Hermanus beaches are sandy paradises of sun and sea offering swimming , surfing ,sun bathing ,horse riding and walks. Grotto beach stretches for about 20 km's and for most of the 20 km's you won't see anyone. Kite surfing is very popular and spectacular to watch.

Each year from the month of June to the end of November our whales, the gentle giants of the deep glide into the bay, as Walker Bay is the breeding ground of the Southern Right Whale, returning each year to meet with the same mate, to produce, and then later, spawn the off-spring of their labour, each one heralded on arrival by the Whale Crier - the only one in the world. The whales often sleep or laze the day away almost within touching distance while the more energetic entertain the crowds launching their huge bodies out of the water to come crashing down in massive displays of strength or waving their tales in the air.

Wine route - our little known, but widely consumed, wine route boasts some of the best wine produced in the country, regularly winning awards. Hermanus is virtually surrounded by vineyards producing high quality, low cost to exceptional pretty high cost wine. We do not have any large scale vineyards more the smaller family run type operation producing unique wines. Wine is relatively cheap in South Africa and is on a par with the best anywhere. Please enjoy, but don't drink and drive - there are tours, shuttles and taxi's that will transport you, otherwise just buy some and enjoy it at your restaurant etc. Corkage will be charged but this is usually not much. We stock some very nice local wine from our area in the guest house bar so you can experience the quality of our home grown wines.

Shark cage diving is done from nearby Kleinbaai and this will get the blood pumping. This will normally cost in the region of about R1000 per day per person and normally lasts 4-6 hours. They will take you again on another trip if no sharks are spotted. Bigger sharks are spotted in our Winter but numbers are higher in Summer. Pre-book in season, your accommodation staff can do this for you. Should you feel ill on the water or need to get back due to time constraints there is a "rescue boat" which will fetch you for a price. Please be warned the water is cold even with a wetsuit - supplied by the boat. Diving is done with mask and snorkel only in the cage and no experience is necessary. Diving with air would only really be necessary for a film crew etc as you are really only a couple of feet below surface when viewing. The cage floats and when sharks are spotted they tell you to dive. You are well advised to keep hands and feet in the cage if you want to remain attached. Their safety record to date is unblemished. Transport is available from Cape Town and Hermanus.