What? I hear you ask... Well we are now in Hermanus, billed as the best place in world to spot whales from the shore. Walvis is the Afrikaans word for whale!
We drove first to the top of the mountains for a spectacular view of the Hermanus bay and surrounding valleys.
Will we be lucky and spot any, we asked ourselves.? Oh yes, this is peak whale season. We followed a beautiful biodiversity walk along the coast to Gearings Point. This is prime spotting territory looking directly into the bay. There were a few rocks close to the shore in a beautiful bay and we spent some time staring out to sea, looking for whales. Hmmm, those rocks seem to be moving! They are not rocks, they are Southern Right whales. The whales were so close to shore. We saw loads! They come into the bay to mate. We saw breaching whales, whales blowing from their blow holes. It was fantastic! After a successful day watching whales we relaxed with a glass of wine in front of a roaring open fire! Yes this is Africa but Cape Town is having a cold spell and there is even snow in some of the mountain passes. This is exactly where we are heading next.... with our tent! Yikes.
We drove first to the top of the mountains for a spectacular view of the Hermanus bay and surrounding valleys.
Will we be lucky and spot any, we asked ourselves.? Oh yes, this is peak whale season. We followed a beautiful biodiversity walk along the coast to Gearings Point. This is prime spotting territory looking directly into the bay. There were a few rocks close to the shore in a beautiful bay and we spent some time staring out to sea, looking for whales. Hmmm, those rocks seem to be moving! They are not rocks, they are Southern Right whales. The whales were so close to shore. We saw loads! They come into the bay to mate. We saw breaching whales, whales blowing from their blow holes. It was fantastic! After a successful day watching whales we relaxed with a glass of wine in front of a roaring open fire! Yes this is Africa but Cape Town is having a cold spell and there is even snow in some of the mountain passes. This is exactly where we are heading next.... with our tent! Yikes.