RobbenIsland.kml normal #Highlights_norm highlight #Highlights_over Robben Island 0 Named for the Dutch word ´robbe´, or seals, for nearly 400 years Robben Island, 12 kilometres off the coast of Cape Town, was a place of banishment, isolation, institutional brutality and imprisonment. Through a triumph of the human spirit over enormous hardship and adversity, the island´s most famous prisoner, Nelson Mandela, and his fellow freedom fighters succeeded in turning Robben Island into a symbol of freedom and personal liberation; the island is now a World Heritage Site.



Robben Island looking towards Table Mountain


Robben Island prison courtyard


The boat trip between Cape Town and Robben Island provides an opportunity to see Cape Fur seals, Southern Right whales, and Dusky and Heaviside dolphins. But for most, it is the emotional experience of Robben Island that lingers.

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