Museums

Old Harbour Museum
The Museum in the Old Harbour contains several exhibits depicting the history of the fishing and whaling industry in the area. Talks by local experts on the inter-tidal zone are held on request and provide fascinating information about the mysteries that abound the shore line. The museum’s staff update the history of Hermanus on an ongoing basis so anyone researching information on historical buildings or old local families, has easy access to it. Funds for the museum are always needed and anyone who wishes to donate will automatically become a friend of the Old Harbour Museum. Many guided tours and walks start from this spot.

Whale Museum
Daily at 10:00 and 15:00 an audio-visual presentation is given at the Whale Museum,
where one is taken below the surface to a face-to-face encounter with the visiting Southern Right whales.

De Wet’s Photo Museum
This picturesque and historic cottage was once the school house situated near the Dutch Reformed church in Westcliff.
It was dismantled brick by numbered brick and painstakingly re-erected on Lemm’s Corner in 1986.
The sepia coloured photographic exhibition it houses takes one on a journey through time to when Hermanus
was a quaint fishing village.

Hermanus Story Walk
Guided walking tours can be take through the once quaint village where the history of Hermanus
unfolds itself as one discovers the fresh water spring which was named after the shepherd, Hermanus Pieters,
where Hermanus originally got its name, Hermanuspietersfontein, to the Old Harbour, the Burgundy Restaurant
(our only registered national monument) to the old school house and fishermen’s cottages on the
seafront among many other interesting buildings.

Clubs and Associations

Archery 082 898 1597
Birding 082 550 3347
Bowling 028 314 1045
Boulle 083 650 4206
Cricket 082 693 6221
Cycling 083 852 7771 / 087 807 9601
Flying 082 560 1646 / 072 827 8897
Golf 028 312 1954
Rugby 028 312 4445
Sea Scout 083 609 9582
Hockey 083 375 1176
Netball 028 312 3760 / 028 316 2464
Horse Riding 028 284 9422 / 021 859 9700
Shooting 028 316 3359
Squash 072 111 9350 / 084 207 9520
Swimming 028 316 2206
Whalers Athletic 028 312 2220 / 082 897 1650
Tennis 072 111 9350 / 083 693 0825
Trout Fishing 028 312 1409
Surfing 082 920 8550
Lions 028 384 1175
Angling 083 227 6705
Weight Watchers 028 316 3930 / 072 580 7435
Hiking 028 384 3846
Yacht 028 314 1420