One dark tourism destination is an island that’s seven miles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. Robben Island has been dubbed a place synonymous with dark tourism as it was the spot where ...

Robben Island, one of Cape Town’s most visited attractions, has more to offer than just the ferry ride there and the prison ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: The ferry ride to Robben Island can be quite choppy. If you tend to get queasy, visit the museum at the Cape Town ferry dock and also consider the free Apartheid to Freedom ...

South Africa's first democratically elected president was imprisoned for 27 years, 18 of which were spent on Robben Island, a harsh environment off the Cape Town coast. The cull is intended to ...

Abigail Kirkland ready to depart for her Robben Island crossing Photo ... Miles when she conquered the Robben Island to Big Bay crossing in Cape Town. An avid sportswoman formerly from Mtunzini ...

Stuurman also has the distinction of being the only person to have twice escaped from Robben ... Island - later known as one of the places where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated - off the coast of ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend ... what it was like to drive Mandela secretly around the Cape Town area; and the events and the atmosphere ...