Boulders Penguins Tours & Tickets

African penguins are the only penguin species that breed on the African continent, found nowhere else in the wild.

Boulders Beach near Cape Town hosts a colony of around 3,000 African penguins that have inhabited the granite boulders since the 1980s.

African penguins can dive up to 40 metres deep and hold their breath for up to 6 minutes while hunting for fish.

The species is classified as endangered due to oil spills, overfishing, and habitat loss, with their population declining by over 95% since the early 1900s.

African penguins make loud, distinctive braying calls that sound remarkably like donkeys, earning them the nickname 'jackass penguins'.

Penguin colonies at Boulders Beach and Table Mountain National Park are accessible to tourists year-round, making South Africa one of the few places to observe wild African penguins.