Robben Island Half-Day Tour with Diamond Museum Experience

SCAM!!!! I got to the Robbin Island ferry and they told me Beyond Africa Safaris & Tours didn't pay for my ticket third party so I had to re-buy my tickets and could not go to the Diamond Museum.

This was the worst experience we ever had with a tour operator. They canceled the tour, then said it was on and they would give us a pickup time. Several communication attempts with them and no pickup time until finally at 11:04PM (after we were asleep) a text arrived that they would pick up at 8:00AM the next morning- even though we booked for 10:00AM. Did not see the text until the tour guide woke us up the next morning at 8:00 AM. Do not ever use this company again! No apologies given and no credit given for our inconvenience and wasted time. The contracted tour guide who drove us (Marshall) was very nice but he showed us that he was never given our contact number until 8:20 that morning so he was not able to contact us in advance. Viator and Trip Advisor should never allow any of its customers to go through this experience.

Excellent day out, must do on a trip to cape town. Enjoyable boat trip out to the island, great views of cape town. The tour itself was very informative, the guides were helpful and funny. Quite moving seeing nelsons prison cell and hearing all about his captured life.

This is a great tour. All the details are taken care of for you. Ray our excellent tour guide contacted us the night before and told us what we needed to have to go to Ruben Island as well as what time he would pick us up. Ray gave us an overview of Cape Towno. The way to the dock. The ferry ride was a bit choppy but very happy that it went. A bus tour of the island occurs first and that gives you an overview of the facility. AN ex-inmate then give you a tour of the prison in detail and that is excellent. His personal experiences makes it rich. You get the sense of what it was like to be there as well as a history of the movement to end apartheid. Ray met us after the ferry took us back and we did the Shaminky Diamond tour. It is the history of diamonds and gold i South Africa. The showroom is open afterwards for business. They have wonderful pieces. Ray very generously took us to Table Mountain which was not on the itinerary and went to the top with us and give us an overview of what we were looking at. Thanks Ray- much appreciated. A wonderful day was had and made easier by a friendly, easy going guide.

Thank you Kabura Travel Team for organizing our Robben Island Tickets when we could not get them directly as they were sold out online. We enjoyed and learnt alot at Shimasky Diamond museum about South Africa Mining and precious stones. The trip to the Mandela prison was great. Pick up at our hotel was prompt. Thank you to our guide Ibby who had a great general understanding of the complete logistics for the tour. we arrived to the gateway on time to be cheked in correctly and even enjoy the educational video offerd to us by the robben island team. Highly recommended.