Category: Arts and Crafts

Cape Whale Coast Events Calendar 2020 The year 2020 holds many exciting things to do in Hermanus and surrounds.  The Cape Whale Coast Events Calendar has something for everyone from sporting events to festivals. The Food and Wine Festival caters for those who love wine tasting and enjoy good food. The Fernkloof Flower Festival showcases [...]

Daytrip to Gansbaai, Kleinbaai, Danger Point and Elim   Our next daytrip Hermanus to Gansbaai, is filled with fun things to do. Gansbaai, only about 43km outside Hermanus, is still known to be an unpretentious fishing town, despite the blooming tourism industry. Gansbaai, or Goose Bay as it is translated in English, was named after [...]

Day trip Hermanus to Genadendal To be read in conjunction with our blog Hermanus day trip to Greyton.  A day trip Hermanus to Genadendal is a must while staying at Eastbury Cottage.  This day trip will be filled with adventure, history and mostly beautiful scenery of our “tapestry quilt like” Overberg. Travel on the R43 from [...]

Hermanus to Greyton A day trip from Hermanus to Greyton is an experience you will surely want to repeat more than once while staying at Eastbury Cottage on a long annual holiday.  This quaint little village  of Greyton, with its thatched cottages, mighty trees, and magnificent scenery, is nestled at the foot of the majestic Sonderend [...]

Hermanus FynArts Festival 2014 6-16th June 2014 – Enjoy ten fun-filled days at the Hermanus FynArts Festival. A jam-packed Hermanus FynArts Festival 2014 program promises to entertain, enlighten, entice, enthrall and excite you!  Don’t leave it till too late to get your tickets for the shows and to book your accommodation in Hermanus.  Last year [...]

Helpful information about Hermanus, South Africa Looking for helpful information about Hermanus, South Africa? We have created this blog on General Information about Hermanus to assist you in finding emergency and important telephone numbers.  Our Blog Index will also assist you with interesting and informative articles on things to do, restaurants, transport, seasonal weather, important [...]

What’s on for the December Holiday Events in Hermanus The Christmas festivities and diary for December holiday events in Hermanus are listed hereunder and updated from time to time during this Festive month (We will update our blog for 2014 soon – or contact Hermanus Tourism Bureau).  Events are always lively and enthusiastic and include [...]

    Hermanus Whale Festival – Have a whale of a time! It’s only fitting that the best land-based whale watching destination in the world hosts an annual welcoming celebration for the giants of the ocean. And what a celebration the Hermanus Whale Festival is! Running in September every year, the festival attracts people from [...]

Join us for the Hermanus Kalfiefees every August! The Hermanus Kalfiefees – meaning “Calf Festival” in Afrikaans – usually happens over the Women’s Day long weekend in August, about a month before the Whale Festival.  It is Hermanus’s version of a pre-party. Running for a bit longer than the Whale Festival, the Hermanus Kalfiefees boasts [...]

Hermanus FynArts Festival 2013 The Hermanus Fynarts Festival was created by dedicated members of the Arts and Crafts sub-committee of the Hermanus Tourism Bureau Management Committee in the latter months of 2012, under the chairmanship of Mary Faure.  Their vision for making Hermanus an Art Mecca of South Africa is soon to bear its fruits.  [...]