Cape Peninsula Day Tour: Penguins, Cape Point & Table Mountain from Cape Town

You step off the minivan at a wind-swept cove and the ocean seems to be working at its edges — waves tugging grit from the cliffs, gulls arguing over a scrap of kelp. A guide points out a waddling line of African penguins on a stretch of pale sand: their tuxedos look pragmatic rather than theatrical as they shuffle toward the water. Over the next six hours the coastline alternates between low, fragrant fynbos slopes and dramatic headlands that hunch into the Atlantic — this is the Cape Peninsula in concentrated form.