We travel out of Cape Town along the N2 highway over the majestic Sir Lowry’s Pass and the Hottentots Holland mountain range, taking in the Apple and Pear growing areas of Grabouw and Elgin, over the Houhoek mountain pass and on to the coastal town of Hermanus ---- the Whale capital of South Africa.

Hermanus is a popular holiday town situated in Walker Bay on the East Coast, some one hundred and twenty kilometers from the City. We spend the day taking in some magnificent scenery, visiting a local Brewery in Stanford, tasting some excellent wines produced in the area, and watching the antics of those enormous yet playful Southern Right Whales.
The whale watching is done from a number of excellent vantage points situated along a twelve kilometer stretch of rugged coastline that runs along the cliffs overlooking Walker Bay. The Whales frequent the coast to calve and mate during the period from July to November to calve and mate.

All too soon we say farewell to Hermanus and commence our homeward journey, taking a very scenic coastal drive through Kleinmond, Betty’s Bay, Rooi Els, Gordons Bay, the Strand and on to the city.

Hermanus is worth visiting even out of Whale season for the scenery we pass through is quite magnificent.

At the end of the day you will no doubt record in your journal :
" Today, I had a “Whale of a time” - I visited Hermanus and enjoyed some quite magnificent scenery. "