Cape of Good Hope Entrance Fee

An international adult pays SANParks R592 to enter the Cape Point section, which holds both the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, and R282 to enter the Boulders penguin colony; a child aged 2 to 11 pays R288 and R138. These are the fees from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027, paid at the gates by card. The day tours from Cape Town leave them out of their price, so a Cape of Good Hope tour costs its US$ price plus these fees in rand.

The fees are the same whichever shared tour you take, so choose the tour by what it covers. Beyond Africa Safaris - Gray Line South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope & Penguins Day Tour gives an hour each to Boulders, the Cape of Good Hope and the Cape Point lighthouse, with hotel pickup, at US$50.23 per adult (checked November 2026).

Check dates for the Cape of Good Hope day

SANParks’s daily conservation fees

SANParks’s rates page for Table Mountain National Park gives these daily conservation fees for 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027 (14 November 2026):

Many listings and visitors call the Cape Point section Cape Point Nature Reserve or the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve; it is one gate and one fee for both headlands.

Paying at the gate

Three rules from the same SANParks page (14 November 2026):

• Cards only. The Cape Point and Boulders gates are cash-free and take debit and credit cards.
• One payment per vehicle at Cape Point. No individual payments per person are accepted there.
• The standard rate unless you claim another. The international rate is applied at the gate; South Africans claim the local rate with ID, and SADC nationals with a passport from a SADC country.

On a tour, ask your guide how the payment for the bus is handled: these tours leave the fees to you but do not say how they are collected.

The Flying Dutchman funicular

The funicular from the Cape Point car park to the viewing point below the old lighthouse is run by Cape Point (capepoint.co.za), not SANParks. Its return ticket costs R125 for an adult and R65 for a child aged 6 to 16 (under 6 ride free) or a South African pensioner, on rates valid from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027 (14 November 2026). It is optional: you can walk up. The Cape Point funicular covers the ride, the walk and the hours.

What each tour’s price leaves to pay

GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026. One adult can book each of them.

The one option with the fees in the price

Beyond Africa Safaris - Gray Line South Africa’s half day has a second option, “Private Tour with All Park Fees & Funicular Included”: 6 hours from 8:00 or 9:00 AM in a private vehicle with a guide, with the Boulders penguins, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, and the Flying Dutchman funicular all paid. It costs US$413.66 for one adult, or US$614.58 for two (US$307.29 each), checked November 2026. Pick it in the half day's calendar if you want nothing to pay on the day.

For everyone else the sum is simple: the tour’s US$ price, then R592 and R282 at the gates for an international adult, and R125 more if you ride the funicular. The Cape of Good Hope tour compares the days themselves.