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Boat Based Whale Watching from Hermanus

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By Southern Right Charters
2 hours
Experience an up, close and personal encounter with the ‘gentle giants’ of the ocean that promises to be an ‘experience …
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  • Annemerie
    Pretoria, South Africa1 contribution
    Review of: Big 5 Sea Safari in Walker Bay from Gansbaai
    Great experience!
    Wonderful big 5 Sea Safari experience. It was a lovely day on the ocean filled with education and sightings of dolphins and seals. Staff are extremely knowledgeable and professional. Will definitely make use of you guys again. Thank you for a great time!
    Written 30 December 2021
    This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
  • Eddie
    9 contributions
    Review of: Whale Watching Full Day Guided Private Transfer to Hermanus from Cape Town
    No whales, but still had a wonderful time.
    Its a little out side of whale season, so we knew there was a chance we wouldn't see whales. That being said we still had a wonderful time, and my family live the trip from Cape Town, and the boat ride. We saw sharks, seals, and penguins. They took us through shark alley and the penguins rehabilitation center.

    One the way back to Cape Town, we stopped by for a wonderful lunch in Hermanus.

    Thanks again Dave. We greatly enjoyed our time with you.
    Written 24 December 2019
    This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
  • David B
    Cumbria, England14 contributions
    Review of: Whale Watching Tour from Cape Town
    Enjoyable day out
    Firstly, the day out we had, bore no resemblance to the previous reviews. It does illustrate however, how much the weather and/ or guide can influence the enjoyment or otherwise of this trip. Pick up was on time, the only surprise being that there were 7 others in the mini bus on the same trip - but this did mean we then got charged the reduced fee for a 'group'.
    Our guide was personable and chatty and gave us a running commentary of what we could see and some of the history behind South Africa.
    The botanical gardens (£ included) were a bit of a dead loss purely because it was the wrong time of year, but served as useful 'stretch' stop en route.
    The boat based whale watching (optional - £ not included) was helped by the fact that it was wall to wall blue sky and mill pond like sea state. This was early Sept and during the 2 hrs or so, we saw probably 5 or 6 whales with calves close up and a pod of bottlenose dolphins.
    Lunch was in Hermanus (£ not included) and you could go to whichever restaurant/cafe that took your fancy.
    On the way back to Cape Town we stopped at a vineyard for a wine tasting session (£ included). All very nice.
    Overall a full day out 08:45 to 18:00 - no complaints at all.
    Written 10 September 2019
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