Today we will visit the Townships – a tour that offers you an insight and interaction with different cultures, communities and individuals. Witness every day life in a harsh environment and share in their struggles, hopes and achievements.
See why 27 April 1994 was such an important day in their lives (first democratic elections) we start with a tour of the District Six. See the oldest mosque in S.A.
In District Six we explore the site that was once home to thousands of people of various hues and cultures, but is now a desolate wasteland because of forced removals in 1966. We also visit formal black township in Cape Town. Witness first hand the living conditions and accommodation conceived at the height of the apartheid era.
Should you have specific interests - enjoy a private tour where we tailor make the day for you and you alone ! Visits of local schools can be arranged.
A popular tourist attraction, Robben Island situated 12 km’s from Cape Town – was a place of exile and imprisonment for 400 years. Internationally known as the prison for freedom fighters during the Apartheid years with one of it’s most famous prisoners being Nelson Mandela. Regular ferry’s depart the Clocktower situated at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront taking to this infamous island where guided tours are conducted by former prisoners. Advance bookings necessary
For nearly 400 years, Robben Island, 12 kilometres from Cape Town, was a place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment. It was here that rulers sent those they regarded as political troublemakers, social outcasts and the unwanted of society.
During the apartheid years Robben Island became internationally known for its institutional brutality. The duty of those who ran the Island and its prison was to isolate opponents of apartheid and to crush their morale. Some freedom fighters spent more than a quarter of a century in prison for their beliefs.
Those imprisoned on the Island succeeded on a psychological and political level in turning a prison 'hell-hole' into a symbol of freedom and personal liberation. Robben Island came to symbolize, not only for South Africa and the African continent, but also for the entire world, the triumph of the human spirit over enormous hardship and adversity.
The Robben Island Tour includes:
A return boat trip across Table Bay
A visit to the infamous Maximum Security Prison
Interaction with an ex-political prisoner
A 45-minute bus ride with a guide providing commentary
The opportunity to explore the Murray's Bay Harbour precinct attractions, such as the Muslim shrine, or kramat, and the Museum Shop.
