Hermanus, South Africa Travel Blogs

The Cape of Good Hope Tour
Feb 4, 2008 (20 photos)

... ', 'you're a star', 'hectic', 'splendid' and various other proper-sounding phrases) before we drop her off and head to Hermanus for a nice B&B.  We get in late and play with our new friend Kitty Kat before falling fast asleep.  The B& ...

Hermanus
Feb 12, 2006 (8 photos)

... , one that had paved roads. It was a nice drive through farmlands and small towns. We went out for Valentine's dinner to a restaurant in Hermanus. It was down on the harbour docks. The food was excellent. We had a great view of the city and of some bats ...

Remember Shark?
Dec 16, 2006 (7 photos)

... shark footage close up (safely on your couch). When we first started meeting people during the course of our trip that had come from South Africa, I always asked them if they did a cage dive. Most said yes, followed quickly by "and it isn't that scary." ...

The whale capital - Hermanus
Dec 23, 2007 (37 photos)

... celebrations all round!   We also caught-up with some friends, Janine and Justice from Klerksdorp who got married in Hermanus last year. Linsday, who worked with Ryan in Johannesburg. Nigel, Marina, Pierre and Junita also joined us for a lunch and ...

A Whale of a Time (Painfully Unoriginal I Know)
Oct 23, 2007 (29 photos)

My first stop after Cape Town was the small town of Hermanus. Hermanus is most famous for the Southern Right whales that like to bask, play, and mate in the waters off it's coast. During the months of October and November, you can see whales coming as ...

Relaxing in Hermanus
Jan 6, 2009 (16 photos)

Photos... but no whales. http://www.whaleview.co.za/

A Whale of a Time
Sep 22, 2008 (30 photos)

... that is only for boats.  Because they didn't slap their tails, they just stuck them up in the air!  Our hostel, Hermanus Backpackers, was rather in between the New Harbor and the Old Harbor, and it led right down to the Cliff Walk.  If ...

Day 9-10: Port Elizabeth - Hermanus
Sep 23, 2004 (5 photos)

... to Hermanus which is famous for all the Southern Right Whales which come mate in the waters around the bay. Arrived at the Hermanus Backpackers at about 8pm - now this place was completely different to all the other places i've stayed, it holds 50 people ...

Day 11-13: Hermanus - Cape Town
Sep 25, 2004 (4 photos)

... come home too. Anyways, Alex and I went down to the Waterfront area this morning - after travelling round and seeing the real South Africa the Waterfront is about as hideously touristy as you can get. There was even a stage show going on and one of the ...

S L O W D O W N
May 23, 2003

... brought back chips and dip for an impromtu party in the Peace room. It was really good to hear about life growing up in South Africa and their diving for diamonds stories. Very amusing but yet another night goes by without sleep. See, even when I try ...

A thoughtful moment
Jun 2, 2003

... have been able to view the whale and have enjoyed such stellar weather during my visit. I cannot get over how friendly people here in South Africa have been to me. I met a man named Eddie who was asking for money for his family. It has not been easy ...

Day 149 150 - SA, Hermanus - Cage Diving
Apr 6, 2009 (62 photos)

... was feeling worse than before so we just pushed on to Hermanus, 100km's plus away. By the time we arrived and checked in to Hermanus Backpackers I was feeling terrible. Our room wasn't ready yet but they said I could go and lay down so in I went and ...

Whale watching and shark diving
Jun 1, 2003 (26 photos)

... many of the rest of the locals...like old friends. You never know what night is going to be party night here. Hermanus doesn't conform to the typical party rules. I thought they were joking when they said weekends were for recovery. The nature walks ...

Whale watching at its best
Oct 20, 2009 (13 photos)

... ) and I navigated.  It didn't take us long out of Cape Town to see the beautiful landscapes of South Africa.  Our first stop was in Hermanus.  Hermanus’ claim to fame is that it has the best whale watching in the world.  Well ...

Cage diving with Great White Sharks
Feb 8, 2006 (1 photos)

travelled to Mobys,leaving the boys for wine country, day one most of day wasted travelling. Met Irish lad and lass. day two, great white shark cage diving!(r800, including food and dorm). Viewing on top of cage and under water. very near to beach, blood ...

