Robben Island, Kirstenbosch Gardens and Groot Constantia Tour

Cape Town, South Africa

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Bottled water
Boat ticket
Pre Booked Robben Island Ticket return
Entry/Admission - Robben Island Museum

Standard Tasting, Select 5 Wines of your choice R130.
Kirstenbosch Gardens Entrance Fees R 200.00/adult(international)
Food , Drink and Gratuities(optional)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Entance 2, Waterfront.

Operating hours
.8:00 am

Itinerary

Robben Island Museum

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Groot Constantia

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps

Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.2

based on 25 reviews

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No show!

nik4nik, Apr 2025

After booking, the tour operator informed me that the tour's pick up time for was 7:30am sharp. At 7:35 am on the day of the tour, I contacted the tour operator to let them know that I hadn't been picked up yet and asked if they were coming to get me or had the Robben Island Tour been canceled. I contacted the tour operator again at 7:48 am, and again no response. I ended up reaching out to Viator for a refund.

“Private?” Robben Island, Kirstenbosch Gardens and Groot Constantia

Edwin_J, Nov 2024

This tour is advertised as a tour with a PRIVATE GUIDE,” which I believe is a false description. Yes, my wife and I were the only 2 people on the tour, and we were picked up by a “private tour guide.” However, our “private tour guide,” JoJo, picked us up at our hotel and drove us to the Kirstenbosch Gardens where he told us where to go to purchase our tickets and informed us of the time he would return to pick us up for the next tour. We entered and toured the gardens by ourselves for about 75 minutes until we were fortunate enough to join a free scheduled volunteer-led guided tour of the gardens (for about an hour due to our time constraints). The volunteer guide informed us about the history of the gardens, the various flowers in the sections we toured, and she was fantastic and very knowledgeable. Our “private tour guide” then picked us up in Kirstenbosch Gardens at the appointed time, and he drove us to Groot Constantia Winery. Again, he told us where to go to purchase tickets for a wine tasting and informed us of the time he would return to pick us up for the next tour. The wines we tasted were very good. However, we did not purchase any wines because of the extremely high cost to ship the wines to the USA. The shipping cost alone would have been equivalent to the cost to purchase 6 bottles of wine for every one bottle we purchased. I recorded the names of the wines I liked, and I will see if I can purchase them from a wine seller near my home. We also toured the onsite museum where we learned about the history of the winery, including how Black slaves were used to work in the winery. Additionally, we purchased lunch at the winery, which was very good. There was no tour of the winery facilities itself, which was disappointing. Our “private tour guide” again picked us up at Groot Constantia Winery at the appointed time, and he drove us to the Cape Town harbor for the boat ride to Robbins Island Prison. He again informed us of the time he would return to pick us up after the Robbins Island Prison tour. Going to the prison was a very emotional experience, and it was made more so because our prison guide was also a political prisoner who was incarcerated for about 7 years at the prison, and he was imprisoned along with Nelson Mandela and many others. It is very admirable that he chooses to serve as a guide and relive his experience to tourists, and he exhibited a surprisingly cheerful manner at a place that could only be described as horrible, painful and inhumane for him and the other incarcerated political prisoners. Our “private tour guide” picked us up at the Cape Town harbor at the appointed time, and he drove us to back to our hotel. My low rating is due to the FALSE description of the tour as being with a “PRIVATE GUIDE.” Our “private tour guide” was essentially a driver who took us to 3 different locations for sightseeing. We have done a few other Viator privately guided tours, and this tour DEFINITELY WAS NOT a “privately guided tour.” I must say that our “private tour guide,” JoJo, was very pleasant and punctual, and he did inform us of the sights along the way as he drove us to our various destinations, as well as the sights we would see and experience at each of our respective destinations.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about your experience, as this is not reflective of the high standards we strive to uphold. For this particular tour, we aim to provide flexibility by not including every attraction as mandatory. Instead, we allow travelers to choose which sites they’d like to visit. We believe this approach offers a more personalized experience, with the main highlight of the tour being Robben Island. We encourage all our guests to review the itinerary carefully to understand the concept and planned stops before booking. Our tour guides are highly trained professionals who are dedicated to creating memorable experiences for our guests. We appreciate your input and will use it to continue improving our services. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and we hope to have the opportunity to serve you better in the future.

A great day

Lainie_K, Nov 2024

Jojo is very nice and gives you time to go at your own pace. I would take another tour in the future!

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Thank you so much

Soggy but memorable trip

Nadia_S, Sep 2024

First the positives. Jojo was a pleasant guide. He was punctual and a safe driver. Robbens Island experience really touched us in terms of the way Tory outlined things on the bus and Sparks an ex political prisoner described things to us in the prison. I had no idea the suffering and cruelty they experienced and hearing it from someone who lived it put it on a whole other levels. Unfortunately the weather was pretty bad when we went- the wind and the rain made for pretty rough going heading to the island that was exponentially worse coming back. That weather also made for less than conducive to explore the Gardens much. We skipped the wine tasting with the weather. Tour would be great with good weather so would recommend- you just cannot plan for Mother Nature!

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you so much

Never arrived on Robben Island

andy_h, Aug 2024

The ferry was not in operation due to bad weather conditions; they could have known that already at the time of booking..

A Great Day In Cape Town!

Norman_N, Jul 2024

Georgeo, our tour guide, was professional, friendly and accommodating. Robben island was educational . Both the Island Staff tour guide and the tour guide that had been a political prisoner, offered a clear picture of the Island’s history, both recent and distant. The gardens were beautiful, even though it’s winter here. The food at Moyo offered the perfect comfort food for the time of year. Groot Constancia wineries offered a wine tasting of 5 of their wines. Each wine delivered a pleasant and distinct set of flavourful characteristics. We finished with the Groot Constana dessert wine that was once popular with both Napoleon and Jane Austin. This wine, I believe, is up there and perhaps better than some the best Ice wine, Port or Tokaji wines that I have had the chance to try. Thank you Shine the Way Tour’s.

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank so much, Hope to see you again.

Great tour around Cape Town

JACQUES_E, Jan 2024

Jojo was a perfect driver for us, he's nice and speaks an excellent French (and English as well). Robben Island, Kirstenbosch Gardens and Groot Constantia are great sites that deserve to be visited. Jacques

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thank you so much for riding with us!

Memorable

Motshabi_X, Jan 2023

Seeing Nelson Mandela' prison cell ,learning about how prisoners were treated and taking pictures with family on the surroundings of the place

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you very much .hope to see you again

Great tour and faboulous tour guide

Andrea_C, Nov 2022

Our guide, Jojo, was exceptional, very knowledgeable and easygoing. He was very kind because he agreed to slightly changed the itinerary at our request. Highly recommended tour and tour guide.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Thank you very much, please come back again

Tres bonne expérience pour ceux qui ne veulent pas se casser la tete

Aissa_Y, Aug 2023

On met la note de 4 car le service etait top de la prise en charge le chauffeur etait super ponctuel tres clair dans les instructions et il repondait a toutes nos questions. L organisation du circuit c est fait dans l ordre et on a eu assez de temps pour tout faire et profiter de chaque site. Seul bémol le prix ça reste cher pour ce que c est