island Half Day Tour: Experience History and Freedom

This is one of the most popular tours in South Africa, It is a tour that takes you to this famous World heritage site. Travelers are take around on a bus tour with an accredited tourist guide. The later part of the tour is conducted by an ex-prisoner who was in prison at the same time with Nelson Mandela. You get the added benefit of getting information form one who lived through the experience. This tour provides takes on a journey through the history of South Africa and the struggle for freedom from the claws of apartheid. This prison is not all about the prison of Nelson Mandela and the museum. There is also a penguin colony which is part of the attraction. The ride to and from the Island offers an outstanding view of the bay with Table Mountain in the background.