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The penguins at Stony Point
One of the few mainland African penguin colonies, on an old whaling station.
25 minutes from the estate
African penguins breed on the rocks at Stony Point in Betty's Bay — one of only a handful of mainland colonies left anywhere. Boardwalks run through the middle of it, so you stand a few metres from birds that are otherwise only seen from a boat.
How it got here
It was a whaling station before it was a colony. The concrete foundations of the old station are still there among the nests, and the penguins have simply built on top of them.
What to do there
- The boardwalk through the colony
- Look for the rock hyrax on the boulders — they are always there
- Cormorants nest on the same rocks in their thousands
Worth knowing
- A small conservation entry fee is charged at the gate
- Breeding runs roughly March to May; moulting is around November
- The African penguin is critically endangered — this colony matters
More near the estate
Everything within about an hour.
