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Whale-and dolphin-watching
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Elevated ocean panoramas give Plettenberg Bay outstanding vantages for watching
southern right whales
during their breeding season between June and October. Phone the
Whale Hotline
(tel 044 533 3743) at the Whale Shop, Boekenhout Centre, Piesangs Valley Road, for information about their current whereabouts. An especially good watching point is the area between the wreck of the
Athene
at the southern end of Lookout Beach and the Keurbooms River. The Robberg Peninsula is also excellent, looming protectively over this whale nursery and giving a grandstand view of the bay. Other good town watching points are from Beachy Head Road at Robberg Beach; Signal Hill in San Gonzales Street past the post office and police station; the
Beacon Isle Hotel
; and the deck of the
Lookout
restaurant on Lookout Beach. Outside Plett, the Kranshoek viewpoint and hiking trail offers wonderful whale-watching points along the route. To get there, head for Knysna, taking the Harkerville turn-off, and continue for 7km. It's also possible to view the occasional pair (mother and calf) at Nature's Valley, 20km from Plett on the R102, and from Storms River Mouth. Other useful information
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South Africa,
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