Cape Town V - Part 10

Our unexpected third Sunday in South Africa meant that we could take the coastal drive to the town of Hermanus. Famous for its whale watching from the coast, Hermanus is about an hour by car south of Cape Town. Unfortunately we visited at the wrong time of year... last week in September is apparently the best. SG was in our car and he performed a sterling job of showing us where to go. Our route along the coast road took us through various small towns, one of which we stopped off in. Kleinmond, whose inhabitants speak Afrikaans as their first language was an attractive quiet village... the total opposite to the vibrancy of Cape Town.

In Hermanus itself we had a spot of lunch in a fish restaurant (eating again!)... followed by 2 scoops of ice cream from an excellent ice cream parlour. We had a brief wander around the market and stroll along the cliff paths, which took us past The Marina Hotel (see photo above). There are a lot of holiday homes in Hermanus and a lot of them were closed up for the autumn. SG said Hermanus is nicknamed "Joburg-by-the-sea".

We eventually drove back a different route along the N2 going over the mountain pass and back into Cape Town... where we had a cuppa and some cake at SG's.

To be continued...