A well run piece of local history. It is situated in a area with many other attractions and the prison itself is very interesting. The tour guides are very knowledgeable and friendly and we really enjoyed our visit! We saw were Nelson Mandela took his first steps as a free man
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Groot Drakenstein Prison (Victor Verster Prison)
R301, Paarl, South Africa
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Home to Nelson Mandela for the last fourteen months of his long political imprisonment, this surprisingly idyllic minimum security prison is now a......
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Home to Nelson Mandela for the last fourteen months of his long political imprisonment, this surprisingly idyllic minimum security prison is now a registered historic site.
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