Boulders Beach Penguins on a Cape Point Tour

On a Cape Point tour the Boulders Beach penguins are a stop on the way home, not a separate trip: Kenzi Travel and Tours’ full day gives the colony an hour after the lighthouse, then 75 minutes in Simon’s Town next door, at US$44 per adult (checked November 2026). Boulders is a separate part of the national park, with a gate and a fee of its own, R282 for a non-South African adult, so on the day you pay twice: once at Cape Point, once here.

The colony, as SANParks describes it

SANParks calls the Boulders birds an endangered, land-based colony of African penguins, and one of only a handful anywhere. It counts three beaches and three boardwalks around a single viewing area, laid out so people can watch without reaching the birds. Its rules are short: stay on the boardwalks inside the viewing area, do not touch or feed the penguins, and no alcohol or smoking. No vessel may use the water, not even a canoe or kayak, and nothing may be taken from it: it is a no-take zone of the Marine Protected Area. Beach space depends on the tide.

SANParks conservation fees per day, valid 1 November 2026 - 31 October 2027 (checked 14 November 2026). The gate takes debit and credit cards only.

The Boulders gate keeps different hours through the year:

SANParks entrance-gates page, checked 14 November 2026; SANParks says the times may change without notice.

Penguin time, tour by tour

Stop times and prices (GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). One adult can book each. The Boulders fee is not in any of these prices. The figures are not a quote.

Check dates for the full day with an hour at Boulders

What the stop is like on the day

A half-day reviewer of Kenzi Travel and Tours’ five-hour tour wrote on 13 November 2026 that the listing could say more clearly “that Foxy Beach and Boulders Beach are different activities”: in their telling, the group went to Foxy Beach and then had time for either Boulders Beach or Cape Point. Ask your guide which part of Boulders the stop covers. The full days give the colony an hour; that half day gives it 25 minutes.

SANParks also notes that parking at Boulders is limited and that visitors should arrive early in the peak summer months. On a tour that is the driver’s problem, not yours.

Penguins and Cape Point without the full day

If the penguins are the point and the lighthouse is a bonus, the Kenzi half day reaches both in five hours from 8:00 AM, at US$40 per adult (checked November 2026). Staying near the colony to see it when the gate opens is covered in Cape Point accommodation.