Hermanus Hotel

We were off to the coastal town of Hermanus today, which was another long drive along the Garden route towards Cape Town. We had estimated that it would take about 4 hrs or so to get there and we'd need to stop probably half way. After our experience of a ...

... . It was voted #1 town in South Africa in 2008. It is also known as the whale watching capital of South Africa. While in Hermanus, we watched a couple of soccer matches in local restaurants, and mostly just walked. There is a great 12 km cliff path that ...

... commerce had grown significantly. It looked like a far more modern and bustling place than we remembered. We saw the Marine Hotel on Hermanus sea front, where George and I stayed 10 years ago had been enlarged and refurbed. On the outskirts of Hermanus ...

... I write this even now well over 48 hours later I am still amazed and moved, by what I had experienced. We arrived at our hotel in Hermanus and moved into our huge room, by comparison to those we had seen, and went into town to get a few basic supplies ...

End of the trip with a sleepy, cozy whale watching town... Saw 2 whales even though the season ended.  Beautiful Coastline along the Atlantic Ocean.  Restful way to end the trip!  Ready to head home to our families!  WHODAT and GEAUX ...

... the only mammals we saw during breakfast at Boulders Beach so we decided it was time to move on towards our next destination, Hermanus. Steve and Pippa kindly indulged our obsession and agreed to have a "quick look" at Strandfontein Sewage Works as we ...

... , and the combination of breezes as it seems cool and hot at the same time. We played more golf yesterday at the Hermanus Golf Course, with a very nice fellow, Maurice, from Denmark. It turned out Maurice owns a couple of lovely apartments here and may be ...

... , a beach, a restaurant and guest house and 3 penguins, very nice. Back in car and onto Hermanus (our base for 2 nights), find Hermanus, can't find hotel... Ask 2 or 3 people, we must be on top of it so eventually resort to Google :). Yay find hotel it is ...

... ;If not, some wine tasting is the order of the day. More to follow, keep checking in......................  Whale watching at Hermanus. Am up and dressed, breakfast at 7, coach at 8.  A beautiful drive through Garden Route.  Vast is not the ...

... harbour master's house. It’s a listed, 5 bedroom building and was owned by the last harbour master of Hermanus and his family and is now part of the hotel, however it is up for sale for around 1.3 million Rand (about £130,000). Jo thought she could ...

... pleasant hotel overlooking the beach at Camps Bay. Waking up to the sound of the sea and having breakfast on a terrace is great - weather permitting! Off to explore what is a very odd Hermanus and surrounding towns...... Claire and Chris   ...

... beautiful house I have ever seen, which belongs to our friend Cazzie's uncle (for those who don't know, a friend from school) in Hermanus, a small beach town down the coast from Cape Town. However, I'll start where E left off before I dive into what ...

... ', '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 ...

... used to stick again and then driving on the left hand side. We picked up kalen, shaggy and Lena and went off on the drive to hermanus, an hour and a half away. It was a fun drive and we split the guys and girls up into their own cars. When we got there ...

... I would wait till complete to book there. And now to the highlight of my day. Grootbos private nature reserve! About 30mins from Hermanus I would actually rather stay here and just visit Hermanus. I find it very easily and head up through to the Forrest ...

... ) lunch - malay lamb curry for AD & hake & chips for me -Harold Porter botanical gardens -checked into Hermanus backpackers -sunset whale-watching (+ "dassies" aka rock hyrax Highlights: All of it. Especially seeing whales & penguins in their ...