This beautiful beach is home to over 2000 endangered African penguins and one of the few mainland penguin colonies in the world. The African penguin has long been known as the “Oddball Penguin” due to its rasping, roaring chirp. The Boulders Beach birds, although endangered, actually grew in population in the 1990s as they bred on the picturesque beaches and migrated from other nearby colonies. The penguins became a hazard to locals as the noisy birds began tearing up gardens and annoying neighbors. As a result, the penguin habitat was fenced off and turned into a national park.