Robben Island Museum (RIM) is a public entity responsible for managing, maintaining, presenting, developing and marketing Robben Island …
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Mar 13, 2025
A trip to Robben Island brings back to painful history of South Africa's apartheid regime. The island, just over 10 km off Cape Town, had been used as a prison, military base and hospital since 1652.…Full review by Eleonora_PH
Mar 9, 2025
Interesting and informative, I really valued the stories of people with lived experience, I learned a lot and recommend making the time to learn about Robben Island's history. Plus lovely views of Ta…Full review by E6809OElaureng
Mar 4, 2025
Firstly our first tour was cancelled due to ' technical issues' .Think this was a total fabrication for the fact hardly any one showed up to with that day ... they have at least 3 boats , had they al…Full review by Delsey76
I would like to book tickets to Robben Island for August 2025, but there are currently only tickets available through December 2024. Does anyone know how far in advance tickets are available for purchase?
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You are right to prebook the Robben Island tickets and not try to buy them on the day. We bought ours online last year on 15th September and visited on 17th November and there was …
You are right to prebook the Robben Island tickets and not try to buy them on the day. We bought ours online last year on 15th September and visited on 17th November and there was plenty of availability
Hi! I toured the Robben Island prison in 2016 as well and remember the tour guide who was also incarcerated there. Do you remember his name? All the best, Lonnie Mandigo
Yesterday I managed to secure a date & gave Id numbers of people travelling with me but was not able to provide id number of just one of them, now i cannot reach that place where I can complete writing.
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I do not know. We bought our tickets at the pier the day before we wanted to go.
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