Hermanus

En route to Hermanus we passed through Napier a lovely little town which is described on the Overberg website as

“Napier is a beautiful little town which in recent years has become home to many artists and authors. The streets are narrow and the houses full of character. Napier has become a weekend getaway to city dwellers and over weekends you will find the restaurants and pubs filled to capacity with mostly Capetonians coming to enjoy the fresh country air.”

Dutch Reformed Church                    Cheese cake with berries – yummy!

         

Buildings in Napier

    

Hermanus never fails to impress with its fantastic coastline backed by its mountains. 

     

Hermanus Backpackers – we have visited here before and even had the same room next to the pool. It is well situated within walking distance of the town and the coastal path. We met some very interesting people here and were never short of someone to chat to.

The backpackers has at least 2 cats, a Staffordshire terrier – very friendly and a collie who sits on the couch keeping you company.

                

Behind Hermanus are some pretty high mountains which are a playground for the more adventurous. One chap at the backpackers who was paragliding had rather too far to run on take off and injured his ankle. So the following day because he couldn’t paraglide he did something less risky so went shark cage diving instead.

    Hermanus                                                        Para glider

    

      View across Walker Bay – Hermanus below

Newspaper cutting seen in the bpackers – remains of the yacht – right

Google ‘Whale lands on yacht’ there are pictures and a YouTube video.

    

Fernkloof Nature Reserve covers 4500 acres in the Kleinrivier Mountains above Hermanus and ranges in altitude from sea level to 2800 feet. It protects coastal and fynbos areas and a small patch of evergreen forest. We had a short walk here late one afternoon. We had hoped to do some geocaches here, but the South African idea as fairly easy was climbing to the top of the hills here. Although one of the caches was only 1000 feet away, in a straight line, it was 550 foot high, a 2 hour walk.