Cape Town Scenic Peninsula Tour with Penguins

The Cape Peninsula is probably one of the world's most beautiful landscapes and has several Natural World Heritage Sites. With dramatic views of the mountains and the sea. This tour covers some of the most famous places on the peninsula.
Your guide and host Jim guides history, culture, nature, and wine in English and Swedish. He is Cape Town born, knows all sorts of special places, and has many interesting stories to tell.

We will hug the coastline following the coast road around the Cape Flats and as it winds past the lazy suburbs with quaint names like Fish Hoek, Kalk Bay, St James until we enter the gates of the Cape of Good Hope.
We will get close enough to penguins to observe and photograph these curious and entertaining birds. Jim will give you detailed information about the birds.

His love for Africa motivated him to qualify as a tourist guide and today he is doing what he loves most, sharing his passion for his country and its people. You can ask him what you like.

What's included:

• Reference books and maps

What to expect:

Duration: between 8 hours and 9 hours

Cape Point

Cape Point

We will stand on what feels like the edge of the world at the southernmost point of the Cape Peninsula and look out over seas that seem to extend forever from dramatic granite cliffs

1 hour

Cape of Good Hope

Cape Point Rd, , 8001

See and hear the Atlantic ocean waves crash on the stoney beaches at The Cape of Good Hope. This is the extreme south-westerly outcrop of Africa and the most longed-for indicator for early sailors to steer North on their way home to Europe.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Boulders Beach Penguin Colony

Simon's Town, 7995

Simons Town is home to a unique land-based colony of endangered African Penguins. It is one of a few in the world. We will get close enough to observe and photograph these curious and entertaining birds. Jim will give you detailed information about the birds and what is happening currently according to the season.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Chapman's Peak Drive

Hout Bay Road, Between Noordhoek and Hout Bay, 7872

We will soak up magnificent Cape scenery from this idyllic pass, carved into the cliff above the ocean. It is a sought-after destination for films and advertisements because of its beauty. The views it offers over the Hout Bay cove and glistening waters are the sort that stops hearts and steals breath away. We will be able to step out of the vehicle along the way to soak up the incredible vistas and take photographs.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Muizenberg

Muizenberg

We will hug the coastline following the coast road around the Cape Flats and as it winds fast the lazy suburbs with quaint names like Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, Kalk Bay, St James and Glencairn until we enter the gates of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.

1 hour

Noordhoek Beach

Beach Rd, Noordhoek, 7979

Noordhoek Beach is 9 km long and is the most unspoiled and best protected on the Atlantic Cape coast. It stretches between Chapman’s peak rising out of the sea, and Kommetjie lighthouse. The protected wetlands, along the beach, have kept it free of urban sprawl.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Just Nuisance

St George Street, Simon's Town

We will visit Just Nuisance's memorial statue, a Great Dane, was the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He died at the age of seven years and was buried with full military honours.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Simon's Town

Simon's Town

Simon’s Town is a charming old-world maritime village sitting on a steep slope right on the water’s edge. We will stop and explore Jubilee Square in the center of the town.

40 minutes

Jubilee Square & Jetty, Simon's Town

St George's Street, Jubilee Square, Simon's Town, 7995

Jubilee Square is right in the middle of Simons Town. We stop here and look out over the jetty, harbour, and False Bay. We will also meet Just Nuisance here.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Shark Spotters Lookout Point / Observation Deck

113 Boyes Dr, Silver Mine (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, 7950, South Africa

We stop and see how a shark spotter spends his day. Shark Spotters is a non-profit and public benefit organisation providing a vital public service. It has attracted international attention through the novel way it proactively reduces conflict between surfers and white sharks.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bronze Leopard

1 Chapmans Peak Dr, Hout Bay, Cape Town, 7806, South Africa

As we leave Chapmans Peak Drive will stop at the water's edge in Hout Bay to enjoy one of Cape Town’s most beloved sculptures, the bronze leopard of Hout Bay. This beautiful artwork should be on everyone's Cape Town bucket list.

10 minutes

Cape Point Nature Reserve

Cape Town Central

Cape Point Nature Reserve, just 60km outside Cape Town, is a spectacular place. With towering stone cliffs, endemic fynbos, breathtaking bays, beaches, and rolling green hills and valleys, it's definitely worth and worth spending time here.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Hout Bay

Hout Bay

Hout Bay, or the Republic of Hout Bay, as it's often called locally is a beautiful but busy fishing harbour.

Pass by without stopping

Table Mountain

8001

We will see Table Mountain from viewpoints and from the car from several angles during the day. We will spend much of the day in the Cape Point section of Table Mountain National Park.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Simon's Town

Simon's Town

We will slowly drive through the pictoresc coastal part of the town and stop to explore where appropriate.

40 minutes

Noordhoek Farm Village

Corner of Village Lane & Noordhoek Main Road, Chapman's Peak Drive, Noordhoek, 7979

Lunch venue in a South African restaurant.

2 hours

Noordhoek Beach

Beach Rd, Noordhoek, 7979

Weather permitting, we will stop at a viewpoint on Chapmans Peak and look out over the magnificent Noordhoek Beach.

20 minutes