Cape Town

Robben Island, Table Mountain and Cape Town City Private Day Tour

Cape Town, South Africa

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From $186.95

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-You will not receive a refund if you cancel.

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

This full-day Cape Town excursion offers two tours wrapped into one. With round-trip transportation from your hotel, take the ferry to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years. A bus tour of the island, delivered with intimate detail by a former political prisoner, includes a viewing of Mandela's jail cell. Then, return to Cape Town for a guided city bus tour highlighting all its major monuments and places of interest including a cable car ride to the top of Table Mountain.

Stress-free door-to-door service from your hotel
Tour Robben Island with a former political prisoner and see Mandela’s cell
Visit Cape Town’s most important sites during a guided bus tour
Ride a cable car to the top of Table Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

What's Included

Robben island boat trip & museum ticket (round trip)
Private Tour Guide/Driver, Vehicle and Fuel
Pick up and drop off at accommodation in Cape Town
Bottled water onboard the vehicle

Food and drinks
Gratuities
Table Mountain cable car entrance ticket @ R380.00 per adult; R190.00 per child

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Start time

08:00 AM

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Table Mountain and Robben Island activities cannot be cancelled after booking as these tickets are non-refundable unless any of the following occurs:
In the event that Table Mountain cableway is closed due to unfavorable weather conditions on the day, the guest will have 7 days in which to utilize the Table Mountain tickets. Should the guest not be available during this period for this activity, Table Mountain will issue you a refund for your ticket back onto your credit card.
In the event that Robben Island museum cancels the boat trip you will receive a refund for the boat trip entrance fees. Rescheduling of bookings can be done and would require 48 hours in advance - is subject to an administration fee. Rescheduling is also subject to availability.
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel for verification at Robben Island

Near public transportation
Full Names, dates of birth and Nationality is required for each participant.
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

58 reviews

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Great way to see the Capetown highlights

Denise_S, May 2024

Great tour to see all the Cape Town highlights. Rubin our tour guide was very knowledgeable. We toured Robben island and end with the spectacular views from Table Mountain.

Response from Host, May 2024

Good day Valued Client Seeing your 5-star review made our day! Thank you so much.

Very informative

Colleen_H, Oct 2023

Great tour walking around the city, Kevin was very knowledgeable and helped us to understand the history of various places and parts of the city. He went out of his way to make sure we had a great experience

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Good day Valued Client Thank you for taking the time to review our services. We are delighted that you had an amazing time and left with fond memories.Travel safe

Wow factor!

Yvette_H, Jun 2023

Ruben is a great tour guide due to weather conditions we had to change the tour. We have seen so many nice places and received a lot historic information. He is very helpful and he makes sure you are comfortable during the tour. He even reserved a restaurant in a short noticed so we could enjoyed our lunch together.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Good day Valued Client Thanks for your kind words about this wonderful tour, your guide remembers your visit and is looking forward to seeing you again soon! All the best with your travels We’re very grateful for customers like you and hope you stick with us for years to come! Thanks again!

Very satisfied customer!

John_J, Mar 2023

We had a full one-day tour with our tour guide, Peter. He arrived at our hotel on-time. Peter started by telling us a little bit about the history of Cape Town--it's original boundaries, it's significance in trade, apartheid, etc. He drove us around Cape Town to the old castle. We took pictures underneath the balcony where Nelson Mandela addressed the crowd after being freed from prison. We visited the Malay section with its colorful houses, then we went to Table Mountain for a very detailed tour. We also viewed Lions Head and drove to Signal Mountain, where we watched hang gliders take off, fly over the city and land on the shore. Peter then drove us downtown to get a lunch--a rotie gatsby--which we took with us to eat at the shore park, where we then walked to the nearby dock to take a ferry to Robben Island. Once on Robben Island, we received a presentation by one of the former inmates, and we were able to view Nelson Mandela's former cell there. When we returned, our tour guide returned us safely to our hotel. I can't express the level of professionalism, great manners and patience that Peter exhibited during our tour, and I would highly recommend this private tour to everyone!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Good day Valued Client Thank you so much for your kind words, John. We really appreciate you taking the time out to share your experience with us — and we agree, Peter is truly a gem to have on our team! We count ourselves lucky for customers like you. We look forward to working with you again in the future!

Robben Island Table Mountain Tour

Wendy_M, Feb 2023

Right from being picked up at our accomodation to then being dropped off was an extremely informative and pleasurable day. Highly recommended.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Good day Valued Client On behalf us all of us we would like to thank you for sharing this great review about this tour. We are thrilled that you enjoyed your experience and the information shared.We valued the recommendation and wish you well with your travels

Great kick-off to our Cape Town trip!

