Cape Of Good Hope, Penguins Private Tour from Cape Town full day plus entry fees


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Departs: Cape Town, Cape Town

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This is a tour which combines history - as travelers are taken through the history of South Africa. The arrival of the Dutch until the introduction of apartheid in 1948 by the architect of apartheid Hendrick Verwoerd.

This tour takes travelers via the Atlantic Sea Board where there are several Blue Flag beaches. This area is home to the most expensive residential properties in South Africa. Travelers will also drive through this jaw dropping landscape with its dramatic mountains.

Travelers also see the wild animals like the African Baboons,wildbeast and the bontebok among others. Penguins and the Rock Hyrax are also part of the nature seen on this exciting tour. The amazing fynbos vegetation covers the whole area on the Cape Peninsula Tour.

Travelers are not short of sightseeing as they drive through Chapman's Peak Drive. Beautiful beaches like Long Beach and Muzenberg beach. The history of Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope is really amazing.

Seals at Seal Island and Hout Bay.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Entry Fees to Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope R340pp Adults Half Price Kids

Pick up from your hotel and drop off after the tour

Registered and Accredited Tourist Guide/Driver

Toll Fees at Chapman's Peak Drive

What's Not Included

Any optional activities like the seal island boat ride and the funicular

Entry Fees to Boulder's Beach Penguin Colony R170pp Adults Half price kids

Gratuities

Lunch


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
  • CHILD: Age: 2 - 12
  • YOUTH: Age: 13 - 17
  • ADULT: Age: 18 - 64
  • SENIOR: Age: 65 - 120

Additional Info

  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Clifton Beaches
One of the 10 beaches on the Blue Flag status list which is divided into 4.

• Admission Ticket Free

Camp's Bay Beach
The most popular beach in Cape Town with trendy restaurants bars and only two hotels. Amazing location with the backdrop of the 12 Apostles Mountains and the iconic Table Mountain.

A popular location for international celebrities and first time visitors to the City of Cape Town. Surrounded by expensive properties. This beach has pure white sand and there are many breathtaking photo stops.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

A place of same scenic views name after Lundudno in whale due to their similarities. This is also home to one of the blue flag beach and some properties owned by international celebrities.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hout Bay
This quaint village is home to the biggest fishing industry in Cape Town. And a visit to seal island can bring you face to face with over 5 000 seals at any one time.

This place also offers travelers an opportunity to take a brief walk about at the harbour while they shop art and craft. This is also the place of the freshest fish and chips in Cape Town with a fish processing factory at the harbour.

Travelers can also grab a cup of coffee from the several coffee shops around.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Chapman's Peak Drive
This is a spectacular scenic drive with 114 curves stretching for almost 10km. It has several photo stops and is home to "The most popular accident in Cape Town".

It has jaw dropping views all the way from Hout Bay to Noordhoek. In winter there is a high probability that travelers can see whales. This scenic drive which at times is hanging from unsupported cliffs with boulders on top is a marvel and a wonder to the travelers.

Coming to the end is one of the blue flag beaches The Long Beach or Chapman's bay with pure white sand.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Scarborough
This is also another small village with holiday homes and a single pub for the locals and travelers. A popular place especially during the World Cup in 2010. It does have a small beach and is surrounded by an amazing fynbos vegetation.

• Admission Ticket Free

Cape Point Ostrich Farm
This is a place with is farming Ostriches and has a shop with amazing Ostrich products. It also has tortoises and other small creatures.

• Admission Ticket Free

Cape Point Nature Reserve
Travelers will explore this Nature Reserve with eight World Heritage Site accolades from UNESCO. It is also a place with over 1 000 plant species.

Travelers will also see two lighthouses and is the site of several shipwrecks. Cape Point has the most powerful lighthouse on the South African coast with a range of 60km.

Breath the air at Cape Point which has been declared to be among the purest in the World hence it is home to one of the Global Research Watch's (GAW) atmospheric research station.

Cape Point is also home to the World War 2 Radar listening research stations. Travelers can also use the Fernicular to get to the Lighthouse.

In this Nature Reserve is Cape of Good Hope Hope - The most South Western tip of Africa. There is also amazing wildlife like the Chacma Baboon, the Wildbeest, the ontebok, Zebras, the Rock Hyrax, Tortoises and much more.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
Travelers will see the African Penguins from a choice of two locations.
Travelers can wander close to the penguins along the boardwalk that takes them to Foxy beach. Here travelers get so close within a touching distance of the penguins but are not allowed to touch or interfere with them. This gives the travelers a great photo opportunity up close

The other option is at Boulders' beach where travelers are allowed to swim with the penguins. In this nature reserve its quiet common to come across the Rock Hyrax popularly known as the Dasy.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Simon's Town
In this town travelers will see Warships since it is home to the SA Navy. It is one of the oldest settlements established soon after the arrival of the Dutch in 1652.

This settlement has its main road declared a National Heritage thus all the structures in the main road cannot be altered so as to maintain their historical feel.

Travelers will also see many fishing boats as this is the place of the second fishing industry in Cape Town after Hout Bay.

• Admission Ticket Free

Muizenberg Beach
Time permitting this is an optional activity.

This is one of the most popular beaches in Cape Town also on the blue Flag Status list. It is the beach which has colorful wooden house and lots of jelly fish.
At this beach kids from disadvantaged communities learn how to surf. And there are several surf shops where from surfers can hire surf boards and other equipment.

This is a beach where local flood during the summer festive holidays giving the travelers the opportunity to mingle with the locals

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Constantia
This is an upmarket residential area in Cape Town neighboring the Constantia wine region.

In this place is Groot Constantia the most visited winery in South Africa. It is one of the three wineries which used to be a single winery owned by the first Governor of the Cape Simon van der Stel who produced the first wine in South Africa before the arrival of the French Hugenotes.

• Admission Ticket Free

Newlands
This leafy suburb is home to the Newlands Rugby and Cricket grounds. The South African President house - Genadendal is also located here.

• Admission Ticket Free

University of Cape Town
Travelers will see the university currently rated the best in Africa. Built at the foot of Table Mountain on a piece of land donated by Cecil John Rhodes to the city of Cape Town. This institute of higher learning has a student population of over 28 000 students with slightly over 10% being international students.

• Admission Ticket Free






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