Life at sea was “like being in prison, with a chance of drowning”, 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson reckoned.

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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 ...

As part of the guided tour, guests will wear prison garb ... Prior to its purpose as a prison, Robben Island also functioned as a military base for 29 years. Visitors can learn about the site ...

When Ramaphosa took a tour of Nelson Mandela's prison cell, this was one of the first questions he asked tour guides on Robben Island. "So Madiba would have been locked in here for how many hours ...

Many tours are guided by former prisoners who share their stories and guide visitors through the maximum-security prison complex. Apart from being a prison, Robben Island has served different ...

When the Dutch arrived to settle the Cape in the 17th century they soon began to put the island to use as a prison—a ... Island tours are put on by the Robben Island Museum, which manages ...

Walk through Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of ... Centre that Madiba walked out a free man in 1990. Tour: No entry fee. Known as the only street in the world to have homed ...

Today, Robben Island is one of Cape Town's premier tourist attractions. But what makes it a remarkable visit is that the jail tours are run by former prisoners – many of whom now live on the ...

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.