The cliff road on the Atlantic side of the peninsula and the seal colony off Hout Bay: which tours include them, and what can change on the day.
The short answer
Chapman’s Peak Drive is the toll road along the cliffs between Hout Bay and Noordhoek, and the tours that list its toll among their inclusions plan to drive it. It can close at short notice for wind, rain or rockfall, so treat it as planned rather than promised. The Seal Island boat from Hout Bay is not listed as included on the Cape Point tours here; check the product page if the seals matter to you.
Pick a day, or the first and last day of your stay in Cape Town. We look at the booking calendar of each peninsula tour and list the ones that still take bookings.
In the next 7 days, all 7 tours on this page still have places.
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Chapman’s Peak Drive is the toll road carved into the cliffs between Hout Bay and Noordhoek, and a highlight of the Atlantic side of a Cape Point day. Some tours include the toll in their price, which tells you the drive is part of their plan. Off Hout Bay, boats run out to a rocky island with a colony of Cape fur seals, sold as the Seal Island trip.
Both come with a caveat. Chapman’s Peak Drive can be closed at short notice: wind, rain and rockfall shut it, and a rockfall on 24 April 2026 led to closures. Whether it is open on your day is decided on the day. Below are the tours that include the Chapman’s Peak toll, then what to know about the road and the seals.
Each card lists duration, pickup and what you still pay at the park gates. Open it for the full tour details.
A 9-hour peninsula day with the Chapman’s Peak Drive toll included. Park entry is not listed as included.
A 9-hour Cape Peninsula day with Boulders Beach, run by Cape Archives Tours. The Chapman’s Peak Drive toll is included. The park entry fees are not listed among the inclusions, so plan to pay them at the gates.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
Seals in the title and the Chapman’s Peak toll included, 10 hours. Check on the product page how the seal stop is arranged.
A full day to the Cape of Good Hope and the Boulders Beach penguins, with seals in the title. Check on the product page how the seal stop is arranged on your date. The Chapman’s Peak Drive toll is included; both SANParks entry fees are paid separately at the gates.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
The Table Mountain combinations and the private day with the toll included, and full days that list road tolls without naming the road. Check the itinerary for your date.
Table Mountain plus the peninsula in 10 hours, Chapman’s Peak toll included. Cableway and park entry are paid on the day.
A group tour that combines Table Mountain with Cape Point and the Boulders Beach penguins. The Chapman’s Peak Drive toll is included; the Table Mountain cableway ticket and both SANParks entry fees are paid separately.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
Table Mountain added to the peninsula day, with hotel pickup and the Chapman’s Peak toll included. Cableway and park entry are paid on the day.
Table Mountain, the Boulders Beach penguins and Cape Point in one day, with pickup. The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway ticket is not included, and neither are the two SANParks entry fees. All three are paid separately on the day.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
Your own guide and vehicle for 8 hours, with the Chapman’s Peak toll included. Park entry is paid at the gates.
A private full day on the Cape Peninsula with your own guide and vehicle, so the pace and the stops follow your group rather than a coach timetable. The park entry fees are not included. The product page still quotes older gate rates; the current SANParks rates are the ones you pay at the gate.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
Road tolls included without naming the road, and reviewers mention Chapman’s Peak Drive and Hout Bay on their day. 10 hours with hotel pickup.
A full-day Cape Peninsula tour with pickup, travelling in a Mercedes Sprinter (2025 model, according to the product page). The Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point and the Boulders Beach penguins are on the day’s plan; both SANParks entry fees and the Flying Dutchman funicular at Cape Point are paid separately.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
Road tolls included without naming the road; a reviewer mentions the views of Chapman’s Peak. 10 hours with pickup.
A full day to the Cape of Good Hope and the Boulders Beach penguins with pickup, run by Baz Bus. Road tolls are included; the SANParks entry fees for both parks are paid separately at the gates.
Inclusions, pickup and gate fees as the operator lists them on its tour page.
The road runs along the Atlantic side of the peninsula, with the mountain on one side and the sea far below on the other. On a Cape Point loop it is usually part of the Atlantic leg between the city and the southern tip; the other leg follows False Bay through Muizenberg and Simon’s Town. It is a toll road, which is why the tours that plan to use it list the toll among their inclusions.
| Tour | Toll in the price |
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| Cape Peninsula & Boulders Cape Archives Tours |
Chapman’s Peak Drive |
| Cape of Good Hope, seals & penguins Excitement Travel and Tours |
Chapman’s Peak Drive |
| Table Mountain, Cape Point & penguins Excitement Travel and Tours |
Chapman’s Peak Drive |
| Table Mountain, penguins & Cape Point Gray Line South Africa |
Chapman’s Peak Drive |
| Private Cape of Good Hope day Gray Line South Africa |
Chapman’s Peak Drive |
| Cape Point & Boulders full day Kenzi Travel and Tours |
Road tolls, road not named |
| Penguins & Cape of Good Hope, with pickup Baz Bus |
Road tolls, road not named |
| Cape of Good Hope & penguins, pickup Beyond Africa Safaris / Gray Line |
Road tolls, road not named |
As listed on the product pages on 21 October 2026. The City Sightseeing bus, the half-day tour and the e-bike tour name no toll; their itinerary shows the route.
