Shared Tour: Boulders Beach Penguin Colony & Cape of Good Hope


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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 9 hours

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

We Experience the highlights of the Cape Peninsula in just a day.
This action-packed guided-tour includes pick-up and drop-off directly from your hotel.
Soak up spectacular views of the mountains, the two currents of the ocean that lap the cape, and native wildlife as you visit the Cape Peninsula signatures, including Boulders Beach Penguin Colony, Constantia Wine Route and The Cape of Good Hope.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

Chapman's peak toll fee

Parking Fees

What's Not Included

Entry/ Admission - Boulders Beach Penguin Colony

Entry/ Admission - Cape of Good Hope

Entry/ Admission - Seal Island

Gratuities

Lunch


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
  • CHILD: Age: 2 - 3
  • YOUTH: Age: 4 - 17
  • ADULT: Age: 18 - 64
  • SENIOR: Age: 65 - 80

Additional Info

  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

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.

What To Expect

Cape Town Central
After pick up at accommodation in the business district (CBD), we will travel through the city and see historical monuments and buildings for a better understanding of the rest of the tour.

• Admission Ticket Free

Bo-kaap
At the cape Malay quarter, here we stop for photos opportunities with the colorful houses, that carries great historical significance,You may even have an opportunity to greet some of the locals if they are in sight.
Situated at the foot of signal hill, on the fringe of the city center the bo-kaap’s origin origin date back to the 1960s when numerous rental houses were built and leased to slaves

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bantry Bay
We take a scenic drive along the Atlantic seaboard with the mountain range on one side and the ocean on the other, passing through Clifton, camps bay and llandudno.

• Admission Ticket Free

Camps Bay
We stop at Maiden's cove for a photo opportunity with magnificent views of the twelve apostles mountain range as a backdrop.
this cove is one of the best places in cape town to take panoramic photos of the ocean, camps bay beach combined with the views of the beautiful suburb of Clinton, Bakoven, lion's head, the twelve apostles mountain range etc...

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hout Bay
Our journey continues along the picturesque coastline and stopping in Hout bay harbor.
Here, guests have the option to either take a boat to seal island to view the seal or visit the market for some shopping. Today Hout bay is best known as a fishing port. commercial fishing, mainly for snoek. the neighborhood is among the best fish and chips area in town.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Chapman's Peak Drive
A photo opportunity will be on the program along one of the most scenic drives in the world. Chapman's peak is one of the tourist attractions not to be miss en route to the cape of good hope.
We will stop at the view point to take panoramic views of hout bay, the sentinel mountain and Noordhoek beach unfold from numerous view sites.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Simon's Town
A long and proud naval tradition is evident where-ever one goes in this port, with its steep cobbled streets, victorian buildings and distinct nautical atmosphere. Simons town was used as winter anchorage for the vessels of the dutch east Indian company after the 1743.
After the Second British occupation in 1806, a whaling station made its appearance. in 1814 a new harbor was constructed, and this became the base of the South Atlantic squadron of the royal navy.
A statue of the famous great dane, able seaman Just Nuisance, who befriended British sailors during the second world war, stands in Jubilee Square.

• Admission Ticket Free

Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
boulders beach, site of the only land-based breeding colony of the african penguin(formerly known as the jackass',for its braying call). this popular spot, a unit of table mountain national park, incorporates a boardwalk that allows visitors to observe the penguins from close range without disturbing their nesting sites.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Cape of Good Hope
Curving south into the Atlantic ocean like an eroded sickle, the cape peninsula has always presented a fearsome challenge to navigators rounding the tip of Africa. The southern tip, is a place of pounding rollers, howling winds and a storm-lashed coastline, that has claimed many ships down the centuries.
The cape of good hope nature reserve covers 7700 ha of coastal scrubland and incorporates some 40 km coastline. A funicular service ferries visitors to the summit of cape point and to its old lighthouse, built in 1860. Far below is the powerful modern lighthouse, which may be reached via a steep zigzag path. the cape-point is also known as the meeting place of the cold Benguela from the Atlantic ocean and the warm Agulhas or Mozambique current from the Indian ocean.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kalk Bay
Kalk Bay is a fishing village on the coast of False Bay, It lies between the ocean and sharply rising mountainous heights that are buttressed by crags of grey Table Mountain Sandstone.
Kalkbaai (Lime Bay), this derives from the vast deposits of mussel shells found here, which early settlers burned to make lime for construction. Lime kilns to roast mussel shells are still found along the West coast. The railway from the central business district of Cape Town to Simon's Town passes through Kalk Bay and in some places the line is only meters from the water's edge.
The town is also renowned for the more than 80 sandstone caves that honeycomb the backing hills.

• Admission Ticket Free

Muizenberg
Muizenberg has a fine, long beach that in effect stretches all the way round the top of False Bay to the Strand, a distance of over 20 km. It is considered to be the main surfing spot in Cape Town and is currently home to a surfing community, centered on the popular Surfer's Corner.
False Bay, known for its population of White Sharks, also has a shark watch service that operates from Muizenberg, signaling alerts when sharks come in proximity of bathers at the main beach and surfers at Surfer's Corner. Above Muizenberg there is a line of steep cliffs that is very popular as a venue for rock climbing. However, certain parts of the cliff are off-limits to climbers when birds nest on the ledges.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free






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