Whale watching
From June onwards, southern right whales start to arrive along the southern African coastline, all the way from the West Coast to the Garden Route further east.
They migrate here to spend time in sheltered bays where they mate, calve and nurse their babies, before heading off again into the deep Southern Ocean by December.
A fantastic place to view these giant visitors is the coastal town of Hermanus, which has earned a reputation for the best shore-based whale watching in the world, although it’s by far not the only location.
In Hermanus, tourists need only listen out for the sound of the whale-crier’s horn that alerts bystanders that there is a whale in the vicinity, easily sighted from the cliff path overlooking the bay.
Your clients might also wish to view whales from a boat, but there are rules that apply to how close the boats may come to these animals in the sea.
Other whale species sighted off the South African coast include humpbacks (generally in the winter months), the smaller Bryde’s whale and even occasional orcas (or killer whales).
