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DISCOVER HERMANUS AND SURROUNDS

Woman at Vineyard

Wine Tasting

Hemel-en-Aarde Valley  just behind Hermanus is a picture of rolling vineyards, towering mountains and beautiful farmlands, you will be spoilt for choice.

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To name just a few:

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  • Creation Wines & Restaurant

  • La Vierge

  • Bouchard Finlayson Boutique Vineyard

  • Bosman Hermanus

  • Bartho Ecksteen

  • Whalehaven

  • Spookfontein Wines

  • Hamilton Russell Vineyards

  • Ataraxia

Beer

Beer Tasting

Craft Beers can be tasted and enjoyed at:

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  • The Hermanus Brewery - founded in November of 2014 with the purpose of providing beer lovers with delicious, quality beer. Consistency and originality has been the cornerstone of this company’s philosophy since it was founded.

  • Folk & Goode Brewery - officially launched in September 2016. The idea was to provide variety of beer expression to the local market and tourists visiting Hermanus. T

  • Birkenhead Brewery - founded in 1998, the Birkenhead Brewery started as one of the first craft breweries in South Africa.

Painting Pottery

Markets

  • The Old Harbour Market (open daily) - offer a wide variety of products. Clothing, souvenirs, food, beauty products and many more.

  • Food & Wine Market (Saturdays only) - come rain or shine, the Food and Wine Market at the state-of-the-art Hermanuspietersfontein Wine Cellar, which can be found in the Hemel-en-Aarde Village, offers free wine tasting and unique gourmet-style food stalls in a lively, elegant atmosphere.

  • Hermanus Country Market (Saturdays only) - a small market with a lot of soul. Where good friends meet, eat, and buy beautiful things.

Palette

Art and Culture

The 1st Friday of every month is an Art Walk, take browse through the number of .Galleries, Bookshops or Museums

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To name just a few:

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  • Art Thirst

  • De Jongh Gelderblom

  • Forty x 40 Gallery

  • Fynarts Gallery

  • Gallery 19

  • Gillian Hahn Art

  • Hermanus Art Circle (HAC)

  • Hermanus Photographic Society

  • Lembu Gallery & Studio

  • Originals Art Gallery

  • Rossouw Modern

  • Walker Bay Modern Art

  • Old Harbour Gallery Bookshops

  • Hemingways Bookshop

  • The Book Cottage Museum

  • Old Harbour Museum

  • Whale Museum

  • De Wet’s Huis Photo Museum

Wine & Dine

Dining Out

Hermanus has a large selection of eateries.

To name some of the unique and special experiences:

  • Bientangs Cave

  • The Hussar Grill Hermanus

  • The Wine Glass

  • Mogg’s Country House

  • Fick’s Pincho’s & Wine

  • Just Pure Bistro

  • Fisherman’s Cottage

  • The Barefoot Cook

Female hiker in the mountains

Hiking & Walking

Cliff Path

The Hermanus cliff path hugs the coastline and offers a 12km path for walkers and hikers alike. Start near the new harbour and enjoy a visual journey along the beautiful rugged coastline to Grotto beach, this path offers many benches to sit and watch the whales or to enjoy ocean views.

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Fernkloof Nature Reserve

Covers 18 square kilometres in the Kleinrivier Mountains in Hermanus and ranges in altitude from sea level to 824m. More than 1250 species of plant have thus far been collected and identified in the Reserve

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Hoy’s Koppie

This is not only beautiful, but is also home to loads of fascinating bugs and birds. Home to at least 1 250 different plant species.

Underwater Creatures

Whale Watching

Hermanus is considered to be the world’s premier site for watching whales and the many people who flock here during the whale season, look forward to catching sight of these intelligent creatures playing in the water. 

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Hermanus boasts its own “Whale Crier” (the only one in the world) who is employed to wander the cliff paths and call out the locations of the whales throughout the day to everyone walking by.

Shark

Shark Cage Diving

If adventure is your thing, get the adrenalin going shark cave diving.

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Meet one of nature's most feared predators, the Great White Shark, up close and personal.

Mountain Bike

Mountain Biking

Bring your biking gear or hire locally, to enjoy one of South Africa’s fastest growing sports and cycle the trails in the spectacular Hermanus Mountains.

ATV on Sand Dunes

Quad Biking

No special licence is required to have a special, fun and exciting day with your family or friends

Female Golfer with Clubs

Golf

Hermanus Golf Club

Visitors flock from near and far, to enjoy a round on this magnificent 27-hole golf course. The whole feel of the course has been modernised with shaping (fairways, grassy mounds, bunkers, trees and rocky water hazards) all adding a visual, as well as a challenging flow to the course.

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Arabella Golf Club

One of the top ranked golf courses in South Africa, with pristine grass, tricky sand traps and challenging water hazards.  Designed by Peter Matkovich, the golf course has been enjoyed by celebrities such as Samuel L. Jackson and professional golfers like Ernie Els and Gary Player.

Yoga by the Sea

Beaches

The coastline of Hermanus is dotted with excellent beaches suited to swimming, angling, and surfing:

  • Sandbaai beach

  • Onrus beach

  • Grotto beach

  • Kammabaai

  • Langbaai

  • Voëlklip beach

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