ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM
Tel: +27 (0)21 413 4200 Email: infow@robben-island.org.za Website: www.robben-island.org.za 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. The Robben Island Museum was established in 1997. Robben Island was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1999. Tickets are sold at R200 for adults and R100 for all children under the age of 18. The three and a half hour tour includes a return trip across Table Bay, a visit to the Maximum Security Prison, interaction with an ex-political prisoner and a 45 minute bus tour with a guide providing commentary. Concession rates to schools and disadvantaged groups are also considered on application to the Education and Marketing departments respectively. TOURS UNIT It is important for all visitors to experience all phases of the Island, to realize that the Island is a place of pain and a place of triumph and victory. The island tour discusses these themes as well as the detention and isolation of insane females, people with leprosy and prisoners, including African chiefs in the 1800’s. The Prison tour depicts the lives of political prisoners detained from the 1960’s to 1991. Former Robben Island prisoners conduct the tour. TRANSPORT UNIT Visitors are transported to the island via ferry. All ferries depart from Nelson Mandela Gateway, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Once on the Island, visitors are transported by bus. Transportation costs are included in the tour price. SPECIALIZED TOURS, EVENTS AND CONFERENCING Specialized Tours include Private Tours, VIP Tours and Protocol Tours. Private tours are for individuals or small groups. Additional charges will apply. VIP Tours are for known personalities and are protected from the general public. Protocol Tours are for heads of State. 
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