{"id":15924,"date":"2026-09-02T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/?p=15924"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:05:46","slug":"boulders-beach-in-simons-town-cape-town-south-africa-it-is-the-world-famous-beach-where-you-can-see-and-even-swim-near-african-penguins-boulders-beach-is-a-unique-and-sheltered-beach-locat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/?p=15924","title":{"rendered":"Boulders Beach in Simon\u2019s Town, Cape Town, South Africa,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/791960225_18056152424569871_7668635638743669785_n.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Beach in Simon\u2019s Town, Cape Town, South Africa, It is the world-famous beach where you can see and even swim near African penguins.Boulders Beach is a unique and sheltered beach located on the Cape Peninsula, known for its colony of African penguins, one of the only mainland breeding colonies in the world The beach is surrounded by large granite boulders that provide privacy and protection from wind and waves, creating a serene environment for both visitors and penguins The penguin population at Boulders Beach started with a single pair in 1982 and now numbers between 2,000 and 3,000 birds#sublimetravel #capetown #bouldersbeach #penguins #capetownsouthafrica\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is the world-famous beach where you can see and even swim near African penguins.Boulders Beach is a unique and sheltered beach located on the Cape Peninsula, known for its colony of African penguins, one of the only mainland breeding colonies in the world The beach is surrounded by large granite boulders that provide privacy and protection from wind and waves, creating a serene environment for both visitors and penguins The penguin population at Boulders Beach started with a single pair in 1982 and now numbers between 2,000 and 3,000 birds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the world-famous beach where you can see and even swim near African penguins.Boulders Beach is a unique and sheltered beach located on the Cape Peninsula, known for its colony of African penguins, one of the only mainland breeding colonies in the world The beach is surrounded by large granite boulders that provide privacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-swoosh0018"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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