Whale watching Cape Town

This is a full day tour

Cape Town’s seas are teeming with life, including some of the biggest creatures on earth. Hermanus, a small seaside town two hours from Cape Town, is the whale watching capital of the world. For
much of the year, from June to December, thousands of Southern Right and Humpback whales visit the waters around Hermanus.

Wanderer’s Whale Watching Cape Town Tour begins with a scenic coastal drive from Cape Town’s city centre, passing through the harbor town Gordons Bay and the beach hamlet Pringle Bay, before an optional stop at Betty’s Bay where you will visit the large colony of African penguin at the Stony Point nature reserve and the Harold Porter bontanical gardens any option for the nature lover.

We pass through Kleinmond, a little town at the mouth of the Bot River Lagoon that is home to the only herd of wetland horses in South Africa. Finally we arrive in Hermanus. A cliff-top walkway stretching from the old harbour near the town centre to the Blue Flag certified Grotto Beach offer some of the best whale watching in the world. An even more intimate, up-close encounter with these majestic creatures is offered by whale-watching boat trips, an optional and highly recommended part of our tour. If you looking to do this trip out of whale watching season we offer activities such as sunset Champagne and tapas cruises, wine and food pairing at Creation wines in the Hemel and Aarde Valley, quad biking, shark cage diving and zip lining so theirs many activities to make the perfect day.

Our Journey back to Cape Town takes us through Botriver village, Houhoek pass, and Grabouw in the Elgin Valley, famous for its apple orchards.

Wanderer’s Hermanus Whale Watching Cape Town tour is available between June and early December if it’s just the whales you after. Whale sightings are uncommon but not unheard of at other times of the year.

  Great service – we had a wonderful tour of Cape Town. We used them 3 times on our 2 week vacation. Very reliable and a lovely clean car and bottled… read more water. We had a particularly enjoyable tour of the vineyards and Kevin our driver was very knowledgeable and educated us on the areas we drove through. Not only that, he was just a really lovely person! I would highly recommend.
AlexPorteous72
1/02/2020 

  We were looking for a chauffeur for a full day (10 hours) to take us around Cape Point. We found Wanderer / Che’s company through a Google search. Overall, we… read more had an excellent experience with Che (who was super prompt communication wise throughout the booking process as well as with a stream of one-off questions we had afterwards). Our driver, Khaya, was excellent as well — extremely safe and made us feel very comfortable the entire trip.

I know Wanderer is relatively new vs. other chauffeur companies and to be frank, we were slightly nervous given everything we’d been told about road safety issues in South Africa. We spoke for 30 minutes across multiple conversations with Che and got comfortable and Che was so patient with us (probably far more patient than I might even be given the circumstances!). These guys are the real deal and when we go back to Cape Town, we will 100% use them again.

Do yourself a favor and book a private car through Wanderer vs. a group tour bus on one of the million tour agencies in Cape Town and you’ll have a great experience.
Anirudh D
12/30/2019 

  BOOK EVERYTHING with Wanderer if you are visiting Cape Town. My friends and I were just in town for a wedding and we needed a car to take us about… read more 2 hours outside of Cape Town. I came across Wonderer and was able to book everything through WhatsApp. We had a 6 seated Mercedes van with the best driver in the world, Andre (who put up with us having had 7 bottles of wine!). He was perfectly on time and super friendly. We then ended up booking a private day tour with Che who took us in a convertible all day to the must-see places in and around Cape Town including Cheetah Outreach, Lions, multiple wine tastings and even gave us some nice drinks in the car. He’s a super down-to-earth guy who gave us a million dollar experience for a price we could really afford. It was our day to tell him what we wanted and he made it work. Felt like we were friends with him for years. Wanderer is the must-book in Cape Town. Super safe, super reliable and all around the best tour I’ve been on (through 63 countries)!!
Erica R
10/15/2019

  We have had the most amazing holiday in Capetown. 6 fantastic day excursions with Wanderer Tours. Exploring the Cape Peninsula with its breathtaking views, seal island, wine tasting at 4… read more of the most popular vineyards, Buffelsfontein Game drive where we got to scratch Elsa the lioness, an amazing 10 course lunch at the Strandloper. We were lucky to see numerous animals on our trips plus we got to pet a Cheetah. Then there were 100s of penguins on Boulders Beach. Robben Island and a cable ride up Table mountain. The week ended with an eye opening tour with MC of THE Langa Township where we met some extraordinary people surviving extreme conditions. We learnt how to cook Malay style with Faeeza and shopped at the local spice market with Shireen. Che was our guide for the week. He is an amazing ambassador for South Africa. Nothing was too much trouble and he took wonderful care of us. His passion and knowledge of South Africa and its history is very impressive. We cannot wait to return.
maryp202
12/03/2019 

  Che was super helpful and we communicated with ease

Highly recommended from my part 

His vehicles were of top standard and our clients were very happy with the overall… read more service
Giuliano G
9/30/2019 

  Had a great day on a private cape peninsula tour! Kevin had a day for us and he was so nice! He knew everything we’ve asked him and everything was… read more just perfect. Che even got us a surprise champagne in the end. Thanks for everything:)
637elena_
12/06/2019 