Whale Festival Hermanus

Date:	28 Sep 2012 - 07 Oct 2012
Time:	09:00 - 15:00
Venue:	Hermanus
Location:	Hermanus | Western Cape
Price:	Various
Phone:	+27 (0)28 313 0928
Email	festival@hermanus.co.za
Website:	www.whalefestival.co.za

Whale of a Time

 The whale season is here
http://hermanus.com/whale-information.mv

Hermanus

Hermanus (originally called Hermanuspietersfontein) is a town with 49,000 inhabitants on the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is famous as a place from which to watch whales during the southern winter and spring and is a popular retirement town. The whales can be seen from the cliffs in the town centre from as early as June. They were once hunted locally, but are now protected. The Old Harbour Museum contains several exhibitions which explain the whaling history of Hermanus.
Hermanus lies along the Walker Bay on the south coast of the Western Cape, It is located about 115 km southeast of Cape Town and is connected to the Mother City by the R43 highway (or coastal R44 scenic route) and N2 motorway. The R43 continues to Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point of Africa. Hermanus is 40 km from Gansbaai, a famous spot where one can dive amongst the Great White Sharks. It is also notable that Hermanus still boasts an historic railway station building although eventually no tracks were laid to connect the town to the national network.

Hermanus Whale Festival 2010