Table Mountain & Robben Island: Scenic & Historic

Explore Cape Town’s iconic landmarks with a guided tour of Table Mountain and Robben Island. Enjoy breathtaking views and historical insights.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Table Mountain National Park - Begin the Table Mountain adventure at the Lower Cableway Station, where a brief wait for the rotating cable car awaits. In just 5 minutes, the cableway ascends to the summit, providing stunning 360° views throughout the journey.
    At the top, there is ample opportunity to explore the flat-topped mountain, offering…
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entrance fees to Robben Island
  • Entrance fees to Table Mountain
  • Table Mountain Cable Way Tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and Drinks
Additional Information

Begin your day with a trip to Table Mountain. Enjoy a 5-minute ride on the rotating cable car to the summit, where you can take in stunning panoramic views, explore three picturesque trails, and unwind at the café on the mountain top.
Next, proceed to the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V&A Waterfront for your pre-arranged ferry to Robben Island. Upon…

Location
The Nelson Mandela Gateway To Robben Island
Our guide will be waiting for you at the Clock Tower Building (inside the Nelson Mandela Gateway, V&A Waterfront)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Marian_f
Mar 14, 2026
Nelson Mandela - Very interesting . Excellent guides. Comfortable sea crossing. If in Cape Town this is a trip you must book.
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Andrew_b
Jan 25, 2026
Amazing Experience - What a day, very full with boat trip to and tour of Robben island prison where Mandela spent so many years . The island bus tour guide and the former inmate who spoke so eloquently and with amazing humility gave us great insights into the backdrop of Apartheid and the resulting deaths and imprisonments in awful conditions . Very sobering . The trip up to table mountain is amazing with such tremendous views and spend time at the top inc the cafe/restaurant . The cable car itself revolves to tide everyone great views. Our tour company Cape Coast Explore were amazing from hotel pickup , Escorting us to and from the ferry and to table mountain inc the cable car to the top and back to hotel . To be looked after in that way is so comforting and they resolved a hiccup with our cable car tickets . My advice is to check what appears in your Viator online booking meets with what you booked as our itinerary appeared switched around but actually went as booked . Essential to let Viator have you phone number esp if you are on WhatsApp , it helps to be get in touch before and throughout the tour . What a wonderful day
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Carolyn_u
Nov 12, 2025
Excellent Trip - Excellent trip. Very efficiently organised and supported throughout by your friendly staff. 3 Bucket List item Robbin Island, Penguin and Table Mountain ticked in one day
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Kerry_a
Oct 30, 2025
Excellent service - the... - Excellent service - the whole day! From pickup to drop off we were on time and provided all the information we needed - plus more. Highly recommend booking this tour!
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Whitnee_s
Oct 1, 2025
Table Mountain & Robben Island Review - What a treat!! Ivan did a fantastic job and was punctual, knowledgeable, and had a great sense of humor. Everything went smoothly from pick-up to drop-off. The views from Table Mountain were breathtaking. The cable ride takes about 5 minutes to reach the plateau and once there they have walking trails that range from 15 minutes to 1+ hour to explore. The Robben Island portion of the tour involves a ferry to/from the island. There's a bus you will board on arrival that goes around a portion of the island and a guide from the museum will explain a lot of the complex history. Once concluded, you are dropped off at the prison where a former inmate will tell you their story, show you around and answer any questions you might have. This was a the perfect start to my visit to South Africa and I highly recommend it, thank you!!
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Kathryn_s
Sep 29, 2025
Anyone who visits... - Anyone who visits capetown should do the Robben Island tour. The guides are former political prisoners of Robben Island. Great tour .and table mountain is spectacular scenery.
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Nolitembas
Aug 6, 2025
Our experience as a family , we would say we had a fantastic day - My family had the best experience at Robben Island, it was very emotional but im glad my children enjoyed the experience and the background of our history, we got proper guidance and it was fun too with all the tears we shared... Thank you thats all my family would say
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A9915wclucym
Aug 5, 2025
Robben island experience - This is must do in cape Town our flight landed a little bit late but we well given an opportunity to reschedule robben island tour was an emotional experience i was happy to have this tour with a formal inmate guide who shared his person experience it was good spending the sunset on the top of mountain
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Trail35432051088
Aug 5, 2025
South African history - my overall experience with being in Robben Island was great from the beginning to when we received a tour in and learnt about the great history of South Africa
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Luzukoe
Aug 3, 2025
One of new 7 wonders of nature - We started with table mountain tour the view from the top was beyond my imagination cable car was rotating so we couldn't miss the views but I was a little bit disappointed with the closure of Robben Island museum due to the maintenance but we were offered a city tour instead
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From $120
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).