Jill_L, Jan 2023

It was a great day spent with our guide, Alex. We visited Robben Island, had lunch at the V & A Waterfront and went directly to Table Top Mtn. It’s very windy and my hat blew off! We then took the tour of the city.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Good day Valued Client We are incredibly grateful that you took the time out to leave us a 5 Star review.We value your support and delighted that you had an amazing time on this tour and could capture all these great memories.Travel safe

Memorable day

Gillian_R, Jan 2023

Ferdinand was a great guide - picked us up on time and provided great information throughout. For Robben Island, if you get motion sick at all take dramamine - it is 30 minutes of fairly rough ocean each way. Table Mountain was awesome - we had our lunch on the top of the mountain and had plenty of time to explore and walk around. We ended the trip at a market - this was a great opportunity to buy some gifts.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Good day Valued Client Thank you for sharing your memorable experience of this tour with us ,we value your support and that you had a good time at Robben Island with the breath taking views at Table mountain.Travel safe

We wanted to learn more...

Dianne_S, Jan 2023

We wanted to learn more about this part of South Africa's history and this tour was a great start. Having an actual convict tell the story was a plus we didn't expect, or fully appreciate, until we were there. Beginning could have been shorter, but tour overall packs a wallop.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Good day Valued Client Thank you for using our services and very happy that you could have such a positive experience.It is great that you could enjoy and experience the history.Travel safe

Terrible service

Kabelo_M, Jan 2023

The advert is not clear that you must pay for table mountain, we had to pay for our selves while we have booked a combo. We asked for price breakdown and Viator failed to explain that to us. Terrible service indeed.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Good day Valued Client Thank you for taking the time to review our services.Thank you for bringing this to our attention as we will address this issue to ensure this does not happen in the future.All the best with your future travels

Not a value for money proposition.

Prasham_S, Jan 2023

There was no guide. Just a driver in a fancy car. Could have saved up on a lot of money if I had known that the guide was basically a driver with poor communication. Not worth the money.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Good day Valued Client, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Your feedback is important and we rely on hearing from our guests to ensure we’re doing a great job. As you shared in your review, this was not the case for you and for this, we do apologize. Our customers are the heart of our business and we understand you’re feeling disappointed about what happened. Thank you, again, for taking the time to share a review with us. Kind Regards

Book it if you want to be ripped off

Bart_v, Dec 2022

We were picked up by a driver with terrible English. He wanted to push as quickly as possible trough the day. Eventually you pay a tremendous amount of money for nothing. You can book your robben island ticket yourself, request an Uber and save 100 USD each. We had to pay ourselves for Table mountain access. Called Viator who was unfriendly and said that is not included. If we can not read. Huge rip off. Better give to money to people in the country who do actual work.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Good day Valued Client Thank you for reviewing our services.We hear your frustration on the issues highlighted and wish to say that the issues raised has been discussed and is documented with you at the time of the booking.We will for future work on this to deliver a better customer experience.We wish you well on your future travels.

Please Reconsider Using This Tour Operator

Bill_V, Dec 2022

We toured Robben Island and it was great. We weren’t able to tour Table Mountain due to fog, which wasn’t the operator’s fault of course. The issue was the guide: He showed up 20 minutes late. We lost 15 minutes because he could not figure out how to get out of the small parking garage. He had not pre-arranged for download of our ferry tickets to Robben Island; we sat while he did that. When we reached the head of the line to board the ferry, our tickets weren’t valid—they had been used the day before and were in someone else’s name. We established a meet point to rejoin him after the tour at Robben Island which I confirmed with him—even pointing down and saying “we are to meet on these steps here, right here, correct?” to which he answered “yes, right here”. But, he failed to show up at 1:00pm as agreed. I placed four phone calls to the tour operator’s office before someone answered. When I finally reached a person, she said our guide could see us and was walking towards us—I told her that our guide was BS-ing her, that no one was in sight and walking toward us. We waited on the steps as agreed until 2:00pm—then left to use a toilet and get something to eat. At 2:06 the office called to say the guide as coming, I advised her we were eating, but could hurry our eating and be back to the meet point in 40 minutes—and again confirmed the meet point. He did not show, so we gave up and went to find a taxi back to the ship—and found our guide sitting in his car! We were very disappointed by the poor service. Its the only time we have had a problem with a Viator-booked tour. We will use Viator again,but strongly recommend you drop this tour operator so others don’t have a similar experience.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Good day Valued Client , I’m so sorry this happened. Thank you for telling us so we can learn from our errors and keep our customers satisfied. We have addressed all the issues mentioned and have made contact with you to resolve this issues and thank you for taking the time to speak to us. As a result, our team knows better and this won’t happen again. We appreciate the chance to fix our mistake and live up to the high standards of work and behavior that define our business. Thank you,

History come to life

Rosamund_M, Dec 2022

Best part was the talk about the lives of the political prisoners! Seeing the yard where they did sports and Mandela’s cell.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Good day Valued Client We appreciate you taking the time to review our services.It was a pleasure showing you around and that you could experience Robben Island and take those memories with you.All the best travelling.