Chapman’s Peak Drive is cut into steep cliffs. The Western Cape transport authorities close it when weather thresholds are exceeded (in winter it is expected to close whenever it rains), and rockfall can shut it for longer: after a rockfall on 24 April 2026 the road was closed for periods. For motorists, the province points to Ou Kaapse Weg as the alternative route across the peninsula.
For your tour that means: the drive is planned, not promised. When the road is shut, tours take another road down the peninsula. We could not confirm a current status for a specific date when we last checked this page, so treat the drive as a bonus rather than the reason to book, and check the itinerary on the product page. Reviews show how much the day can vary: on the same Gray Line tour, one group drove Chapman’s Peak and stopped in Hout Bay, while others found stops such as Muizenberg left out. On the Excitement Travel and Tours seals-and-penguins day, several reviewers describe a programme changed at short notice or stops left out, and on the Cape Archives tour one reviewer found that beaches on the itinerary were only driven past.
From the harbour in Hout Bay, boats run out to Duiker Island, a small rocky island known as Seal Island, where Cape fur seals crowd the rocks. The boat trip is not listed as included on the Cape Point tours on this site. The seals-and-penguins tour has seals in its title, but its product page does not spell out how the seal stop is arranged, so check it there before you book.
Reviews add two details. On the seals-and-penguins day, one reviewer’s seal boat was cancelled because of poor weather. On the Cape Archives peninsula tour, one reviewer describes an optional boat tour that is arranged at the very start of the day and calls it nice. If the seals matter to you, check on the product page whether and how a boat trip is offered on your date.
The simplest way to combine Hout Bay and the seal boat is on a separate, slower day: the hop-on hop-off bus in Cape Town runs out to Hout Bay. Our sister site hoponcapetown.com covers the routes and the options with the seal boat trip.
Wind: the south-easterly Cape Doctor blows hard in summer and can affect the road and the sea alike. Wildlife: seals, like the penguins at Boulders Beach, are wild animals, so sightings are not guaranteed. Photo stops: a stop at a viewpoint on Chapman’s Peak depends on the itinerary and the conditions on the day.
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Cape of Good Hope & penguins, pickup | 10 h · pickup · road tolls included · park entry and funicular paid on the day | ★ 4.7 (4,655) | R 850 per person | Book now |
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Cape Point & Boulders full day | 10 h · road tolls included · park entry paid at the gates | ★ 4.8 (3,659) | R 747 per person | Book now |
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Table Mountain, penguins & Cape Point | Table Mountain + Boulders + Cape Point · 10 h · pickup · Chapman’s Peak toll included · cableway and park entry paid on the day | ★ 4.7 (2,542) | R 950 per person | Book now |
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Table Mountain, Cape Point & penguins | 10 h · Chapman’s Peak toll included · cableway and park entry paid on the day | ★ 4.9 (1,403) | R 1,053 per person | Book now |
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Penguins & Cape of Good Hope, pickup | 10 h · pickup · road tolls included · park entry paid at the gates | ★ 4.8 (1,007) | R 499 per person | Book now |
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Cape Peninsula & Boulders | 9 h · Chapman’s Peak toll included · park entry paid at the gates | ★ 4.8 (614) | R 900 per person | Book now |
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Cape of Good Hope, seals & penguins | 10 h · Chapman’s Peak toll included · park entry paid at the gates | ★ 4.7 (402) | R 662 per person | Book now |
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Private Cape of Good Hope day | Private guide and vehicle · 8 h · Chapman’s Peak toll included · park entry paid at the gates | ★ 4.9 (265) | R 2,500 per person | Book now |
Tour prices are live from GetYourGuide and include taxes and booking fees. Park entry fees paid at the gates are not part of the tour price unless the row says so. “What’s in it” summarises the product page. Check the full inclusions there before you book.
Day-trippers to Cape Point, quoted from GetYourGuide.
★ 4.8 (614 reviews)
“Kelvin was a great guide, never a dull moment! Overall a very strong tour with a bit of everything scenery, penguins, hiking optional and boat tour optional. Only improvement could be to manage the boat tour upfront as it creates awkwardness at the very beginning of the tour. Boat tour is actually nice so could be something that's included as most people do it anyways. Can recommend to book.”
“Overall the trip was great, Kevin was very knowledgeable providing a lot of information about the areas we were visiting and general information about Cape Town and South Africa. My only disappointment was that the itinerary said we would visit a couple of beaches which we drove past but didn’t go to.”
