People planning on visiting Robben Island this festive season are in for a nasty surprise, withthe only available date being Wednesday. Otherwise holiday-makers will have to wait until January to see the World Heritage Site.
Robben Island has 1800 visitors a day during peak season, which started when schools broke up for the summer holidays last week.
The museum said last month it was confident it would manage the peak period without the delayed 300-seater ferry, which will be ready next year. The island's management said four ferries were running, with two on standby, but they are already at capacity and can only take bookings for December 12.
Visitors this festive season will be ferried by apartheid-era vessels used to take prisoners to the then-island jail. They are the Susan Kruger and the Dias, which can accommodate 134 passengers each.
Two other contracted ferries take 60 and 145 passengers respectively.
CAPE TIMES, TUESDAY 4DEC07
Monday, December 10, 2007
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