Welcome to Stony Point Nature Reserve

Looking to go on one of the best Penguin tour in Cape Town? Think taking our private tour to Stony Point Penguin colony with a private tour guide and vehicle from Cape Town. Welcome to Stony Point Nature Reserve home to one of the largest breeding colonies of African penguins in the World. This incredible home of our African Penguin is situated in the beautiful quiet coastal town of Betty’s Bay in the Overberg (Over the Mountain).  This nature reserve is one of the best places or destinations for locals and tourists alike an opportunity to see these wonderful flightless birds up close, via the boardwalk through the colony.  Visitors can observe the penguins go about their daily activities in their natural habitat, without disturbing or disrupting them all year round. 

Other species which can be observed in the colony are three species of a cormorant; the Crowned cormorant, Cape cormorant and Bank cormorant, all of which breed on the outer rocks. There are also Hartlaub’s Gulls and Kelp Gulls which forage in the colony, while the Rock Hyrax, more commonly known as the Dassie, can be seen on the surrounding rocks.

This African Penguin Colony is found on the site of the old Waaygat Whaling Station, which was used to harvest and process whale meat in the early to mid 1900s. Remnants of the infrastructure for this long-defunct industry can still be seen at the site.