Reviewers praise knowledgeable guides and a scenic, well-planned route; one recommends the 30-minute walk up to the lighthouse at Cape Point. Three reviews raise the park entry fees: one 5-star reviewer would like them included in the tour price, one found the gate prices had changed, and one was given confusing information on how to pay them. Two reviewers felt the time at the stops was unevenly split, and two say beaches or sights on the itinerary were only driven past or missed. One mentions an optional boat tour that is arranged at the start of the day. The park fees for international visitors are listed on this site.
★ 4.7 (402 reviews)
“Our trip to Cape Point with Armando was great fun, and tremendous value for money. Armando was extremely friendly, fun, and a storehouse of intersting trivia about all the places we went to. A true star.”
“Overall, the tour was really interesting and a great chance to see lots of areas of the Cape Peninsula: our favourite parts were the penguin beach and the Cape of Good Hope which were really cool! Unfortunately, there was a last minute change of itinerary that the majority of the group was not very happy with. The seal boat was cancelled due to poor weather …”
“The program of the trip was changed without any notice. Part of the locations were missed. The guide explained us they changed a trip program in the middle of the trip but didn't explain why. Do not recommend!”
Most reviewers praise their guides as knowledgeable, attentive and flexible about photo stops. The critical reviews come back to the plan for the day: three describe a programme changed at short notice or stops left out, and two felt under time pressure at the stops. Three mention pickup problems, from the pickup arrangements to a tour that did not show up. Two describe confusion over paying the park entry at the gate, one describes a cramped van with a poor view out of the windows, and one reports that the seal boat was cancelled because of poor weather. The itinerary on the product page is the reference for your date.
★ 4.7 (4,655 reviews)
“It was a brilliant day. Amazing sights! Most fur seals ever seen in 1 spot. Most penguins seen in 1 spot. And not to mention the amazing road trip of Chapman’s Peak Drive. Great choice for lunch, excellent guide in Lina and very skilled driver in Kyle.”
“Wonderful day!! our guide / driver Justin was just perfect :) arrived on time, drove smoothly, showed us Camps Bay, Maiden’s Cove, Hout Bay, Chapman’s Peak, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, Simon’s Town, Boulders Beach and even a short stop at St James beach for photos at the colorful houses similar to Muizenberg ❤️ highly recommend tour”
Reviewers single out the guides and drivers, the scenery and how much a single day covers; one saw more fur seals and penguins in one spot than ever before. The critical reviews come back to three points, each raised in three reviews: the park entry and other extras are not in the tour price and were not explained clearly enough beforehand; the stops feel short; and the itinerary changed on the day, with Muizenberg or Bo-Kaap left out depending on the guide. The park fees for this tour are listed on this site, so they need not come as a surprise at the gate.
★ 4.8 (1,007 reviews)
“The tour was amazing with some breathtaking views of Chapman’s Drive. Mike was an excellent tour guide, providing interesting and relevant information along the way and making the entire trip both enjoyable and worthwhile. Everything was well organised and on time, and the team was friendly, helpful and professional. …”
The praise is consistent: guides and drivers, clear organisation and a day that runs on time. Critical reviews with text are few for a tour with this many ratings. One reviewer found it unclear that the Cape Point entry is compulsory and comes on top of the tour price; on this tour, as on every group tour on this site, it does. One had only 30 minutes for Cape Point and the penguins, one was let down by the fences along the Boulders boardwalk and notes that the same ticket also covers the beach side, and two point to a guide who was new or less engaged.
Taken from the GetYourGuide pages of the Cape Point tours. Cuts are marked with …, the wording is unchanged, and names are shortened to first name and country.
The Chapman’s Peak Drive toll is included on the Cape Archives peninsula tour, the Excitement Travel and Tours seals-and-penguins day and its Table Mountain combination, the Gray Line Table Mountain combination and the private Gray Line tour. The Kenzi, Baz Bus and Gray Line full days include road tolls without naming the road. The drive depends on the road being open.
It can close at short notice. The road is shut when weather thresholds are exceeded and after rockfall. A rockfall on 24 April 2026 led to closures. Check the status on the day; when it is closed, tours use another road down the peninsula.
Tours take another road down the peninsula. How route changes are handled is up to the operator, so check the product page or ask when you book if the drive matters to you.
It is not listed as included on the tours on this site. The seals-and-penguins tour has seals in its title, and one reviewer of the Cape Archives tour describes an optional boat tour arranged at the start of the day. Check the product page for how it works on your date. Boat trips depend on the weather: one reviewer’s seal boat was cancelled because of poor weather. The boats to Seal Island leave from Hout Bay harbour; our sister site hoponcapetown.com covers Hout Bay by hop-on hop-off bus.
Duiker Island off Hout Bay is home to a colony of Cape fur seals, and one reviewer on a Cape Point tour saw more fur seals in one spot than ever before. They are wild animals, though, so no trip can guarantee a sighting.
Our sister site: Hout Bay and the seal boat trip at your own pace.
The full-day tours side by side: pickup, vehicle, tolls and length of day.
The other wildlife highlight of the peninsula day.
The Atlantic coastline from the air: scenic flights compared.
Compare the tours with the toll included, with live prices.
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