BY FERRY · CAPE TOWN FERRY TRIPS
The 5 best cape town ferry trips you can book today, with the fare, the crossing time and who each one suits. The first is first for a reason.
Take the ferry from Cape Town’s Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island, then tour the island by bus and walk through the prison with a former political inmate. The four-hour shared experience includes return ferry tickets, an English-speaking guide, and Nelson Mandela’s cell. Bring identification and a coat for the boat.
“Guides were great, the whole experience was so interesting”
You’ll be collected from central Cape Town, taken to the Nelson Mandela Gateway, and ferried 45 minutes to Robben Island. A bus tour covers the island, followed by the prison visit and Mandela’s cell. Former prisoners, including guides such as Tom and Sipho, may explain life inside the prison. Return transport ends at the V&A Waterfront.
“Definitely a 5 star... and something that I believe everyone that visits Cape Town needs to experience. We are grateful for our guide which has shared such an intimate and difficult experience with us.”
Spend the morning touring District Six, Langa, Bonteheuwel, and Gugulethu with Sam’s Cultural Tours. Walk through Langa with a local guide, visit a school, shebeen, healer, and beer brewer, then take the ferry to Robben Island for a prison tour led by a former inmate. Hotel pickup is included, but you make your own way home.
“The Township tour was excellent. Sam gave detailed history of township..”
Take the ferry from Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront to Robben Island, then tour the island by bus and walk through the maximum-security prison. An ex-prisoner leads the prison visit, sharing firsthand memories of detention, including the conditions faced by inmates and Mandela’s former cell. The 210-minute tour is in English and wheelchair accessible.
“The information was very good and gave us a good understanding and insight into the conditions”
Travel by shared ferry from Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront to Robben Island, then tour the island by bus and visit Nelson Mandela’s cell with a former political prisoner. Allow about four hours. You must arrange your own transport to the Nelson Mandela Gateway, and the experience is for international visitors.
“The museum guide is an ex-prisoner, which adds a lot to an already extremely interesting tour of the jail facility”
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