Boulders Beach Penguin Colony:
A  thriving colony of African Penguins and sheltered safe beaches where you can even swim with the penguins!. Elevated boardwalks provide excellent viewing opportunities for penguins and whales.  

Simon’s Town Beaches:
Something for everyone! Seaforth Beach is an ideal family beach with a picnic lawn.  Boulders Beach, is sheltered & safe, where you are able to swim with the African penguins.  Long Beach is great for walking, & beach games. Glencairn Beach is ideal for kitesurfers, windsurfers, paddlers, snorkelers, & also has a child friendly tidal pool.

Great White Shark cage diving:
Highly personalized shark eco-tours gives you the opportunity of witnessing one of natures greatest spectacles, a breaching Great white shark. Packages includes cage diving and surface viewing. Departing from Simons Town. April – September.

Southern Right Whales:
These gentle giants of the sea can be seen from land from June – November, or you can get up close and personal on a whale watching boat trip. 

Seal Island, False Bay:
Home to 74 000 Cape Fur Seals, 24 bird species and is a natural hunting ground of the Great White Shark. 

Simon’s Town Sea Kayaking:
Get close to the water in a stable sea kayak and visit the African penguins from the water.

Fishing:Experience the diverse activity offerings of the Atlantic Ocean and the warmer False Bay waters by participating in the exciting adventure discipline of Deep Sea Fishing in Cape Town.

Hiking and Biking:
Mountains on one side and sea on the other.
A great place to walk or cycle!

Simon’s Town Restaurants:
Simon’s Town has a great variety of restaurants offering local and international cuisine. Seafood is often the speciality, but you will find everything from elegant dining to take aways and a choice of French, Japanese, Italian, Chinese and Deli options. 

Simon’s Town Waterfront:
This small, friendly centre boasts an interesting variety of shops, restaurants, and a hotel with conference facilities.

Simon’s Town Boat Trips:
Boats tours from Simon’s Town jetty include harbour tours, whale watching, seal island and trips to Cape Point

Mineral World & Scratch Patch:
Take a fascinating tour through a gemstone tumbling factory, scratch for your own gem stones at the  scratch patch (a family favourite) and browse through the unusual jewellery and gift shop

Museums include:
Simon’s Town Museum, Heritage museum, Warrior toy museum.

Simon's Town Museum offers regular walking tours of the historic town centre.

Bronze Age Sculpture House & Bronze Age Art Foundry:
Visit this working foundry or take lessons for something completely different.

Just Nuisance and Jubilee Square:
Jubilee Square has a statue of, Just Nuisance, a great dane dog that befriended the royal Naval sailors during World War 2 and was buried with full military honours There is also, an African curio market on Jubilee Square.

Baboon walks:
Baboon Matters will guide you on a 2 or 3 hour walk across the mountains in Cape Town's South Peninsula to see the Da Gama & Kommetjie troops. The proceeds of the walk will help keep the project going. You can spend time with the primates as they eat, play and socialise.