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

5.0
(40 reviews)
Cape Town, South Africa

7 to 9 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

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

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
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.

Itinerary

Duration: 7 to 9 hours (approximately)
  • 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

    Admission ticket free
  • (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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 1

    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.

    25 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    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.

    45 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Chapman's Peak Drive

    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.

    25 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Cape Point Vineyards Tasting Room

    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.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Boulders Beach Penguin Colony

    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.

    45 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 6
    Cape Point

    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

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Cape of Good Hope

    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.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 8
    Cape Point Ostrich Farm

    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.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • 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
Supplied by Florafricana Shuttle and Tours

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Day Trips
Full-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Ports of Call Tours
Car Tours
Luxury Car Tours
Shore Excursions
Excellent Quality
Adventure Tours
Involves Animals
Port Pickup
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

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

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