Table Mountain and Robben Island Tour, Hotel Pickup included
Description
This tour combines three tourist activities in just one day package at the most affordable rate. The tour is guided by a very nice and knowledgeable tourist guide who will be assisting you from the start till the end of the tour. You will be picked up from your hotel or from your Cruise Ship in Cape town 30 minutes' before the starting time and will be dropped off at the end of the tour.
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Itinerary
We start the tour by visiting Table Mountain where we will take the Aerial Cable Car to go up to the top of the Mountain. Here you will be spoiled with magnificent views of the City of Cape Town, the Signal Hill and the Lion's Head. While you are excited and amazed by the beauty of the nature and the views, you will be taken to another view point where you will see the incredible views of the Atlantic ocean, the Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles Mountains. You are advised to bring your Camera
Camps Bay is a glamorous waterfront suburb characterized by its expansive white-sand beach and palm-fringed promenade. From your vantage point on the mountain, you can see the vivid contrast between the turquoise Atlantic waters and the bustling strip of restaurants and bars below.
The Twaalf Apostels are a dramatic series of rugged peaks that form the back wall of Table Mountain, stretching along the coast toward Hout Bay. Aerial views reveal the incredible geological textures of these seventeen distinct peaks (despite the name) as they plunge steeply into the ocean.
The tour will then proceed to Robben Island Boarding gate where you will take a Ferry to Robben Island. Here you will learn more about the history of South Africa, the struggle against oppression and the role of Nelson Mandela and others who were incarcerated for many years in this Island.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please send us your Hotel address where we need to pick you up.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that this tour is weather depending.
- Robben Island tour may be cancelled in the events of bad weather/strong sea current
- You will be allowed to reschedule if the tour is cancelled due to bad weather
- You can only reschedule to the next available date, there is no guarantee to rescheduling to the prefered date. This depends on the availability of the Robben Island tickets
- Table Mountain can be closed due to strong wind. An alternative activity will be suggested in this instance.
- No refund in the event the Table Mountain is cloudy
- This tour will either start in Table Mountain or Robben Island, depending on the weather, sea current or availability of Robben Island tickets
Reviews(24)
Our guide was punctual and pointed out a bus was coming in so we could get to the line before the bus. Good source of information
There is no tour here, you are just paying for the driver to drop you off at the Ferry, which you can take an uber for. Also, I found my driver cold and distant, he just focused on talking to the other passengers who were South African, and ignored me.
This was a great experience but make sure you buy fast track tickets for Table Mountain. Getting the aerial car is challenging but once you are past that it is wonderful. The car has a 360 degree rotating floor so you have a chance to see everything going up. The views from mountain should not be missed! Robben Island was moving and the stores should not be forgotten. So much history in Cape Town. Yamelka was, open and took such good care of us. He put in a very long day to make sure we saw everything. He made the day for us. I highly recommend this tour and Yamelka as your guide
Semora is such a gentleman and brilliant guide. And he is a great photographer too 😀. Thanks so much for a superb day Semora 🤗
It was a great experience. Our tour guide Samora was the best. He was very friendly and helpful. He picked us up at our hotel on time to our boat to the Island. It was wonderful. The boat was well organised .
On October 4, 2025, our guide, Yemkela, picked us up in a car. Our fellow tourist was from Florida. We headed to the Cape Town Waterfront to board the boat for the 30-minute ride to get to Robben Island. Robben is derived from Dutch in which Rob means “seal.” Contrary to the history we have learned, Cape of Good Hope and Robben Island were the home of the Khoisan peoples for at least a couple of millennia. In addition to convicts being sent to Robben, a leper colony was established in the 1800s, many died and were buried here. We arrived on the island and boarded buses for the tour. Our guide, Yasin Mohammed, a man of Indian and Malaysian descent, was outstanding. We toured the max security prison that held Nelson Mandela. Mandela was in prison for 27 years — 18 in Robben and also Pollsmoor and Victor Verster. The other prisoners were Blacks, Coloreds, and Indians, because of various infractions, including protests and failure to carry their pass that allowed them access to only places that were listed. After our tour of Robben Island, we headed back to the Cape Town Waterfront, caught up with Yemkela for our half-hour drive to Table Mountain. On a clear day, it offers phenomenal views of Cape Town and the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Unfortunately, we had low clouds and so although we took the Cable Car (Funicula) to the top, ate lunch and headed back down.
Turns out that Robben Island was closed and they never told us. They did, however, offer us a substitute destination
Very informative friendly & guide, great experience learning about Robben Island from a former prisoner & the views from Table Mountain just spectacular
Very insightful. It was one life learning experience. The history of the country and the its landscape, people and the tourist guide was fenomenal.
The travel agent who picked us up from our hotel, parked a block away and told us he was there. After looking for him for sometime, he pulled up in front of our hotel. He did not get out and greet us; we were expected to open the door and climb into the Van And did not introduce himself before pulling away. Samora, Our guide was rude and obnoxious, and after driving halfway to table mountain indicated that the fog was so bad. We would have zero visibility and Suggested we do not visit table Mountain this morning Because of the poor visibility. We had three hours before the boat left for Robbin Island and I asked what was His recommendation that we could do while we waited for the Robbin Island tour to begin; He immediately suggested that we cancel Our tour for the day and he refund our money. This was the most unprofessional, disagreeable, and obnoxious tour guide I have ever encountered. He was incompetent and it appeared that he did not want to take us on this tour and look for any excuse to cancel.
