South African Holiday Specialists

In their black and white amusing, incompetent and very eye - friendly appearance over 3 000 of these birds are living here at Boulders beach between Simonstown and Cape Point, the area is now a National Park.
In 1982 a couple of pairs of exotic African penguins moved into prime beachfront estate. These amazing creatures, once known as Jackass penguins thanks to the harsh sound they make, can be surveyed up front as they lark in the water and toddle on ground. You’re probably going to see penguin groups strolling along the boardwalks, beach and in the park, it’s difficult to tell who is observing who. Watch them come in from the sea and be rowdily welcomed by those they left behind, or simply clean and feed themselves.  
           Boulders Beach

This is the one situation in the world you will be able to bathe and loiter with penguins. Not only that, in all, a great place to meet the friendly locals of southern Africa.
As the most popular recreational spot is Boulders Beach, they are best viewed from Foxy Beach, where newly-constructed boardwalks take visitors to within a few meters of the birds. The area has a number of small invulnerable bays, partially enclosed by granite boulders that are 540 million years old.

Penguins
Penguins are unable to fly but thanks to their strong bones they are able to dive.  They are aquatic birds, which live in the southern oceans in climates as wide-ranging as Antarctica and the Galapagos Islands on the equator. There are seventeen species in all but the African Penguin is the only one to inhabit the African continent and its inshore islands. Penguins are ancient birds, likely evolving about 65 million years ago, at the time that dinosaurs became extinct. The South American and African penguins feel the heat on land and have evolved in several ways to cope with the sun. Rather than using their feet to swim, as many aquatic birds do, they use their wings that have been modified to form highly effective flippers. Their webbed feet are used primarily when swimming on the surface of the water. African penguins live an average of 10 to 11 years but sometimes reach as much as 24 years.

African Penguin
Scientific Facts