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Cape Point Tour · Hotel Pickup · 10 Hours
Cape Point Tour from Cape Town
From your Cape Town hotel to the Cape Point lighthouse, the Cape of Good Hope and the Boulders Beach penguins, with Chapman's Peak Drive on the way out. Park fees are paid at the gates.
Choose your Cape Point day
Which Cape Point Tour?
The Cape Point tour to book from Cape Town is Kenzi Travel and Tours’ Cape Point & Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour: a minivan collects you from your hotel in one of 13 Cape Town areas, the calendar shows an 8:00 AM start, and over ten hours you ride Chapman’s Peak Drive, stand at the Cape of Good Hope and the New Cape Point Lighthouse, and watch the penguins at Boulders Beach. It costs US$44 per adult and US$88 for two (checked November 2026), and one person can book alone. Pickup, tolls and fuel are in that price; the park entry is not, and you pay it at the gates.
From Cape Town: Cape Point & Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour
Kenzi Travel and Tours: Bo-Kaap, Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak Drive, the Cape of Good Hope for 30 minutes and the lighthouse for 45, an hour with the penguins and lunch in Simon's Town. Park fees extra.
Check dates →From Cape Town: Cape Point and Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour
City Sightseeing South Africa: eight hours from set pickup stops near hotels, with a guided walk from Cape Point to the Cape of Good Hope if you want it. Park fees extra.
See the coach day →From Cape Town: Cape Point and Boulders Beach Half-Day Tour
Kenzi Travel and Tours' half day from 8:00 AM: Chapman's Peak, Boulders, the Cape of Good Hope and the lighthouse, no lunch stop. Park fees extra.
See the half day →Figures from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Your date and group size set the price you see before paying: these figures are not a quote.
- 4.8 / 5 3656+ Reviews
- 10 hours Duration
- 8:00 AM Pickup from 13 Cape Town areas, ten hours out and back
- R592 + R282 SANParks gate fees for a non-South African adult at Cape Point and Boulders (1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2027), not in the tour price
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
The Lighthouse, the Cape and the Penguins
What the full day reaches between the morning pickup and the drive home along False Bay.
Kenzi Travel and Tours' own highlights, inclusions and notes, as listed on GetYourGuide in November 2026.
Highlights
- Visit the main colony of African penguins at Boulders Beach
- Enjoy stunning scenic views at a range of viewpoints and photo stops
- See the most southern tip of the Cape Peninsula and Cape Point Lighthouse
- Take an optional 45-minute boat trip to the seal colony
- Marvel at historical buildings that date back to the 1700's in Simon's Town
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Cape Town city and surrounding area
- Air-conditioned minivan
- Toll fees
- Fuel
Good to know: Pickup is available from all Cape Town city center and surrounding accommodations · If your location isn't listed, contact the operator via email or WhatsApp to confirm your pickup · Entrance fees and optional extras can be paid on-site via cash or card · Not Included: Entrance to Boulders Beach Penguin Colony, Entrance to Cape of Good Hope, Optional Seal Island boat cruise ticket, Restaurant meals and drinks, Gratuities
The Cape Point Day, Hotel to Hotel
Pickup in Cape Town, the Atlantic coast and Chapman's Peak, the reserve, Boulders and Simon's Town, and back.
Pickup in Cape Town
The calendar shows an 8:00 AM start; you are collected from your hotel in one of 13 areas, from the V&A Waterfront and Sea Point to Camps Bay and Hout Bay.
The Atlantic Side
Bo-Kaap, Maiden's Cove, 50 minutes at Hout Bay's harbour (the seal boat is optional and extra) and 20 minutes of stops on Chapman's Peak Drive.
Into the Reserve
Thirty minutes at the Cape of Good Hope, then 45 at the New Cape Point Lighthouse: a 15-minute walk up, or the funicular on your own ticket.
Penguins, Lunch, Home
An hour at the Boulders penguin colony, 75 minutes in Simon's Town for lunch, a stop at Muizenberg Beach, then the drive back: ten hours in all.
Photo Gallery
Cliffs, Lighthouse and False Bay
The cliffs at Cape Point, the lighthouse path, the Cape of Good Hope and the penguin colony at Boulders.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Kenzi Travel and Tours' ten hours from Cape Town: hotel pickup in 13 areas, Chapman's Peak Drive, then both capes, an hour with the penguins and lunch in Simon's Town. Park entry is paid at the gates. Bookable by one adult, and free to cancel until 24 hours ahead.
Plan the Day
Cape Point, Question by Question
Where to stay, Cape Point against the Cape of Good Hope, the penguins at Boulders, half or full day, the pace, and whether you need a car.
