Boulders Beach penguins
Cape Town
5 tours
Whale watching in Hermanus
Southern right whales from the clifftops or a licensed boat, June to November.
Every winter and spring, southern right whales migrate to the sheltered bays of the Overberg to calve. Hermanus is one of the world's best places for land-based whale watching: you can see them breaching from the Cliff Path.
See the tours
For a closer look, licensed boat operators are permitted to approach to a set distance.
Typically includes
- Licensed boat trip (optional)
- Cliff Path walk
- Transfers on guided days
Good to know
- Boat trips are weather-dependent
- Bring binoculars for clifftop viewing
Where you can do it
Coast & ocean
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Shark cage diving
Hermanus · Cape Town
5 tours
Tailor-made trips
Tours featuring whale watching in hermanus.
Region
Duration
Budget
2 of 2 tours
8 days · Cape Town & Winelands
Cape Town & Winelands Escape
Daily breakfast · 5 guided activities · All transfers
- Private Table Mountain and Cape Point touring
- Stellenbosch and Franschhoek estate tastings
- Day trip to Hermanus (whales Jun–Nov)
- Boutique stays in the city and the vines
From
$3,450
per person, complete package
From $6,900 for two · international flights excluded
11 days · Cape Town & Winelands · Garden Route · Eastern Cape
Garden Route Self-Drive
Breakfast daily, 4 dinners · 4 activities · Rental car & route book
- Clifftop whale watching in Hermanus
- Knysna lagoon and Plettenberg Bay beaches
- Tsitsikamma forest and Storms River Mouth
- Malaria-free safari finale in Addo
From
$2,890
per person, complete package
From $5,780 for two · international flights excluded
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