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GT10 – Robben Island and The Cape Flats
GT10 Robben Island, The people of The Cape Flats
Start our tour at the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V&A Waterfront. Take a ferry ride 10km across Table Bay to Robben Island (Big Six no.5). Meet our prison guide for a tour of the prison cells. Hear the stories of hardship, struggle and perseverance fromex-inmates of the prison (shared with Ex- President Nelson Mandela).
 Do a tour of the village and the rest of the infamous Robben Island, a place of hardship and suffering for three and a half centuries. Return to the V&A. Meet the people who once lived in the heart of the city, now widespread across the Cape Flats. Visit the District Six Museum and District Six, heart-throbbing in the sixties, now desolate and barren. In total contrast is the Bo-Kaap Malay Area, alive with colourful houses, cheerful people and rich Malay traditions. Experience the lifestyles of our people in markets, craft and art centres in Langa, Bonteheuwel, Belhar and Khayelitsha.
Highlights:
- District Six Museum
- Craft markets on the Cape Flats
- Various projects e.g. Tsoga Environmental Project ; Gugu S’tebe, Philani Weaving Project
- Mitchell’s Plain
- Khayelitsha
- Robben Island
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