Overberg

Kogelberg Nature Reserve

African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary

De Hoop Nature Reserve

Harold Porter National Botanical Garden

Stony Point Nature Reserve

Sea Kayaking in Walker Bay, Walker Bay Adventures

Birkenhead House Spa

Hermanus Whale Watching

Walker Bay is a protected nursery. Southern right whales come up from Antarctic waters each winter to mate and calve in the sheltered water below Hermanus, close enough that the town built a cliff path to watch them from. Going out by boat puts you level with them instead of above them. Boats leave from […]

Shark Cage Diving

Boats leave Kleinbaai harbour at Gansbaai and anchor about fifteen minutes out, over the shallow channel between the mainland and Dyer Island. The cage hangs off the side of the boat and you go in wearing a wetsuit, holding your breath and dropping under when a shark comes past. There is no scuba and no […]

Hermanus Cliff Path

The Cliff Path is the reason people walk in Hermanus. It runs twelve kilometres along the top of the coast, from the New Harbour in the west to Grotto Beach in the east, and it is free, unfenced and open. The Cliff Path Management Group looks after it as the path’s steward, working within the […]