Hermanus Town & Tourism

23/07/2024

Watching in - WOW!! best pic of the 2024 season (so far) - huge courtesy of the amazing - so close to the coast ❤️🐳🥳👍 - come and see the action

14/06/2024

season has started in 🐋🐳🐋🐳🤩😍

24/03/2024

WOW... beautiful Cape Town, I just had to borrow from - courtesy of Brian van Hansen - https://www.facebook.com/beachbats.brian?mibextid=ZbWKwL 🤩❤️👍🌞😎

11/02/2024

Nature is SO incredible – as the last few weeks in Hermanus have shown us – with huge pods of Dolphins and Bryde’s Whales feasting on massive bait–balls of small fish ( and ) – Hammerhead shark spotted on a boat trip, as well as, an Elephant Seal re–visiting the beach at Onrus (after a 10 year vacation) – he is lovingly named “Buffel”, but please keep your distance as he is faster than you think and is huge / very heavy too – and we don’t want you being crushed to death by a seal, now do we, certainly not … – – amazing photos courtesy of – Martin Etsebeth / Lucia Lilleen du Preez / Sonja Fleck / Johan Greyling

06/02/2024

Cape Town #2 in the world - 🥳🥳🥳 - -

We polled thousands of city-dwellers to rank the world’s greatest cities. Ready?

04/02/2024

South Africa is the ONLY country on the planet that knows the exact date that it produced it's first bottle of wine – 2nd February 1659 – so this year the SA wine industry celebrates 365 years of incredible wine production

The 1st Governor – Jan van Riebeeck wrote in his diary – “𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔..."

Join us in the celebrations by visiting the amazing Hemel–en–Aarde wine valley of Hermanus (only a short 90mins drive out of Cape Town)

05/01/2024

https://thenewspaper.co.za/cape-winelands-welcomes-airports-r7-billion-expansion/

The picturesque Cape Winelands region is set to soar to new heights with an estimated R7 billion airport expansion programme, marking a significant milestone

20/12/2023

Happy Festive season to you all - lots of raising of glasses - have a corker - cheers and much happiness - see you on holiday in Hermanus soon 😍🤩🥳🥳🎅🎄🍾🍾👍

15/12/2023

Hermanus Restaurants - XMAS opening times -

With over 200 accommodation places and 70 restaurants you will find loads of variety to cater for everyone

15/12/2023

Christmas Markets in & around Hermanus - https://www.hermanus-festivals.com/christmas-2023-markets.html🎅🎅

15/12/2023

EIGHT outstanding Pinot Noirs in Hemel-en-Aarde Hermanus 😍🤩🍷🍷 🥳 https://www.decanter.com/premium/australia-new-zealand-south-africa-pinot-noir-panel-tasting-results-518165/?fbclid=IwAR1zg6baFlEt5WSn-skniaiWXfZ-8aH1gXPtxtGUoLxAEoZZi0Ibl2dnSkE

In the second half of our extensive Pinot tasting, at the premium level, above £30, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa proved very strong.

10/12/2023

Hermanus Festive season shows, markets, gatherings...... check them out here -

Hermanus presents loads of Festivals, Shows and Events all year round that show-case all that Hermanus has to offer

04/12/2023

and for LOADS of events happening in Hermanus over Xmas - check out -

Hermanus presents loads of Festivals, Shows and Events all year round that show-case all that Hermanus has to offer

04/12/2023

the Southern Right Whales have now departed Hermanus - but there are lots of other great ocean activities - https://www.percytours.com/summer-boat-cruise-trips-in-hermanus.html

04/12/2023

Want utter luxury ? - YOU got it - https://www.percytours.com/transport-taxi-cabs-tourism-transfers-in-and-to-hermanus.html

13/11/2023

https://www.tourismupdate.co.za/article/industry-partners-trevor-noah-market-sa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-news-2023-11-10&utm_content=article-title

In a ground-breaking initiative to help South Africa get closer to its goal of attracting 21 million visitors to the country by 2030, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) has

30/10/2023

Astonishingly GREAT Whale Walking Tour in wonderful Hermanus today - over 24 whales spotted in 3hrs - what an incredible season it's been 🤩😍👍❤️🐳🐋 - www.whalehermanus.com

04/10/2023

OMG, an utterly incredible 258 whales - YES 258 😳😍 - in Hermanus bay counted on the annual helicopter survey on 3rd Oct 2023 - the largest number EVER 🤩👍🥳🥳 - come and check out our whales at - www.whalehermanus.com

28/09/2023

2023 Hermanus Whale Festival is CANCELLED

18/08/2023

Happy day - from the region for this gorgeous - come take a with us - www.hermanuswinetours.com

10/08/2023

The WHALES are here in Hermanus - photo courtesy of Ash at SRC ###x - www.whalehermanus.com

13/07/2023

season in - come and watch these amazing creatures - www.whalehermanus.com 🐳🐳🐋🐋🤩👍

13/07/2023

Cape Town #1 city in the world - voted by UK Telegraph readers 😍🥳👍 -

Almost 30,000 Telegraph readers voted for their favourite destinations, airlines and travel companies – and the results are in

01/06/2023

Whale watching season in Hermanus is OPEN NOW - www.whalehermanus.com 🐳🐋🐳🐋😍

06/03/2023

World's largest timed cycle road race with over 35,000 riders, hits Cape Town next weekend - https://www.capetowncycletour.com/lifecycle-week/ctct/route-information/route-description-and-map/

04/03/2023

new article in the upcoming local magazine - enjoy 🥳🤩👍

03/02/2023

https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/hermanus-stellenbosch-and-cape-town-among-top-50-most-loved-destinations-in-the-world-8251aca7-9773-46e3-adea-6d0e37fa9428 🤩😍🥳🥳👍

Three Western Cape towns have been ranked among the top 50 in the world for their phenomenal vineyards, wildlife and restaurants.

02/02/2023

South Africa is the only country in the world that can accurately pinpoint the exact date of origin of its wine industry, due to a diary entry from 2 February, 1659 - happy 364th bday - cheers 🎉🍷.

25/01/2023

These solar installations are financed by Bank of the Netherlands. These large scale installations could reduce load shedding for our region. 👍👍😀😀

15/12/2022

Not sure what to see and do over the Festive Season in Hermanus - check this LOAD out -

Hermanus presents loads of Festivals, Shows and Events all year round that show-case all that Hermanus has to offer