Day 01
Cape Peninsula Highlights from Hout Bay to Boulders Beach
- Pick-up from your hotel by your Cape Town guide.
- The first stop is Hout Bay Harbour. Hout Bay is a base port for rich marine life and offers some of the finest yellowfin tuna, longfin tuna, and yellowtail fishing in the world, along with a huge variety of pelagic seabirds, with many different species sighted at different times of the year. The harbour also has restaurants, fresh fish outlets, and craft stores, with views of the bay and boat rides to Duiker Island and around the Sentinel. The Hout Bay Harbour Market offers handmade arts and crafts for purchase, and a range of foods is available.
- Stop at Chapman's Peak for a quick photo stop at the top of Chapman's Peak Drive, a spectacular road with spectacular views.
- Head over to the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) west and a little south of Cape Point on the southeast corner. This is the southwesternmost point of Africa. With its diverse habitat, ranging from rocky mountain tops to beaches and open sea, the Cape of Good Hope is home to at least 250 species, including one of the two mainland colonies of African penguins, baboons, and the rare antelope called Bontebok.
- Proceed to Boulders Beach, a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located on the Cape Peninsula, near Simon's Town on the way toward Cape Point. It is a popular place because of the colony of African penguins that settled there in 1982. These African penguins are found only along the coastlines of Southern Africa - South Africa and Namibia. It is also one of the only places in the world where you can swim alongside penguins.
