Hermanus, a coastal village part way between Cape Agulhus and Cape Town is world renown for its whale watching. It claims to have "the best land based whale watching in the world!"
The Southern Right Whale heads to the bay at Hermanus to calve and raise its young before heading back to the Antarctic waters to feed for the summer. There is a cliff walk along the edge of the bay for whale watching. I was a little early in the season, and so didn't manage to spot any whales blowing, sailing, leaping, tail splashing, or any of the other cool things whales do. However, there was still plenty of beauty to enjoy during the hike.