Whales

August to November is whale season at the shores of South Africa. One of the most popular spots to watch whales linger and jump is Hermanus, south-east from Cape Town. Once you have passed the southern townships it is an amazing drive along a beautiful coastline around False Bay. 

Sebastian and I actually saw our first whales in Fish Hoek, which is just outside Cape Town on the way down to Cape Point. Incredible close to the beach there are whales mating, floating and cruising around with their calves. 

Our first spotted whales were pretty lazy, later that day we arrived in Hermanus and actually saw them jump. It was late already and I guess they get tired or they adjusted to the human time table: at around 5:30pm they stopped jumping completely. That only made us come back another day to see them jump some more.

Seeing all those whales in this little bay, called Walker Bay enabled me to relate why my guidebook told me South Africans call that "Whale Soup

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