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Tour prices: per adult, in US dollars (US$). SANParks gate fees: in South African rand (R).
Cape Point Day Tours Side by Side
The Kenzi day in the calendar beside three full days sold on Viator: how long each spends where, how you are collected, and whether park entry can be bought with the tour. Regular prices per adult, with the month they were checked; one adult can book each.
| Feature | IN THE CALENDAR Kenzi Travel and Tours, Cape Point & Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour (GetYourGuide) | Kenzi Travel and Tours, Cape Point & Boulders Beach Penguins Full-Day Tour (Viator) | Baz Bus, Boulders Penguins & Cape Point Full Day Tour with Pickup (Viator) | Cape Archives Tours, Cape of Good Hope and Boulders Penguins Day Tour (Viator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From US$44 per person (checked November 2026) (hotel pickup included; park entry at the gates) | From US$45.60 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$49 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$54.72 per person (checked November 2026) |
| Length | 10 hours; 8:00 AM on the calendar | 8 hours; pickup time sent by WhatsApp the day before | 9 hours; pickup time confirmed by chat | 9 to 10 hours; pickup between 7:30 and 8:00 AM |
| Inside the Cape Point Reserve | The Cape of Good Hope for 30 minutes and the lighthouse for 45 | 90 minutes in the reserve | An hour at the lighthouse with a 45-minute hike to the Cape of Good Hope, then an hour there | Two hours: the Cape of Good Hope for 30 minutes, the lighthouse for 40 |
| Boulders Penguins | 1 hour | 45 minutes | Optional stop | 1 hour |
| Hout Bay | 50 minutes at the boatyard, marked optional; seal boat extra | About an hour at the harbour; seal boat optional | 45 minutes; seal boat optional, extra fee | An hour at the harbour; seal boat optional, extra |
| Lunch | 75 minutes in Simon's Town, at your own cost | A break at Seaforth Restaurant near Boulders, at your own cost | Meals not included | A lunch stop at your own cost |
| Pickup | Hotels in 13 Cape Town areas | Hotels in its Cape Town pickup area, or the cruise terminal | Hotels and hostels in its pickup area | Cape Town hotels; pickup points for guests staying out of town |
| Park Entry | Not included: paid at the gates | Not included | Not included | Not in the from price; a second option, "Including national park fees", pays the Boulders and Cape of Good Hope entry and the Chapman's Peak toll |
| Reviews | 4.8 from 3,656 on GetYourGuide | 4.9 from 424, Viator and Tripadvisor together | 4.9 from 1,336, Viator and Tripadvisor together | 4.9 from 3,890, Viator and Tripadvisor together |
| Check dates | See on Viator | See on Viator | See on Viator |
Other Ways to Cape Point
More Tours to Cape Point
The same headland on other days: a Kenzi peninsula loop, Table Mountain in the morning first, a Gray Line half day and an afternoon departure.
FULL DAY, 11 PICKUP AREASCape Town: Peninsula, Penguins & Cape of Good Hope Day Tour
Ten hours round the whole peninsula with Kenzi Travel and Tours: Bo-Kaap, Maiden's Cove and Chapman's Peak Drive, then the Cape of Good Hope for 40 minutes (an optional hike to Cape Point starts there), the lighthouse for 45, lunch time in Simon's Town and the penguins for an hour. Pickup in 11 areas; drop-off just before 6:00 PM.
FULL DAY FROM 7:00 AMCape Town: Cape of Good Hope & Penguins Day Tour with Pickup
Ten hours from 7:00 AM with Beyond Africa Safaris - Gray Line South Africa: Bo-Kaap, Hout Bay for an hour, Chapman's Peak Drive, one hour apiece with the penguins, at the Cape of Good Hope and at the New Cape Point Lighthouse, and 75 minutes in Simon's Town. Pickup up to 10 km from the city centre.
TABLE MOUNTAIN FIRSTCape Town: Table Mountain, Cape Point, & Penguins Group Tour
Excitement Travel and Tours starts on Table Mountain (an hour; the cableway ticket is extra), then Chapman's Peak, the New Cape Point Lighthouse for 50 minutes, the Cape of Good Hope for 25, the penguins for 45 and Muizenberg Beach. The Chapman's Peak Drive ticket is included.
HALF DAY, FEES OPTIONCape Town: Cape of Good Hope & Penguin Colony Half-Day Tour
Five hours from 9:00 AM with Beyond Africa Safaris - Gray Line South Africa: Bo-Kaap, Maiden's Cove, Chapman's Peak when the road is open, the penguins for an hour, the Cape of Good Hope for half an hour and the lighthouse for 45 minutes, and a last stop at St James Beach. A private option has every park fee and the funicular in its price.
