8 Reasons to Visit Cape Town, South Africa
| July 15, 2016
March with the Penguins
On your way back to Cape Town from the Cape of Good Hope is Boulder Beach, home to over 3,000 African penguins. It’s one of only two colonies on the continent where you can witness the tuxedoed birds in the wild. Table Mountain National Park helps you gain a birds-eye view (get it?) of the penguins with a series of boardwalks. Or, head to the public beach and get so close that you can almost pick one up.
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