Robben Island Plus Art and Craft Shopping Including Ferry Tickets
This is one of the best tours in Cape Town, as it takes you to Robben Island, a World Heritage Site. This is one of the most relaxed tours since it does not occupy your full 8-hour day.
You visit the best in terms of art and craft markets, where the stuff is sold by the owners; hence, you have a great opportunity to bargain. You are guaranteed great prices, unlike shopping at the shops in the mall.
At the end of the shopping, you conclude the tour with a complimentary visit to Diamond Works. A place where you are taken through the entire process of diamond mining. You also learn about cutting into a finished product. Learn about the biggest diamond in the world. They also explain the entire process of gold products production.
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Robben Island Plus Art and Craft Shopping Including Ferry Tickets
Pickup included
What's included in Robben Island Plus Art and Craft Shopping Including Ferry Tickets
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
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Explore this magnificent shopping mall. It was the most visited by domestic and international tourists, with as many as 33 million before COVID.
Robben Island Museum
Visit this world-famous heritage site. Explore the island by bus before taking a walking tour of the island. Visit Prison No. 7, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment. There is also a Penguin Sanctuary where wild life enthusiasts will be delighted. Take a walk on the Lepers Graveyard. Testimony to the fact that the island was a Leper colony at some point in time. Visit one of the most popular attractions on the island, the Prison Museum. There is guided tour that takes about 3 hours. There is also a quary which was only created to keep political prisoners busy.
Cape Town Central
Visit Green Market Square, the ever-popular market for all your art and crafts. This is the hub of all African art, including metal and ceramics like bronze and copper, dating back over 3500 years. At this market, you have vendors from Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mali, Kenya Malawi including Tanzania and Zimbabwe. South African art and craft are also available.
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Ferry Ticket to Robben Island
- Accredited Tourist Guide
- Lunch
- Gratuity
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Our Guide is will be wearing a Tourist Guide Badge
Meeting / End Points
- At the drop and go area of the hotel
