From June to November, southern right Whales start to arrive along the southern African coastline, all the the way from the west coast to the Garden Route further East. They migrate here to spend time in sheltered bays where they mate, cave and nurse their babies, before heading off again into the deep sea southern ocean by December. On this tour, Baraka Cape Tours will take you to a beautiful place where you can view these giant visitors, the coastline town of Hermanus which has earned the reputation for the best shore-based whale watching in the world, although it is by far not the only location.
Other species sighted off the South African coast include humpbacks ( generally in the winter month), the smaller Bryde’s whale and even occasional orcas ( or killer whales).