The Whale Route Tour
Depart- Between 08h00-09h00
Return- 17h30
Whales can be viewed along the coastline of the Peninsula, by travelling on the fringe of the Indian Ocean between June to November and beginning of December.
Price: R630.00 per person
Enjoy a scenic coastal drive and experience the majestic beauty of the Southern-Right Whales and their babies.
- Gordon’s Bay, Pringle Bay & Betty’s Bay
- The Harold Porter Botanical Gardens
- Drive through Hamilton Russell Wine Estate (Except Sundays)
- Rotary Drive
- Fernkloof Nature Reserve
- Hermanus
- Land Based whole watching
- Elgin
- Sir Lowry’s Pass
Hermanus and Peninsula Coastline
This beautiful town just two hours away from Cape Town is one of the finest holiday and fishing resorts in the world. Hermanus Pieterse, from the Netherlands, found grazing for his sheep here during the summer months and returned to a water spring and rocky shore every summer.
Other farmers of the Caledon area followed him and soon the area was called Hermanus Pietersfontein. Today Hermanus has a reputation as an angler’s paradise and many record catches have been made here. It is also known as South Africa’s hub for Perlemoen. >> Read more




