Whale Route

The Whale Route is a journey of discovery and immersing your mind in new knowledge. This route includes:

• Gordon’s Bay, Pringle Bay and Betty’s Bay.
• The Harold Porter Botanical Gardens: Between Gordon’s Bay and Betty’s Bay is a peaceful and secluded garden lying snugly between mountains and sea.
• Rotary Drive
• Fernkloof Nature Reserve: 2000 hectares of mountain and coastal fynbos as well as a huge number of birds and smaller mammals.
• Hermanus: One of the top destinations for whale watching. Hermanus is the only town in the world with a “whale crier” stationed at a vantage point officially on duty during the season to alert bystanders of the whales in the bay.
• Land Based Whale watching: Every year around June to November the southern right whales which were almost endangered in the 19^th century take a tour to the Cape waters and treat the Cape locals and tourists to an amazing scene of spouting and breaching.
• Boat based whale watching (optional): For the thrill seekers, you can watch these aquatic mammals sprouting and breaching from the boat.
• Elgin: A huge lush area of land circled by mountains giving breathtaking scenery.
• Sir Lowry’s Pass

Please note that whale watching is seasonal, Mid July to October.