Hermanus Whale Festival

The annual Hermanus Whale Festival is a party of the go back of the southern proper whales to the coastal waters of Southern Africa. It is a tribute to the legacy left to the metropolis through Wendy the Whale whose tale is ready man's cap potential to stay in concord with nature in addition to people's cap potential to return back collectively as groups valuing the environment. All occasions and sports at some stage in the whale competition are targeted to create attention on a way to shield the whales and all our marine flora and fauna who proportion our coastal waters. The competition takes place on the end of September that's the height of whale interest withinside the region.

Every year, southern proper whales migrate from their icy feeding grounds off Antarctica to hotter climates, accomplishing the South African Whale Coast in June and could live until early December. These coastal waters will then group with the massive mammals, mating, calving, and rearing their young – and giving whale-watchers extraordinary presentations of uncooked energy and fashionable water acrobatics fantastically near shore.

Over a length of three days, this fishing village will over again burst into lifestyles whilst heaps of traffic descend upon the metropolis to enroll in withinside the festivities of this famous event. Accommodation institutions open their doors, eating places dish up mouth-watering food and the citizens of Hermanus open their hearts in a warm welcome to traffic.

Time: September

Location: Hermanus