Lambert's Bay Bird Island Nature Reserve

This internationally famous bird island of Lambert's Bay can be reached by means of walking on the breakwater, making it the most accessible Cape Gannet Colony in the world. The island is home to 25 000 gannets, and visitors will enjoy exploring the island as well as its superbly situated gannet look-out and visitors’ centre, where one can read about an island steeped in history – the stormy times of egg and guano collection and the guano “ war” of 1844. Visitors are welcome from 07:00 to 19:00 in the summer and 07:00 to 17:00 in the winter.