Whale Watching and Wine Tasting in the Western Cape

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October 3rd 2018

Published: October 5th 2018

While the big city offers many wonderful distractions and learnings, the more subtle countryside and smaller towns along the coast have a charm all their own….especially when your interests are being on the lookout out for those magnificent sea creatures, the whale. They are an amazing to behold on the Western Cape, as the Southern Right Whales return each year to the bays south of Cape Town to ... Read Full Entry

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Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

D MJ Binkley

Photographers, divers, writers, foodies, chefs and music enthusiasts. Travelers' Century Club Members: 12/2023. MJ 107 and Dave 104. We appreciate your feedback and if you like our stories we would appreciate it if you follow our blog. We live on North Hutchinson Island, Florida. If you are in Florida please send us a private message as we would love to meet you. Two retired nurses who are passionate about traveling the world. Our love of travel, meeting new people and experiencing new cultures will hopefully take us to wonderful plac... full info

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5th October 2018

MichaelnFaye
Michael & Faye Johnson

Are'nt the whales amazing...
As you know we were there only a month or so ago... Blown away by how close you can get to whales from the shore!!! Amazing stuff. Like you, we skipped the shark tours too... I'd love to see a white shark in the wild (We've seen one in Monterey Bay Aquarium), but not like that. It seems the most inauthentic experience there is! I'd rather see one scuba diving, without a cage, as scary as that may be! Safe travels, hope you're enjoying Kruger... :)

5th October 2018

Mumtraveller
Lynne Brown

Meeting
Brutus and Beeny should meet up some time soon.

5th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Brutus and Beany
Yes let’s make a plan for them to meet.

5th October 2018

Mumtraveller
Lynne Brown

A Whale of a time
Looks like you are certainly having one whale of a time. Wine , whales , chocolate and cheese what a great start to the trip. I think it sounds perfect to whale watch from your bed !

5th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

A whale of a time
We are having a great time. We would stay at Oceans Eleven again. Wine, cheese, chocolate. Life is grand.

5th October 2018

Michael Huffman
non-member comment

Chocolate
Wish I was there to "test" the chocolate as well. With some pinitage!

6th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Chocolate
It woul have been great to have you with us.

5th October 2018

bvchef
Brendan Vermillion

Perfectly content
You sound perfectly content on this trip. Whales, wine, cheese. I wish I was there with you. Eat, drink, sight-see, enjoy, and above all, keep Brutus out of danger. You know how he can be.Looking forward to reading about your next adventure.

6th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Perfectly content
We should have brought you along to provide personal security for Brutus. However, he tends to get into trouble just as you do. Travel Brendan and travel Brutus... we’ll have to plan another trip. Wish you were here to enjoy these wines with us. They really have some nice ones and you would have enjoyed our whales.

5th October 2018

Kuan Yin
Karen Johnson

Chocolate!
You had me at chocolate.... I remember waaay back in the '60s, I saw the move "The Endless Summer" where the guys found the perfect wave off the coast between Cape Town and Durban. Sounds like you had equally exciting watery adventures.

6th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Chocolate
Yes the chocolate sampling was rough work. Ha. The coast aroun here is scenic. The whales cooperated for us.

5th October 2018

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Whale watching
Great stuff. Nothing like seeing the world's largest mammals close up. Even better when they breach or wave their tails to you.

6th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Whale watching
We are having some fantastic experiences. All the animal life wants to see us an we love them clapping their tales!

6th October 2018

gangopa
tab gangopadhyay

You are having a ball!
The Whale, Wine, beer, cheese, sea lion - what else is left to make it a fantastic trip DMJ? Your trip has increased my appetite to make a trip in SA sooner than I was hoping. Lucky you and enjoy....the photos are stunning!

6th October 2018

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Wow!
What an amazing time you are having. The best of everything, except beer. No wonder Peter moved there.

6th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

WOW!
There is so much to see here and it is very easy to get around. Yes, Peter might have been chasing those wines.

6th October 2018

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Whales!
I'm not surprised those wines followed you home, they do that to us all the time - pesky wines! You are certainly enjoying so many of life's best things on this trip - what an amazing adventure :)

6th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Whales!
Yes, those pesky wines are always following after us and we are happy about it. This trip is in celebration of my 60th birthday ( a bit late). Dave told me to plan the trip I wanted so I built in some comfort on this trip.

7th October 2018

Crannster
Theresa and Dave

Crustaceans and Cetaceans
First, I love prawns! Second, I love whales! To see the Southern Right is fantastic. I am pleased you continue to enjoy great food whilst travelling. The avo-egg combo looks very tasty. I can drool... Dave

7th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Crustaceans and cetaceans
So many things to love about this part of the world. Thanks for following along.

7th October 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Whale watching
We went on a whale safari in Sri Lanka some years ago. The crew said that one of the whales we saw was a blue whale, but I think it wasn't. The just wanted us to think it was a blue to make us happy. However, we have seen whale sharks up close. I even touched it! That was one of the coolest things I've ever done. I am not sure the whale shark was happy about it, but I surely was. /Ake

8th October 2018

Travelling Fraggles
Marie & Emma

Amazing wildlife!
Wow, what amazing sealife! We've been lucky this winter to have a couple of southern right whales (one a mother and new calf) visit us right inside Wellington harbour, they caused traffic chaos and productivity across government workers plummeted. Who can think about work when there is a whale doing breaches out the window? They really are incredible creatures

8th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Amazing wildlife.
I can imagine the whales causing chaos with traffic. I would be down there watching. They are amazing

10th October 2018

Angeline Frenie
non-member comment

Jealous
You bring back so many memories of our 2017 trip

13th October 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

2017 trip
Great hearing from you! I’ll write when we get back. So glad we are providing memories. So many amazing things.

3rd November 2018

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Whales, Wine and Cheese
Ah, the traveller's life doesn't get any better than this! What a wonderful blog read, very inspiring, and the Western Cape region seems a beautiful place to visit. Sorry for my late comment, I'm just catching up on your journey now. Looking forward very much to reading more ?

3rd November 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Whales, wine and cheese
Alex, thank you for following our travels and commenting. The western Cape has so much to offer. I'm glad we were moving slowly through that part of the trip. The couple extra days allowed us to get over the jet lag and savor each day.

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