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Boulders Beach

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1 Kleintuin Rd., Cape Town, 7995, South Africa
Boulders Beach in Cape Town
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Head down to Simon's Town, a popular stop on the Cape Peninsula drive, and you'll find unusual company sunbathing on the sand: Boulders Beach is home to a colony of African penguins, and kids and adults alike delight in watching them flop and frolic on the shore. Don't get too close though—they can bite.

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