AFTERNOON STARTCape Town: Cape of Good Hope Afternoon Tour and Penguins
An afternoon start, 12:00 PM, for six hours with DS-Group pty LTD, in French or English: Muizenberg Beach, the penguins for 45 minutes, the Cape of Good Hope and its lighthouse for an hour, Red Hill and Chapman's Peak Drive, from four hotel pickup points.
Cape Point, South Africa
The Day from Your Hotel to the Lighthouse
The route, what you pay at the gates on top of the tour, the stops in order, what reviewers say about the pace, and the other ways to get there.
Tour to Cape Point: the route from Cape Town
Cape Point is the cliff at the bottom of the Cape Peninsula, about 64 km by road from Cape Town’s centre to the lighthouse. It sits in the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park, which South African National Parks (SANParks) runs and fences, and the Cape of Good Hope itself is the rocky headland just west of it. A day tour goes down one coast and comes back up the other: the Kenzi day takes the Atlantic side first, by Hout Bay and Chapman’s Peak, and returns along False Bay past Simon’s Town and Muizenberg.
The price, and what you pay at the gates
The tour price covers hotel pickup, the minivan, a live guide, tolls and fuel. Three things are charged separately, in rand, at the places themselves:
| Paid at | Adult (not South African) | Child | Valid, set by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Point gate: one fee covers the Cape of Good Hope and the lighthouse | R592 | R288 (2 to 11 years) | 1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027, SANParks |
| Boulders, the penguin colony at Simon’s Town | R282 | R138 (2 to 11 years) | 1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027, SANParks |
| Flying Dutchman funicular up to the lighthouse, return, if you ride it | R125 | R65 (6 to 16 years; under 6 free) | 1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027, capepoint.co.za |
SANParks takes cards only at both gates, with one payment per vehicle at Cape Point. Cape Point’s own site lists online gate and funicular tickets too, and says its prices go up every year on 1 November. The seal-island boat at Hout Bay, lunch and tips are also on top. On the Kenzi day the Hout Bay stop is marked optional, so the boat is your call.
The Cape Point & Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour, in order
- Pickup, 8:00 AM on the calendar, from your hotel in one of 13 areas: the V&A Waterfront, the City Centre, Gardens, Tamboerskloof, Woodstock, Observatory, Green Point, Sea Point, Clifton, Bantry Bay, Camps Bay, Bakoven and Hout Bay. If yours is not on the list, confirm the pickup with Kenzi Travel and Tours by email or WhatsApp.
- Bo-Kaap, 10 minutes, then Maiden’s Cove above Camps Bay.
- Hout Bay Boatyard, 50 minutes, marked optional: the seal-island boat leaves from here at your own cost.
- Chapman’s Peak Drive, 20 minutes of photo stops on the toll road, toll paid by the tour.
- The Cape of Good Hope, 30 minutes, after the guide’s overview of the park.
- The New Cape Point Lighthouse, 45 minutes: a 15-minute walk up past a viewpoint, or the funicular on your own ticket.
- Boulders Penguin Colony, an hour, then Simon’s Town, 75 minutes for lunch and the 18th-century harbour buildings.
- Muizenberg Beach, 25 minutes, then about 50 minutes back to your hotel.
See dates for the Cape Point day
It is rated 4.8 from 3,656 reviews on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026), and most of the recent ones are five stars. The lower ones are about time and space. On 4 October 2026 a three-star reviewer called it “a great all day tour to highlight the important sights” but found “Not enough time spent in most places”, and added: “Make sure to sit on the LEFT side of the vehicle if you want good pics.” On 15 June 2026 another wrote that “there was so little room in that van” and that “It’s NOT for tall people!!” A reviewer on 1 November 2026 found that “the pace never felt rushed”. Is the Cape Point day tour rushed? sets the reviews against the stop times.
The same day from City Sightseeing, on two platforms
City Sightseeing South Africa runs a double-decker version of the day and sells it twice: on GetYourGuide as From Cape Town: Cape Point and Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour, US$35.05 per adult (4.7 from 2,120 reviews, checked November 2026), and on Viator as Cape Point and Boulder's Penguins Full Day Tour, from US$36.18 per person (4.9 from 4,586 reviews, Viator and Tripadvisor together, checked November 2026). It is one tour either way. The coach gives Cape Point two hours, the Cape of Good Hope 30 minutes and the penguins an hour, with a guided walk of about 40 minutes from one point to the other for those who want it, and it collects from set stops rather than your door.
Before you book
- Gate hours. SANParks opens the Cape Point gate 6am to 6pm from October to March and 7am to 5pm from April to September, and warns that the times may change without notice (November 2026).
