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Hermanus lies on a narrow coastal plain bordering Walker Bay, home to the southern right whales each year. It is overlooked by beautiful Cape fold mountains filled with fynbos which attracts a wide variety of birds, mammals and insects. The beaches are white, powdery sand and the bay is filled with little coves. Just around the corner from Hermanus, on the way to Cape Town, lie the residential suburbs of Sandbaai, Onrus River, Vermont and Hawston. Across the bay is Gansbaai (meaning Goose Bay), an active fishing harbour and perhaps the most famous Great White Shark cage-diving spot in the world.
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