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Watch the Whales and Photograph a Penguin!
Posted on Sat March 1, 2025 in The View Things to Do.
Winter is whale-watching season in Fish Hoek, Cape Town! Catch a view of splendid Southern Right whales as they swim past your deck, their tales waving and their huge barnacled bodies making enormous white splashes in a navy blue False Bay.
Admire tiny African Penguins diving for fish when you take a drive to Boulders Beach in Simonstown. Photograph a penguin and post a selfie on Instagram for all to see. These flightless birds are critically endangered, and your pictures could help.
Save a whale today, preserve a penguin tomorrow; that is our motto at The View. Stay in luxury self-catering apartments with the best view of these awesome ocean creatures when you book your beachfront holiday in Sunny Cove this year. We make it worth your while with our luxury accommodation and facilities, gorgeous deck, garden braai areas and immediate access to beach paths and sandy coves!
Not only is Fish Hoek a haven for the whales and one of the best places to see these cetaceans, but it is also a remarkable holiday destination and fishing mecca for families and groups. How amazing that hundreds of Southern Right and Humpback Whales gather annually on the Cape Whale Route to mate and calve!
Visit Sunny Cove to see whales on display from early winter until December in False Bay. From Fish Hoek Beach to Cape Point, Southern Right, Humpback, Bryde’s Whales and Orcas arrive in the July winter holidays. Add to the adventure with a few days on the Cape Whale Route in Hermanus and Walker Bay!
Whale-Watching in False Bay
Cape Point Nature Reserve is the ultimate spot to be in nature and see whales with your family and friends. The whales venture up the West Coast from this extreme southern point of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope in the freezing Atlantic Ocean seas. The Cape Whale Route offers some of the best land-based whale watching in the world, flanked by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Fynbos mountains on the other. Birdwatching and wildlife viewing add to this unique tourism route, one of our best family-friendly holidays in South Africa.
Every year, numerous Southern Right and Humpback Whales migrate from the icy Antarctic, their main feeding grounds, to mate and calve in the warmer waters of the Cape. The whale season usually starts from the end of May, peaking in September and tailing off in November. The little towns of Hermanus and De Kelders are at the epicentre of the whale experience, and some whales remain in Walker Bay the entire year.
Drive to Muizenberg, then onto Boyes Drive for a great view of whales cruising past. Kalk Bay and Fish Hoek Beach offer fantastic seafood restaurants and coffee bars while viewing Humpbacks and Bryde’s whales in the bay. Simonstown sometimes features passing orcas (Killer Whales), and organised whale cruises take visitors far out to sea around Cape Point and to Seal Island.
Penguin Spotting in Simonstown
Penguins thrive in a small colony at Boulders Beach, and visitors can sit quietly on the beach while the penguins dawdle past on their way to hunt fish in False Bay. According to the Two Oceans Aquarium, they typically lay two eggs at a time and weigh about 4 kg. "The black and white colours of the African penguin are a form of countershading camouflage and allow them to coordinate movement with each other underwater... They are an indicator species, meaning that their population decline is directly related to the overfishing of their prey species (like anchovies and sardines) and climate change."
Whale-watching and penguin spotting in False Bay are excellent winter holiday activities from the shore. Stay at The View, stroll along Jager's Walk and sit on a colourful bench for a while. Fish Hoek Beach offers some of the best places to whale-watch, or enjoy the drive to Simonstown for incredible vantage points from the road. Cape Town is a top whale-watching destination, so book luxury self-catering apartments at The View soon and come to see the whales and penguins playing in the bays.
Book Ahead for Whale Watching and Penguin Spotting
The View is the best vantage point from which to watch whales and admire the rare African Penguin. To crown it all, these luxury self-catering apartments are close to fabulous sightseeing attractions, restaurants and Cape Point.
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