- Who it suits. Anyone who wants the lighthouse, the cape and the penguins in a day without driving. If you have a hire car, do you need a car for Cape Point weighs the drive against the tour.
- Two capes, one gate. Cape Point vs the Cape of Good Hope explains what is at each, the funicular and the walk.
- Penguins. Boulders Beach penguins on a Cape Point tour covers the colony’s own fee and hours and how long each tour stops.
- Shorter days. Half day or full day compares the five-hour mornings, the afternoon departure and the days that add Table Mountain.
- A night near the point. The tours collect in Cape Town, so most people sleep there; Cape Point accommodation is for a night down the peninsula.
Cape Point, Collected from Your Hotel
Kenzi Travel and Tours' full day: pickup in 13 Cape Town areas from 8:00 AM, both capes, the penguins at Boulders Beach and lunch in Simon's Town. One adult can book; park fees are paid at the gates. Starting from US$44 per person (hotel pickup included; park entry at the gates).
See datesCape Point Tour: Questions Before You Book
Which day to book, the price and the park fees, the pickup, the funicular, the penguins, the gate hours and the drive.
For most people, Kenzi Travel and Tours' Cape Point & Boulders Beach Full-Day Tour: US$44 per adult (checked November 2026), with hotel pickup in 13 Cape Town areas. Over ten hours it stops at Hout Bay (optional) and on Chapman's Peak Drive, then at both capes, Boulders Beach and Simon's Town. For a shorter day, the same company's half day is US$40 per adult and back after five hours.
The tour price in US dollars, plus the park fees in rand at the gates. The Kenzi day is US$44 per adult (checked November 2026). SANParks charges a non-South African adult R592 at the Cape Point gate and R282 at Boulders (children 2 to 11: R288 and R138), for 1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027. The funicular to the lighthouse is R125 return for an adult if you ride it (capepoint.co.za, same dates). Lunch, the Hout Bay seal boat and tips are extra.
Not on the Kenzi day or most others: you pay at the gates, by card. A few listings sell an option with the fees inside: Beyond Africa Safaris - Gray Line South Africa sells a private version of its half day with every park fee and the funicular in the price (US$413.66 for a party of one adult, US$614.58 for a party of two, checked November 2026), and on Viator, Cape Archives Tours' full day has an "Including national park fees" option and Beyond Africa Safaris (Pty)Ltd's half day an "Including All Park Fees" option. Their prices show when you choose the option in the calendar.
Yes, on the Kenzi day: hotel pickup and drop-off in Cape Town and the surrounding area are included. The 13 pickup areas are the V&A Waterfront, the City Centre, Gardens, Tamboerskloof, Woodstock, Observatory, Green Point, Sea Point, Clifton, Bantry Bay, Camps Bay, Bakoven and Hout Bay. Staying elsewhere? Confirm the pickup with Kenzi Travel and Tours by email or WhatsApp. City Sightseeing South Africa's double-decker day picks up only at set points near hotels.
Ten hours on the Kenzi day, from an 8:00 AM start on the calendar. The drive from the city centre to the lighthouse is about 64 km by road. Half days take five hours, and DS-Group pty LTD's afternoon tour leaves at 12:00 PM for six hours. Two reviewers of the Kenzi day, on 15 June and 23 August 2026, wrote that theirs finished an hour early.
Yes, on your own ticket: R125 return for an adult, R65 for children of 6 to 16 and free under 6 (capepoint.co.za, 1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027). It runs 9:00am to 5:30pm from October to March and 9:00am to 5:00pm from April to September. The Kenzi day gives you 45 minutes at the lighthouse; the walk up instead takes about 15 minutes.
Most do: the Kenzi day spends an hour at the Boulders Penguin Colony. The colony has its own SANParks fee, R282 for a non-South African adult and R138 for a child (1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027). Boulders Beach penguins on a Cape Point tour has the gate hours and each tour's time there.
At the southern end of the Cape Peninsula, in the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park, about 64 km by road south of Cape Town's centre. The Cape of Good Hope is the separate headland just to the west; one Cape Point gate fee covers both. Cape Point vs the Cape of Good Hope explains what is at each.
6am to 6pm from October to March and 7am to 5pm from April to September, by SANParks's entrance-gates page, which says the times may change without notice (November 2026). Cape Point's own site adds that you exit by sunset.
No: the tours collect you from your Cape Town hotel and the Chapman's Peak toll is in the Kenzi day's price. A hire car lets you arrive when the gate opens and stay longer, but you still pay the same park fees and the toll yourself. Do you need a car for Cape Point weighs the two.
Still have questions? Email us at info@thecapepointtour.com