Robben Island Travel Blogs

I enrolled in a travel and creative photgraphy class three weeks ago

We had a good night sleep, but we get up with mixed emotions. We are looking forward to going to Robben Island, but it’s not a good feeling that we have to go home tonight, South Africa has grown on us. We go out for breakfast, order the same dish as yesterday and have some tuna sandwiches made …

Our last day in South Africa and we decided we must visit the nearby island that was turned into a prison during the apartied government.  I was told this is where Nelson Mandela was held as a prisoner before he became president of South Africa, but I did not really brush up on my history as m…

This is the island where Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison.  18 of these years were in Isolation section, known as section B. The boat trip takes about 30 minutes, and the guided tour 2 hours.

July 2007

The prison where Nelson Mandela spent a quarter century behind bars.

Going to Cape Town, this was one of the places I so desperately wanted to visit mainly because of Nelson Mandela. I pre-read much of it’s history to try and find out why it was the chosen exile place of the world’s most popular prisoner. Did you know that this now famous island was always a pla…

We hebben goed geslapen, maar staan op met gemengde gevoelens. We verheugen ons op ons bezoek aan Robben Island, maar het voelt helemaal niet goed dat we vanavond al weer naar huis moeten. Zuid Afrika heeft ons gegrepen en laat niet zo maar los. We gaan buiten het hotel ontbijten, bestellen hetzel…

One of the most moving experiences in my world travels has been the tour of Robben Island.  We were led around by a former inmate who described the experience of being imprisoned for his political beliefs.  The story of Robben Island is central to the history of modern South Africa and I …