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Private Sightseeing Trip To The Cape Of Good Hope & Boulders Penguin Colony Highlight

Discover the famed corner of Africa in the best comfort of a private vehicle and a well spoken guide. You shall leave no stone unturned. Explore the affectionately known Republic of Hout bay town and other similarly quaint towns along the peninsular of Cape town. Try some of the best roasted coffee at The Village roast company before you go on to explore every square inch of the Cape of good hope national park. Meet the African penguins at Boulders beach in Simon's town on your way back to Cape town via Muizenberg beach to complete an eventful tour.

Please Note

Wheelchair accessible
Stroller / pram accessible
Infant seats available
Not suitable for pets
No public transportation nearby
Infants must not sit on laps
Wheelchair accessible
Kindly wait at reception for your pick up

Inclusions

Air-conditioned vehicle
Well-spoken Tour guide and driver
1 Bottled water per person
Toll fees
Pickup from Cape town
Drop off in Cape town

Exclusions

Cape of good hope entrance fee
Boulders penguin colony entrance fees
Seal Island boat fee (optional)
All meals
Gratuity (optional)

Itinerary

Bo-kaap

Shortly after the commencement of the tour. We will have the pleasure of making a quick stop in the famous brightly colored Bo-kaap. This is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Cape town and was known as Malay quatre for centuries after the many people of Cape town that came from the Malay speaking people of the far east known as Malay quarter. Besides the colorful houses, Bo-kaap offers a lot more than what meets the eye. You will be able to walk around as well as take pictures while your guide unpacks the history of this national heritage site

Bantry Bay

Resting at the foot of the Lions head mountain, Bantry bay is one of Africa's most plush suburbs and environmental studies has also proven that this mountain side suburb is wind free and thanks to the Lion's head, the famous mountain shields this affluent suburb from the south eastern winds of Cape town.

Clifton

Clifton has the most expensive Villas in Africa. Other than its status as a millionaire's village, It has some of the best public beaches near Cape town, the four Clifton beaches.

Camps Bay

Just outside the famed city bowl and at the Atlantic seaboard of Cape town is Camps Bay suburb and Camps Bay beach. Known as the Beverly hills of Cape Town. Not many places in the world offers such views as the ones witnessed here. You will have a chance to stop at Maidens coves, a stopover area along the coast which offers some of the best views of this particular suburb.

Twelve Apostles

The twelve apostles are part of the Cape peninsular mountain range with 12 distinct headlands. Your guide will provide you with interesting about this famous mountain range and also allow you to take pictures before the journey continues on to Hout Bay.

Hout bay

Affectionately known as "The Republic of Hout Bay." This beautiful town is surrounded by mountains and the cold Atlantic on all sides and thus neighboring no any other town. All the 3 roads that leads you here goes over stunning mountain passes and with some of them having won awards for being the best engineered roads in the world. Hout bay is also very well known for being a thriving fishing town. With over 300 fishing boats anchored at Hout Bay, it is very difficult to not get fresh fish in this little town.

Seal Island

Get on a boat and embark on a scenic 40 minutes long round trip to Duiker Island which is home to more than 4000 Cape fur seals

Chapma’s Peak Drive

Carved out of the Chapman's peak mountains between 1915 and 1925 to link Hout bay with the south peninsular towns, it is an engineering masterclass. Locally simply known as Chappies. This 9km long mountain side road meanders along gigantic and steep mountains that dramatically drops into the Atlantic like an avalanche. There are about 152 curves and like a fingerprint you get different views from each and every single one of them. Various view point gives you an opportunity to stop, soak in the beauty and take photos.

Noordhoek Farm Village

Situated at the southern end of the world-famous Chapman's peak drive and in the heart of the lush retirement village of Noordhoek. The farm village is home to the village roast. A to go coffee shop that boast of the best roasted coffee in the area. Other than coffee, there are some raw juices of different flavors as well as small shops selling locally made crafts and other bric-a-bracs.

Ostrich Farm

Cape point

Cape point nature reserve is a 7700 hectares big park and a part of the Cape floral kingdom. A world heritage site and the smallest of the world's 6 floral kingdom which however has more plant and rare species than the other five combined. This is also home to Cape point light house as well as the Cape of good hope. Visitors could also be fortunate to encounter wildlife.

Cape of good hope

Maned with rough waters, rugged coastline, wildlife, the convergence of the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and long history of carnage as well as life changing achievements. The Cape of Good Hope is a huge tourist attraction. Albeit being only most south western point of Africa, the cape of good hope was famed by early time sailors as the corner of Africa. Once upon a time one of the world's most important navigational landmark. From here, sailors would note that they voyages had begun to take a turn for east rather than south. Guest will have an opportunity to take an optional hike up to the summit of the cape as well as take a photo with probably the most famous sign in the country. It reads "Welcome to the cape of good hope!"

Cape point lighthouse

A paved alley from Cape point car park takes you over 600m to the 3rd oldest lighthouse in the country which marked for great views and photography. Launched in 1960.The Cape point lighthouse was however decommissioned in 1919 as new evidence proved that sailors couldn't see it in cloudy conditions so a new light house at a lower elevation was constructed. A funicular is available at own cost for guest who might not be in the mood to walk.

Boulders Beach

Home to thousands of African penguins, Boulders beach is one of Africa's only three mainland penguin colonies. The penguins are also known as the jack ass penguins because of their donkey Breigh like sound. A boardwalk was built to prevent people from getting too close to the penguins ever since they were listed as endangered a few years ago. However, visitors can still be able to take pictures from point blank range.

Simon’s town

Named after a cape Dutch governor of the 17th century who found this town as lee-shore in winter. Victorian built Simon's town is home to some of the freshest seafood and fish restaurants in Cape town. This is also the same town that African penguins and the South African Navy calls home.

Kalk Bay

Voted one of the world's 12 coolest places to live in. Kalk bay is well known for her Eurocentric outlook. Some of the best restaurants in Cape town are here. Art galleries, cafes, Cuban cigar bars and small shops dominates the main street. Residents of this quaint town also gets to enjoy seeing southern right whales from the comfort of their living rooms. Now that's cool!!

Muizenberg

Muizenberg beach is a well-known surfing beach. The famous colorful changing huts on the beach also makes for great photo taking. Provided that we have time and the traffic flow is reasonable on the day, we will be able to have our last photo stop before the journey carries on to Cape town for the curtain call.

Features

Experience Type: Day tour / activity (Private)
Booking In Advance: Cut off: 12 hours
Duration: 7 hours and 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Supported Accessibility: Wheelchair, Stroller or pram
Categories: Cultural and theme tours, Day trips and excursions, Luxury and special occasions, Bus / minivan tour, Nature, Outdoor, Luxury, Private experience
Live tour guide: English, French, Portuguese

Cancellation Policy

We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before the event

We will charge a cancellation fee of 0% if booking is cancelled 1000 days or less before the event

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