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Boulders Beach Penguins Tour: Half Day Exploration of Seal Island
4.3
10 Ratings
Simon's Town
Enjoy this tour that gives you the opportunity to see some of Cape Town’s best highlights. This tour is operational for a few hours with our registered trilingual tour guide (English, French and Portuguese). See the beautiful African Penguins and enjoy a wonderful 1 hour Seal Island cruise in Hout Bay.
Enjoy this tour that gives you the opportunity to see some of Cape Town’s best highlights. This tour is operational for a few hours with our registered trilingual tour guide (English, French and Portuguese). See the beautiful African Penguins and enjoy a wonderful 1 hour Seal Island cruise in Hout Bay.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Boulders Beach Penguin Colony - Our stop here we will visit the famous endangered African penguins at Boulders Beach that settled here in 1982 from just two breeding pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown to about 3,000 birds in recent years and are now on the verge of extinction. These African penguins are only found on the coastlines of…
- Boulders Beach Penguin Colony - Our stop here we will visit the famous endangered African penguins at Boulders Beach that settled here in 1982 from just two breeding pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown to about 3,000 birds in recent years and are now on the verge of extinction. These African penguins are only found on the coastlines of Southern Africa -(South Africa & Namibia ). we will learn more about jackass penguin.
- Drumbeat Charters South Africa - Hout Bay Harbour. Here, guests will take a boat to Seal Island with Drumbeat charters to view the Seals and visit the market for some shopping once back on the harbour. The best fish & chips in Cape Town can be purchased as a takeaway or sit down at Mariner’s Wharf Restaurant at your own account. Kindly ask your tour guide for more details.
- Chapman’s Peak Drive - Departing from Hout Bay Habour, we drive along Chapman’s Peak and stop at the viewpoint for spectacular photos. It is little wonder that Chapman’s Peak is one of the Best scenic routes in the world.
What's Included
- Comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Not Included
- All Meals and Drinks
- Entrance Fees to Boulders Penguins Colony - R170.00 per adult
- Entrance Fees to Seal Island Boat Cruise - R110.00 per adult
- Gratuity (Optional)
- All Meals and Drinks
- Entrance Fees to Boulders Penguins Colony - R170.00 per adult
- Entrance Fees to Seal Island Boat Cruise - R110.00 per adult
- Gratuity (Optional)
Location
Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(10 Ratings)
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Venture42566065773
Apr 4, 2025
Great time - Our guide was Jack and he was great. He was on time and made us feel welcome and comfortable all day. We had a nice boat trip to Seal Island and a wonderful time viewing the penguins. It was a worry free day because Jack took care of us.
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Susan_r
Mar 18, 2025
You won’t regret spending the day with Raphael as your guide! - Raphael was an excellent guide and driver full of practical information and tips. Plus he was such a super nice guy and made it a wonderful day! We love seeing the penguins as well as the unexpected sighting of rock hyraxes as well as the fur seals.
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Robert_w
Mar 11, 2025
Jacques, our driver, is fabulous - Great experience. Cape Town and surrounding areas were a mess due to cycle race. Our driver did a great job giving us a fantastic tour. Due to fog our ship was two hours late so were we, Jacques waited and gave us the entire tour, even though we were late.
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Sally_p
Mar 11, 2025
Wonderful Tour to Boulder Beach and Seal Rock March 10, 2025 - RAphael was our tour guide yesterday whom we thoroughly enjoyed taking us on the tour. He was very friendly, personable and we felt in good hands with him!! The drive along the way as well as seeing the adorable penguins and active seals was very enjoyable! Loved the scenic drive along the coast as well as the last minute stop at the Green Market which he highly recommended and even personally escorted us there for a last minute stop!! He then dropped us right back to our cruise ship which we really appreciated. Thank you RAphael for a wonderful day yesterday!! I would highly recommend RAphael as a tour guide!!
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Northstar55341039626
Feb 24, 2023
I will do it again - Paul (my guide) was super, he came before 9:00. Friendly and makes you feel comfortable and safe. Best thing is when he drops of you to see the sites it’s reassuring when he tells you where’s he going to be waiting for you when you are done.
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Sally_g
Oct 1, 2022
Fabulous Half Day Tour with Seals and Penguins - Had an excellent tour with Chris. He took us to Hoet Bay to see the seals, then Boulders Beach to see the African Penguins, with some stops at local beauty spots on the way and explaining some local history too.
The boat trips at Hoet Bay were very frequent so we were on one practically as soon as we arrived. Boulders Beach was beautiful.
Highly recommend.
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Christopher_b
Oct 8, 2024
Splash out. It was good - Penguins and sea lions. Nice day out. Not fantastic but definitely okay. Glad we did it. Good driver who was friendly and helpful.
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Lelom660
Oct 25, 2020
Good price but not well planned and prepared - Seal island was a good experience as we could not make it on time for boulders Beach, we started off at seal island but could only get 2h00 sail as the 11h30 one was booked and they only opened at that time whereas we thought we will get the 9h00 drive, in future make prior booking to be sure of times as the pendemic has affected all working hours, we got to boulders and it was closed already at 4. Surely the times were not checked there as well. Chris was very passient and tried he's best making up for the time we had to wait for 14h00 to seal island, I he knew the times we could have done all in the max of 3 hours. I'm going to boulders Beach now this morning, at my own expense of which is not pleasant, since I've spent already and the error done on your side.
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Remkob376
Apr 27, 2025
Disappointed. - Disappointed..
We bought a half day tour, 4 hours.
Most of it was driving.
Not enough time to see the penguins and seals.
The “what is included” list has items listed that are NOT included.
Unfortunately, nothing is included.
Only a driver! All parks fees and boats are extra.
Our driver was very talkative, though had very little knowledge.
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