A new South African Whale Centre is planned for the heart of Hermanus, the whale capital of South Africa. The town will house the Whale Unit of the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Mammal Research ...

Hermanus, which is an important calving ground ... based whale watching capital of the world”. It even has its own “whale crier” who uses a horn fashioned from kelp to announce sightings.

The annual Hermanus Whale Festival is at the end of ... During the whale watching season, a whale crier alerts watchers to the presence of whales by blowing on a kelp horn. The guest houses ...