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The full Peninsula day is the best day trip from Cape Town and worth doing properly rather than rushing. Drive (rental car or organised tour) or Uber south along the Atlantic coast through Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak Drive to Cape Point, then loop back through Simon's Town and Boulders Beach on the False Bay side. Cape Point entry fee: R515 for international visitors — card only at the gate. Boulders Beach penguin colony entry: R245 — a boardwalk over the sand where 3,000+ African penguins live, nest, and loudly announce their presence. The swimming cove adjacent to the penguin area is warmer than anything on the Atlantic side.
The drive back through Simon's Town and Muizenberg along False Bay has a completely different character from the Atlantic side — fishing villages, naval history, quiet beach towns.
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Swim in the warmer cove at Boulders Beach if you're brave enough — the water on the False Bay side is noticeably warmer than the Atlantic
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