Whales and Sharks!!
Dec 12, 2007 (16 photos)

... as we could (and not taking any incriminating photos!!) we headed south back to the coast to the whale capital of the world - Hermanus. It was not whale season, we where late a month supposedly, but still we were really lucky, there were loads of whales ...

Shark Cage Diving!
Jun 8, 2008

shark cage diving

En route to Hermanus (Whale town)
Aug 26, 2008 (3 photos)

Lazy breakfast and then hired a car from Avis. Drove to Hermanus via the coastal route. Amazing roads - smooth, wide and no rough drivers. They even have warning signs for potholes! Drove through Camps Bay to Houts Bay and then onto Cape of Good Hope ...

Whale of a time
Nov 19, 2007 (10 photos)

... while studying Spanish.  We had a meal overlooking the ocean and caught up on old times, and got a great insight into South Africa, as she used to work in the criminal justice system throughout the handover. On our last night we had a great view ...

Whale Watching
Oct 15, 2008 (31 photos)

Well went out on a boat for a bit of Whale Watching and it was choppy to say the least - I felt sea sick (I wasnt though!) The Whales are called the Southern Right Wales - apparently named as they are allegedly the right ones to hunt, we wernt long out ...

Baby albino whales and civilisation
Nov 5, 2009

... pack and repack my backpack for a couple of days (am so over that right now) and just relax in one place. I'm now in Hermanus, whale watching country (the town even employs a whale cryer) and I saw a few today, including a baby albino whale which is pretty ...

Swimming with JAWS (Part 1)
Sep 28, 2008 (14 photos)

... adventure was poised to end in a great gut-wrenching disappointment as angry weather buffeted the quaint sea-side town of Hermanus on South Africa's south-west coast during the final few days of our trip. It was exactly a year to the month that Kirilee ...

Hermanus, South Africa
Nov 17, 2004 (9 photos)

We've travelled along the southern coast to a town called Hermanus. It's a quiet little sleepy town that has quite a colonial feel and there are constantly Whales in the bay. On the way down we took a scenic drive past Cape Point (most southerly ...

Dragging ourselves away from wine world for whales
Sep 6, 2008 (7 photos)

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We got mugged...............by a baboon!!!!
Nov 28, 2008 (30 photos)

... was spent pointlessly working in the rock quarry. After he was released he went on to become the greatest president in South Africa's history. The island also had the second largest colony of Penguins in the world.       ...

Having a whale of a time
Jan 28, 2008

... your time in. The B&B we stayed in The Potting Shed is owned by another English couple who grew tired of the 16 hour working days, and living in Essex and 3 years ago decided to set up a B&B in South Africa instead, and who can blame them! Dom

de Neyens koningen van de zee
Jul 7, 2009 (5 photos)

Hallo iedereen, HET IS GELUKT WALVISSEN!!!! Deze morgen gebeld naar Hermanus zo'n 100km verder en een afspraak gemaakt met mijn molligste date ooit, een Southern Right whale! Om 12u op den boot gesprongen (letterlijk, het was laagtij). Iedereen is ...

Morgens Hai, mittags Wal
Sep 14, 2006 (5 photos)

Am Do gings morgens schon frueh aus den Federn, der Shuttle zum Shark Diving sollte ja nicht warten. Die 800,-SAR fuers Planschen im Haikaefig inklusive einer Nacht im Backpacker Schlafsaal stellten sich als echtes Schnaeppchen heraus, da andere ...

A Whale of a time
Aug 9, 2009 (24 photos)

We arrived into Hermanus at about 9pm. A guy working for the hostel, Hermanus Backpackers, had to come collect us from the Baz Bus as Hermanus is about 40km off the main highway. Tertius was his name and he gave us a quick tour of the town before arriving ...

Hermanus: Great White Shark Cage and Whales
Aug 1, 2005 (6 photos)

... Right Whales that play in the bay about 100 yards off shore for months at a time. We found ourselves just sitting and watching them for hours, some of whom had calves as well. All in all, we felt like we were in a real-life SeaWorld in South Africa.