Cape Point tour from Cape Town: penguins and two oceans

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Duration4h 30m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Drive the Atlantic coast to where two oceans meet, then return along False Bay past penguin colonies

A half-day sightseeing tour from Cape Town to Cape Point Nature Reserve, departing at 8:30 AM with hotel pickup included and a professional English-speaking guide. The route follows the Atlantic seaboard through Camps Bay and Sea Point, enters the 17,300-acre reserve to see wildlife and birdlife, and returns via Simon's Town and Boulders Beach, where African penguins gather on the sand between granite boulders. Entrance to Cape Point is included; a visit to the penguin colony at Boulders Beach is optional and at your own cost.

4h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Cape Point and Penguin Sightseeing

Drive along Atlantic coast
Pass Sea Point and Camps Bay
Visit Cape Point Nature Reserve
Observe wildlife and birdwatch
Travel along False Bay coastline
Pass Simon's Town and Fish Hoek
Optional visit to Penguin colony
Return to Cape Town via university and memorial

The Experience

The tour starts with pickup from your Cape Town hotel around 8:00 AM, then heads south along the Atlantic coast. The drive passes through the suburbs of Sea Point and Camps Bay, where the Twelve Apostles mountain range rises above the shoreline. From there the route turns toward the Cape Peninsula and enters Cape Point Nature Reserve, a protected area spanning over 17,300 acres of indigenous plants and wildlife.

Inside the reserve, the guide points out baboons, Reebok, Cape Mountain zebra, bontebok and the occasional eland moving across the landscape. Birdwatchers find many species throughout the reserve, and it is also one of the world's largest breeding grounds for tortoises. The coastline itself is the draw—the dramatic meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans (as local legend describes it), and the wind that locals call the "Cape Doctor" for its supposed curative powers. The return journey follows False Bay, the calmer water on the eastern side of the peninsula.

On the way back to Cape Town, the route passes through Simon's Town and the fishing village of Fish Hoek. A stop at Boulders Beach to see the African penguin colony is optional and at your own cost; the beach itself is a sheltered inlet between large granite boulders. The tour ends by passing the University of Cape Town, Rhodes Memorial and Groote Schuur Hospital before returning you to your hotel around 1:00 PM.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off from selected Cape Town city centre hotels.
professional English-speaking guide.
entrance fee to Cape Point Nature Reserve.
scenic drive along the Atlantic coast through Sea Point and Camps Bay.
access to the 17,300-acre reserve to see wildlife and birdlife.
return route along False Bay through Simon's Town and Fish Hoek.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Cullinan Guided Journeys

Is this one for you?Choose the morning slot if you need to return to Cape Town by early afternoon, and confirm at checkout whether you want the optional Boulders Beach penguin colony add-on.