Great guide, horrible company and logistics

Harvey_B, Dec 2022

There were two momentous parts. 1) the tickets that were sent for the Robben Island visit had an incorrect date. We almost missed the boat. We’re the last to board. 2) Received an email 12 hours before pick up that I had to buy 4 tickets for the Table mountain able car. I didn’t know that was not included. The tickets that I was told to by were non refundable and at the time the cable car was already an Elle’s and no one informed us. We paid 1650 Rand for nothing. The guide Joshua was wonderful. But cannot recommended anyone to this company

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Good day Valued Client, I’m sorry to hear that our company wasn’t able to provide you with the service experience you were looking for. I will be sure to pass your feedback on, and we’ll work on improving our customer service in order to meet your expectations in the future. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to leave us a review! We hear your frustration however the above issues mentioned was discussed with you before this tour had started.We will address all the issues with urgency and revert back to you. We wish you well on all your further travels. Kind Regards

Amazing Robbens Island Capetown Tour

Michelle_J, Dec 2022

A must do tour in Capetown. Amazing Capetown experience. Started with Ferry Ride to Robbens Island, a very informational tour of Robbens Island by a former inmate with Nelson Mandela. After a quick lunch at the V & A Waterfront, we were off to an informational CapeTown City Tour with our Amazing Tour Guide, Joshua. Next we took a Cable Car ride to the top of Table Mountain. It was a long day but well worth the experience.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Good day Valued Client Thank you for the review and your detailed informative experience you had on this tour.We are more than happy that you had a memorable time on Robben Island and enjoyed the delicious food with breath taking views. All the best travelling.

Amazing Learning Experience!

Tasha_D, Oct 2022

Our tour guide Robert was amazing ensuring that we saw all of Cape Town before heading to Robben Island. He was truly knowledgeable and very accommodating. If you book with this company, be sure to request Robert for your driver. We enjoyed speaking with an ex prisoner at Robben Island and immersing ourselves. I would definitely return.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Good day Valued Client Thank you for taking the time to review our services. We are delighted to hear that you had a great experience at Robben Island and could experience the knowledge of your guide who is happy to hear that you had a great time. Travel safe.

A GRAND DAY ON ROBBEN WITH RUBEN

denise_p, Sep 2022

Our guide Ruben was very knowledgeable about all the areas of Cape Town and a wonderful historian. He explained parts of Tabletop mountain flora and animals. We also went to the botanical gardens which made the day a memorable journey to add to our travel books. Robben island was very interesting and in itself a beautiful island. The guide we happen to have there was a former prisoner. I would recommend this tour if you like birds, flora, wildlife and definitely request Ruben.

Response from Host, Sep 2022

Good day Valued Client We are absolutely delighted to hear that you had a great experience at our top historic places in Cape Town ,the views from these places are amazing which always makes Cape town a special place. We hope you would carry these memories with you and recommend us to the rest of the world so they could experience this to. Safe travelling.

Cape Town and Robben Island

Veronica_F, Jul 2022

This was a very well organized whole day tour that allowed us to see a lot in one day! Our guide Gavin was wonderful. It was my sister and I and Gavin was very knowledgeable and attentive. He made sure the day went smoothly and we never felt rushed! I highly recommend it!

Excellent tour guide

Elsie_M, Mar 2022

Our guide Rueben was the best, after the day we had learnt so much about the history of Capetown and Robben Island. He was patient with us, he was very professional, very attentive l can say at the end we made a friend in him. We cant wait to come back and use his services and also to recommend to family and friends. Thank you Rueben, we really appreciate.

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Dear Elsie, Greetings from Ruben your guide and from all of us here in Cape Town. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback review with the rest of the World. We are so delighted to hear that you had a great time with us and that the tour met your expectations. Kindly stay safe.

A lifetime tour

Marumo_R, Dec 2021

The Robben Island tour was a painful reminder of how hard this freedom was achieved. I think it is one such tour that all people should have in their lifetime. Only if our political leaders could also go and be reminded what the struggle for liberation was all about, this country would be far better by now.

Response from Host, Dec 2021

Dear Marumo, Good day to you and thank you for taking time to review our Robben Island tour. We are so delighted to hear that the tour met your expectations. Thank you for the recommendations. It’s all about educational. Stay safe.