Between the Boulder’s Beach parking lot and the Boulder’s Beach Penguin Colony is a beautiful boardwalk named Willis Walk.
Before reaching the official SANParks Boulders Visitor Center and penguin viewing area, visitors can sneak peaks at many penguins nesting and nestled under the shrubs along the walk, where caretakers have made plenty of nesting sites for the penguins.
We were greeted by an adorable Rock Dassie along the way.
Did you know that the Rock Dassie is genetically the closest living animal to an elephant? Seriously. Yeah, I had a head scratch on that one, too.
Dogs are welcome on the walk, as long as they are maintained on a leash so as not to disturb the penguins and as long as humans take care to make regular deposits at the Poo-In.
From about halfway along the walk you begin to see the penguins sunning themselves on the boulders in False Bay.
But don’t be surprised if the beauty of the walk itself has you taking your time and enjoying the views before you finally do reach the penguins.
This is another place on our do-again list for visiting Cape Town, and I hope if you get the chance to visit South Africa, Simon’s Town is on your must-see list.
Love, Marla
MORE CAPE TOWN POSTS BY TRAVELING MARLA:
Chapman’s Peak Drive at Sunset
Chapman’s Peak Drive: We Liked it So Much We Drove it Three Times
Stop and Smell the Flowers of Platteklip Gorge
Hike Table Mountain…With a Guide
Well, the pekinese is related to the Irish Wolf Hound, but this relationship seems a BIT distant – kissing cousins, I guess?
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I love all your stories keep them coming
Thanks, T!
You have a wonderful blog. I stumbled upon it today and your posts are absolutely refreshing and hilarious. I loved the one titled “Why Kurt needs a new wife” the most. That was really funny. Keep writing. Enjoy your stay in Africa.
Thanks so much for reading it and liking it and taking the time to post. 🙂 We are loving South Africa. Incredible country, and we hope to see neighboring countries as well!
Awesome pics, sis! Loved the post
Thanks!
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Hey my mom keeps asking me how can she read your blog … how can she ie what do I need to do? Damn IT … LOL Cx
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:56:13 +0000 To: clairebowie@hotmail.com
Aww, thanks Claire! The easiest and most consistent way is to have them come to her email daily. To do this just have her come to the Traveling Marla website and she can enter or email address at the top right of the page.
She will then receive a confirmation email in her email account.
You can also do it for her by entering her email address in that box near the top right of this page, but you’ll have to letter her know to watch for a confirmation email and check spam if she doesn’t get it.
Otherwise she can just bookmark TravelingMarla.com in her browser and visit it every afternoon (posts usually go up around 3pm South Africa time).
Yay for your mom wanting to read the blog! Thanks for telling her about it!