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Penguin

Emperors and kings on the Antarctic ice — and an African colony on the beaches of the Cape.
Penguins at their grandest mean the far south: emperor and Adélie colonies on the Antarctic ice, king penguins massed in their hundred-thousands on South Georgia, rockhoppers on the Falklands. Closer to home, the African penguins of Boulders Beach make an easy, family-friendly add-on to a Cape Town journey.
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