The seaside town of Hermanus in Walker Bay lies just an hour drive from Cape Town along the scenic N2 highway, and an hour from Cape Agulas, the southernmost tip of Africa.

One of South Africa’s favourite holiday spots, Hermanus offers the best land-based whale-watching anywhere in the world. A cliff path, stretching from the one side of the town to the other, hugs the coastline for about 12 km allowing whale watchers to get within 20 m of the gentle giants in the coves below! Telescopes situated alongside the Old Harbour Museum makes it possible to survey the entire Walker Bay and the whales and dolphins at close range.

Hermanus is also the only town in the world to boast an official Whale Crier whose role is to keep visitors informed as to the whereabouts of the whales as he does his rounds through town every day. The sound of his kelp horn has become a unique part of the charm of this seaside resort during the whale season.

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