30 Places of Interest on the Cape Whale Coast
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The Whale Coast Route
The Whale Route begins in Cape Town and follows the particularly pretty R44, also known as Clarence Drive, through the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. It is a popular drive that easily rivals Chapman's Peak in Cape Town as one of the most scenic in the ...
Popular Tourist Routes / Activities
The Whale Trail
The Whale Trail is not a new trail, having been around since about 2002, but it has become extremely popular. Nonetheless, the five-day Whale Hiking trail must be one of South Africa's greatest selling points. It is truly a unique experience, perhaps ...
Popular Tourist Routes
Tip of Africa Route
Based on the Overberg Tourism map, the Tip of Africa Route starts in Cape Town, where you take the N2 via Grabouw and Caledon to the pretty town of Napier (make sure to stop off at the Napier Farmstall en route), after which you have a couple of choices ...
Lakes / Dams / Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Vermont Salt Pan
Vermont, a suburb of Hermanus, lies between Hawston and Sandbaai. It was developed with twenty percent of its area dedicated to retaining the original coastal fynbos, which forms natural green corridors between the homes, up the mountain and ...
Nature Reserves
Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy
Part of the value of this conservancy is that it is the natural hub of a range of endangered and rare fynbos species and habitats. So many of these are otherwise decimated or damaged by urbanisation, agriculture, alien species, deforestation, and ...
Nature Reserves
Walker Bay Nature Reserve
Extending along a stretch of coast between the town of De Kelders and the Hermanus Lagoon, the Walker Bay Nature Reserve lies just 3 kilometres from Gansbaai, east of Hermanus on the Danger Point Peninsula. One can get into the reserve at Stanford, via ...
Wine Estates
Walker Bay Wine Estates
The Hemel-en-Aarde (Heaven and Earth) Valley is one of the most productive regions in terms of the production of wines. It has the ideal climate, as the icy wind from the Atlantic Ocean cools it down. In addition, the mountains, which surround the ...
Beaches
Western Cape Beaches
Anyone visiting the Western Cape is spoilt for choice in terms of the beaches that freckle this scenic province. In fact, with about 900 kilometres (or 550 miles) of coastline, visitors can choose from rocky outcrops, untamed ocean, capes, or sandy ...
Landmarks / Museums
Whale House Museum
As the acclaimed home of the whales between around June and December, Hermanus celebrates these cetaceans in many ways, not least of all at the Whale House Museum. Here, the mysteries of their behaviour, migration, diet, reproduction and ...
Activities / Miscellaneous / Whale Route
Whale Watching in Walker Bay
Walker Bay – heart of the whale coast. The waters between Hermanus and Pearly Beach attract hundreds of whales annually to the shallow waters of this coastline, also known as the whale coast. Daily sightings of these giant beasts of the sea, certainly in ...
Cape Whale Coast as a destination
In the neighbourhood
Arniston, Bettys Bay, Brenton On Sea, Dana Bay, De Hoop, De Kelders, Fisherhaven, Gansbaai, Glentana, Gordons Bay, Hawston, Hermanus, Kleinbaai, Kleinmond, L'Agulhas, Onrus, Pearly Beach, Pringle Bay, Rooi Els, Sandbaai, Stanford, Struisbaai, Vermont, Witsand
Staying Overnight
Perivoli Lagoon House
Perivoli Lagoon House is set in a stunning, isolated, 140ha wilderness of colourful Fynbos biome, a stone's throw from the Klein River lagoon wit...
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
Grootbos is a 5 star private nature reserve that celebrates the wonders of the dramatic landscape of South Africa. Exclusive and secluded, guests...
Marlin Manor
Staying at Marlin Manor will afford you a very unique experience at the southernmost tip of Africa, where the two oceans meet. Situated on 650m o...
Pringle Bay Beach House
Pringle Bay Beach House is a 4 bedroom self catering holiday home in Pringle Bay. The house sleeps up to eight guests in four en-suite bedrooms. ...
De Mond Villa
De Mond Villa is a holiday home in De Hoop located on the edge of Ramsar Vlei. It has five en-suite bedrooms. There is a fully equipped kitchen, ...
Lawns & Little Lawns
Lawns Cottage offers Stanford accommodation set along one-and-a-half kilometres of unspoilt shoreline and 1000 acres of indigenous fynbos and str...
Ridge House Villa
Ridge House is and exclusive use holiday home in Hermanus with four luxurious suites, all individually decorated and all offering spacious and co...
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