Here the water stays deep right up to the shoreline, so even when you’re not out on a boat trip, you’ll often have close-up views of resident Bryde’s whales and, between June and October, migratory southern right and humpback whales.
Known as South Africa’s whale-watching capital, the small seaside town of Hermanus sits on Walker Bay, just a couple of hours southeast of Cape Town. Here the water stays deep right up to the shoreline, so even when you’re not out on a boat trip, you’ll often have close-up views of resident Bryde’s whales and, between June and October, migratory southern right and humpback whales.