The Marine Hermanus

Hermanus, Cape Town, South Africa   Hermanus is a delightfully pretty seaside town, only an hour and half from Cape Town, which is sandwiched between the coastline of Walker Bay and a high mountain range afew kms inland. Regarded by WWF as being ...

... and 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 ...

... boat. The up close experience with the whales was accompanied with sightings of the African Penguin;Cape Fur seals and the resident Hermanus whales- the Bryde's Whale. The great thing about whale watching in Hermanus at this time of the year is not only ...

... back to Cape Town and buy a flight from there to Johannesburg.  On the way back to Cape Town we stopped back in Hermanus and went out on a whale boat.  We saw a Southern Right whale lobtailing.  When whales lobtail they flip over their ...

... Southern Right Whales migrate there each Spring, it is now a small fisherman‘s village. Coincidentally, we arrived in Hermanus for the annual Whale Festival. The views are indescribably beautiful and the number of whale sightings was innumerable. ...

... Whales. A few species come to calf here from July onwards and they stay in the shallow water right in front of Hermanus. First appointment of the day was The Marine which is right at the front on the cliffs and it the only 5 star in the area. It has two ...

... because our guide book said it had lots of good restaurants, which was good enough for us. After the lack of cheap accomodation in Hermanus, we decided to phone ahead and, after being told by a number of places that they were full, we managed to book into ...

... coming through and we realised with dread that we would be here a long long time. Just when we thought all was lost a South African (Hermanus) pulled up and was asking us where we were headed and offered us a lift to where he was going and we could ...

... · Gordon's Bay · Seaside Village of Betty's Bay · Harold Porter Botanical Gardens · Wine Tasting · Fishing Town of Hermanus · Views from Walker Bay · Southern Right Whales · Old Harbour & Museum · Abalone Factory · Apple Farms ...

... went to watch the waves crashing against the beach as well as the whales playing in the waves! The Southern Right Whales come to Hermanus, in particular, but all along the Cape coast, in general, in great numbers between Sept and Nov to mate and calf. We ...

An eight hour car journey later and we arrived at Hermanus; a seaside town which has boomed in recent years due to it's tourism. Why so many tourists? Whales. Loads of them. It has become a little tacky as a result of this money making mammal, and so has ...