Robben Island Museum

World Heritage Site

 

Tour Schedule

Ferries depart at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm, weather permitting, from Nelson Mandela Gateway, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Tickets costs are R230 for adults and R120 for children (U/18). More about Robben Island Tours...

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Terms and conditions of Robben Island Ferry Ticket.

Robben Island Museum is a “Gun Free Zone” and no firearms shall be allowed on its premises.
No Firearms shall be stored or held for safekeeping on the premises of Robben Island Museum.
Robben Island Museum

From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.

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Did you know?

Robben Island was originally part of the mainland, the peak of an ancient mountain, most of which is now underwater. Twelve times over the last 700 000 years, rising and falling sea levels changed the shape of this peak, most recently after the last Ice Age, about 12 000 years ago. At this time the sea level rose and created a channel between the Island and the mainland