Collection
Penguin Colonies
Two African penguin colonies within day-trip range of Cape Town. Boulders is famous and crowded; Stony Point is the honest alternative.
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Wildlife Experience
Quick Stop
Wildlife Experience
Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
An urban colony of African penguins on a sheltered beach in Simon's Town — penguins you can walk among.
Quick Stop
Wildlife Experience
Stony Point Penguin Colony
Betty's Bay penguin colony — quieter than Boulders, with breeding birds among the coastal rocks.
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Beach
Boulders Beach
A sheltered cove of granite boulders and an African penguin colony, half an hour from central Cape Town.
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