It's whale season! Here's where to spot them in Cape Town

Lester Kiewit speaks to Doctor Els Vermeulen of the Whale Unit of the Mammal Research Institute (MRI) at the University of Pretoria.

Whale hello there, it's whale season!

Southern Right Whales have come to visit Cape Town shores to give birth or to find a mate - this is done every year between June and December. 

You might see some momma whales and their calves in their natural habitat in these popular areas:

• Boyes Drive
• St James
• Kalk Bay
• Clovelly Corner
• Jager’s Walk (Fish Hoek)
• The coastal road from Fish Hoek to Simon’s Town
• Cape Point’s Rooikrans
• Baden Powell Drive (connecting Muizenberg to Stellenbosch)
• Clarence Drive (between Gordon’s Bay and Betty’s Bay, Overberg)
• Betty’s Bay and Kleinmond (Overberg)
• Struisbaai (Southern Cape)
• Arniston (Southern Cape)
• Stilbaai (Southern Cape)
• Nature’s Valley (Garden Route)
• Elands Bay (West Coast)
• Saldanha Bay (West Coast)
• Langebaan (West Coast)
• Paternoster (West Coast)
• Doringbaai (West Coast)
• Llandudno (Cape Town)
• Hout Bay (Cape Town)
• Melkbosstrand (Cape Town)

So far Vermeulen says the team of researchers are able to count 265 whales and their calves around Hermanus, so chances of spotting some are quite favourable. 

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