#CapeTownPenguins #SimonsTown #AfricanPenguins

Our first full excursion day in Cape Town, South Africa was down the Cape Peninsula to a place called Boulders Beach in Simon's Town. This place is famous for its colony of African penguins which you can either see from a viewing platform at Foxy beach or walk amongst (and maybe swim with) at Boulders Beach.

Google Maps for Boulders Beach: [ Ссылка ]

We decided to try and get a surf in as we travelled down the cape, stopping off at the beautiful Llandudno beach, the wild Noordhoek beach and finally at Kommetjie. A short hop over from the western part of the cape to the eastern part got us to Simon's Town just in time (if you go directly from Cape Town it's only about an hour's drive down the M3, M5 or the west coast of the Cape.

Entry (it is run by SANParks) costs R170 Rand entry for non-South African citizens (about $10.40 USD or £7.80 GBP) which is pretty reasonable in the grand scale of things. We didn't need to book ahead either.

The advice online seems that the best time of year to visit the penguins at Boulders beach is between November and August, with the best time of day being late afternoon.

Maybe I had seen too many rose tinted pictures, but I was expecting hundreds of penguins and the opportunity to swim with them in the little bay. Unfortunately, it was quite the opposite. There were only 5 penguins that were easily accessible.

However, as we were walking along the path back to the car we could see probably 100 penguins near the viewing platform at Foxy beach. We also managed to see a group of penguins amongst the boulders near '1st beach' and close to Three Stripes Rock. We managed to get back into Boulders Beach even though it was technically shut (it closed at 5pm) - there was no-one there and you could just walk through the gates. It turned out to be a good decision because we were able to get amongst a group of around 20 penguins as dusk started to settle.

Whilst we didn't manage to swim with the penguins, it's definitely one of the 'things to do in Cape Town'. You can pair it with a visit to the beaches that we went to, or more popular is to visit the Cape of Good Hope / Cape Point in the morning and then the African penguins as you make your way back to Cape Town.

0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Llandudno Beach
1:54 - Nordhoek Beach
3:39 - Quick pitstop/surf at Kommetjie
4:22 - Entering Boulders Beach
4:38 - Cost of entry to see African penguins at Boulders Beach
5:54 - African penguins
10:43 - Spotting more penguins from the path (Foxy Beach)
11:46 - Back into Boulders Beach
12:22 - Mega penguin stash!


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