Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned

Took a ferry to Robben Island --- once a leper colony. Very sobering tour of the now-defunct prison where Nelson Mandela and other anti-Apartheid political prisoners were incarcerated.

This was Mandela's cell for 18 of the 27 years he was imprisoned. He was eventually released and served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He died in 2013 at the age of 95.

The tour was conducted by one of the former prisoners. He was in prison for the last five years that Mandela was at Robben Island (1977-1982).

Ironically a lovely view from Robben Island of Cape Town's Table Mountain.