Private Cape Town Coastal Tour to Penguins and Cape of Good Hope

5.0 (40 reviews) Cape Town, South Africa
Duration7h - 9h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, French
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Unlike crowded coach tours, you are in the control of the schedule.
No stress about forgetting your wallet as all entrance fees are included

Begin your tour with a morning hotel pickup. Cruise past the luxury coastal suburbs of Camps Bay and Clifton
Navigate one of the world's most breathtaking coastal roads, a 9-kilometer route carved into marine cliffs, stopping at designated viewpoints for panoramic photos. Leave the Atlantic side and cut across the peninsula to False Bay, stopping in the historic naval outpost of Simon's Town.

Walk along specially designed wooden boardwalks that wind through the sand dunes. Get within meters of thousands of endangered African penguins waddling, nesting, and plunging into the turquoise coves.

Enjoy a break for local seafood (own account) overlooking the harbor at Simon's Town or within the nature reserve. Next, enter the wild Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, the most south western point of Africa. Keep an eye out for resident wildlife.

What's included

  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Bottled water
  • Toll fees
  • Admission fee to cape point and Cape of Good hope
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Highly expereienced and professional guide
  • Parking Fees
  • Lunch

What to expect

  1. Green Point Lighthouse
    Pass by
    The Green Point Lighthouse is South Africa's oldest operational lighthouse.
    Designed by German architect Herman Schutte and first lit on April 12, 1824, making it the country's first solid coastal lighthouse structure in South Africa
  2. Sea Point Promenade
    Pass by
    The Sea Point Promenade is a famous, paved seaside walkway running along the Atlantic Seaboard in Cape Town, South Africa, stretching from Mouille Point to Sea Point.
    It stretches roughly around 5 to 7 kilometers offering sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean and Robben Island.
    It's popular for joggers, walkers, cyclists, skateboarders, and dog owners from sunrise to sunset.
  3. Clifton
    Pass by
    Considered as the most expensive suburb in South Africa, Clifton is an affluent coastal suburb on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard.
    It's also a collection of 4 beautiful beaches naturally divided by giant granite boulders from First to Fourth Beach, these coves are famously protected from the summer south-easterly wind.
    The Suburb is also Known for some of the most expensive and exclusive cliffside properties and modern architectural villas in Africa.
  4. 25m
    Camps bay beach is among the top 25 most beautiful beaches in the world and greatly known for its white sand, natural rocks and amazing views of lion head and twelve apostles mountain. our guests will be given opportunity to take a quick , breezy 10 to 15 minutes walk along the palm-lined the promenade to look at the coastal strip and street life and take memorable pictures to capture the dramatic backdrop of the twelve apostles mountain and Lion's head.
  5. 45m
    Hout Bay Harbour is a bustling working fishing harbor and scenic coastal hub located about 20 minutes from Cape Town city center, flanked by the Sentinel mountain peak and Chapman's Peak.
    It Serves as the Cape Peninsula's main hub for rock lobster (crayfish) and seasonal snoek catches, dotted with colorful fishing boats and yachts. It does act as the primary departure point for seal-watching cruises and glass-bottom boat trips to nearby Duiker Island (Seal Island)
    our guests will be given the opportunity to either catch a 45-round trip boat cruise to see thousands of wild cape fur seals or stroll down the docks to spot the resident seals swimming right near the quay. The optional boat ticket is around $8.
  6. Chapman's Peak Drive
    25m · Admission ticket included
    Chapman’s Peak Drive (affectionately known as "Chappies") is a world-famous 9-kilometer coastal road on the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town.
    It links Hout Bay and Noordhoek, hugging the steep, near-vertical sea cliffs of Chapman’s Peak (593 meters high) above the Atlantic Ocean.
    The winding route features 114 curves and required innovative rock-fall canopies, catch-nets, and modern safety barriers. our guests will be given opportunity to stop at a designated viewpoint for amazing photos.
  7. Noordhoek Beach
    Pass by
    Noordhoek Beach (also known as Long Beach) is an expansive, 8-kilometer stretch of white sand on the Atlantic coast of Cape Town's Southern Peninsula, framed by Chapman’s Peak and the wetlands below Table Mountain National Park.
  8. Cape Point Vineyards Tasting Room
    1h
    Cape Point Vineyards is a family-owned wine estate nestled on the slopes of Chapman's Peak in the coastal suburb of Noordhoek, Cape Town.
    Set between mountain slopes, indigenous fynbos, and the Atlantic Ocean, it offers panoramic 360-degree views of the Noordhoek coastline and Table mountain.
    we will only stop at this wine farm if our guests desire to have lunch at this specific spot.
  9. Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
    45m · Admission ticket included
    The Boulders Beach Penguin Colony is a protected natural habitat in Simon's Town, Cape Town, famous for housing a large colony of endangered African penguins.
    It's situated on the False Bay coastline of the Cape Peninsula, about an hour's drive from the Cape Town city center. A pair of African penguins first settled on the beach in 1982, and the population has since grown to a few thousand birds.
    our guests will be given opportunity to observe the African penguins close via elevated wooden boardwalks and take memorable pics.
  10. Cape Point
    1h
    Cape Point is a dramatic, rocky promontory located at the southeastern tip of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, roughly 60 kilometers south of Cape Town.
    It sits within the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park.
    The site features towering 200-meter sea cliffs, an historic 1859 lighthouse, and a modern operational lighthouse lower down. Visitors can ride the Flying Dutchman Funicular up to the old lighthouse viewpoint. It forms part of the rich Cape Floral Region with over 1,100 native plant species, alongside wildlife like zebras, bonteboks, ostriches, and baboons.
    For guests that are lovers of walking, we allow them to take a 45 minute walk to Cape of Good hope
  11. Cape of Good Hope
    1h · Admission ticket included
    Considered as the most south western point of Africa, The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, located about 50 km (30 miles) south of Cape Town, South Africa. It is part of Table Mountain National Park and a prominent landmark in the Cape Floral Region.

    It marks the southwestern corner of the African continent, though it is not the southernmost point of Africa (that distinction belongs to Cape Agulhas, located about 150 km southeast).
    The Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias first sighted it in 1488 and named it the "Cape of Storms"; it was later renamed the Cape of Good Hope by King John II of Portugal.
    The reserve features rich fynbos vegetation (including proteas), zebras, elands, bontebok, ostriches, and local Chacma baboons.
  12. Cape Point Ostrich Farm
    30m
    The Cape Point Ostrich Farm is a family-run breeding farm and wildlife sanctuary located on the Cape Peninsula, about 50 km from Cape Town and 400 meters north of the entrance to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve (Cape Point). Established in 1996, the 65-hectare property features historical Cape Dutch-style buildings and offers a relaxed stopover for visitors. This is a great opportunity for our guests to seeing ostriches in their enclosures and watch them up close.
    Home to around 40 breeding pairs, the farm offers guided educational tours covering the ostrich life cycle, incubation process, and chick hatching during breeding season. The cost for the optional educational tour is not included in the tour
    However, the feed will be supplied to our guests to feed and enjoy feeding ostriches, taking the photos along the way.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Please, be ready 15 minutes before the start of the tour. As this is a private tour, the guests can suggest their pick up location, the time they would like the tour to start and customize the itinerary.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

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

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