Hermanus - popular seaside resort at South Africa's Overberg coast in the Western Cape Province. The town calls itself "the Whale Capital of the World". Every year between July and November hundreds of Southern Right Whales come to the calm waters of Walker Bay for breeding. The Whale Crier of Hermanus blows his kelp horn, when whales have been sighted. Then everybody looks out onto the sea then. What makes Hermanus so special: The marine mammals come within a few metres of the cliffs and can be watched at close range. Only if the waters are calm though. When the sea is rough the whales stay far away from the coast. A 15 kilometre long cliff path runs along the rocky shores of Hermanus - with many well placed lookout points. Beautiful beaches lie in the east of Hermanus.
Some kilometres further east along the Walker Bay is the small holiday village of De Kelders, also a preferred spot for whale watchers. The whales come very close to the cliffs here. Viewers who climb onto the rocks can almost touch the whales.
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