Name: Whale Rock Luxury Lodge
Address: Springfield Avenue, 26, Hermanus, 7200, ZA

4/10

Poor

26 Feb 2026

Aruna

The hotel is quite isolated and next to what appears to be a township. Certainly we didn’t feel safe

4/10

Poor

08 Feb 2026

Giorgio

They got me with “luxury” bit. Well it ain’t. Mediocre at best. Be clear that you room is not in the Annex, because apparently this place has a two tier guest experience. Friday on arrival we were told we should go poolside for breakfast. That was OK Saturday, Sunday morning we were turned away and told to go have breakfast in a separate indoor room in the dingy Annex. Sorry, Hermanus was a treat, but we will not be returning to this place.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2026

James

Right from our check in and all the time we were there all the staff were so friendly and just excellent. Adrian was so friendly and could not have been more helpful

The hotel itself was perfect for us, small, quiet and we just loved the relaxed atmosphere. They had a small bar area in the reception which works on an honesty basis. Just help yourself and make a note (Not very often you find that these days)

Breakfast was just lovely and everything was so fresh and cooked to order.

We liked the walk along the sea to all the restaurants and the taxi home only cost £2.00

We would definitely recommend and if we are ever in the area again, will come again and enjoy their warm hospitality.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2025

Lauren

A great place to stay in Hermanous, beatifully maintained on both the inside and outside. Staff were exceptionally helpful.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

WITHIN A STONE’S THROW OF A HUGE TOWNSHIP

Sadly there were two very big problems with Whale Rock.
1. It was about 200yds from a huge and filthy township. The approach was through this which was very frightening. We felt it dangerous to go out unless by car.

2. It is advertised as per person, so be careful when booking. We didn’t realise and were surprised when we were charged almost £200 a night, which is definitely way over the top for this place, which is not spectacular and so close to a township.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2025

Mary

Clean rooms, some helpful staff.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2025

Jacqueline

Whale Rock Lodge is a lovely place. Very much a home away from home. Staff welcoming and efficient.
We had a room in The Villa; a separate building to main house with it's own entrance and car park but only 30 steps to main building.
The room and bathroom were large with fridge & tea/coffee making facilities. Good sized balcony with comfortable seating.
The 2 pools - larger at main house and one at villa had plenty of sunbeams and other seating.
Pleasant sitting rooms in both buildings.
Excellent freshly cooked breakfast or buffet style continental.
Cliff walk into town takes approx 40 minutes but too far out of town to walk for dinner. No Ubers and only a limited number of taxis in Hermanus.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2025

Jan

This Guest House is Lovely, I can't find anything to fault other than it is a short drive (5 mins) into Hermanus.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2025

David

Warm welcome, staff all friendly, room spotless bright and airy, good breakfast, nice location, we will be back.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2025

CFN

Highly recommended

Very nice place. Kind and accommodating staff.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

Excellent quality and good attention to detail

Highly recommended

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2024

Sharon

Wonderful

Absolutely wonderful. Unfortunately we only spent one night whilst visiting friends in Hermanus. I could have stayed a month. Very friendly and welcoming. Beautifully decorated and spacious rooms. Lovely lounge area which was cosy and warm for a nightcap after a meal out. Perfect spot in a secure space for relaxing and exploring the area. Will definitely return. Thanks to all the staff for the warm welcome.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2024

Hugo

Lovely and calm venue

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2024

Ruth

Excellent stay

Lovely stay, very comfortable, host is lovely, great breakfast

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2024

Keith

Melanie was an excellent host and went out of her way to make us feel welcome.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2024

Paul

Great location

Fabulous location, ticked all our boxes and would recommend

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

23 Sep 2024

Elizabeth

The welcome was amazing and the breakfast delicious!

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2024

Colin

The danger with 'luxury' in the name is the immediate setting of high expectations and unfortunately, the place fell short for me.

It's an attractive property to pull up to, despite driving alongside the township to get to it, but in the lobby staff kept us waiting to check us in and I noticed cliched and dated seaside decor like fish and shells which didn't align with the classy photography I had previously seen.

We were told we were in the villa, which was a separate car park - it didn't need to be but it made it seem an inconvenience to drive around.

The 2-storey room itself had some lovely design decisions in the furniture and looked much sharper and impressive than the lobby, but laminated signs dotted around cheapened it. The messaging around water protection and eco measures but could have been made more slick. it was also a contradiction to save water when we had to run and waste the shower before we had any warm water, our toilet also smelled - as we were only there two nights and were out quite a lot we coped.

Breakfast was a disappointment. Plastic chairs, limited choices and paying extra for a decent coffee didn't feel luxury. it was never busy despite this, the staff seemed distracted gossiping as we had to chase up our order on both days due to long waits.

We stayed in 4 places on our break and mainly due to the lack of customer-focussed service this was my least fave.

Location, it is 30min walk from the sea bar photo, 10min walk from new harbour.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2023

Bryan

Hermanus

Our stay was short, just overnight but the staff were very friendly and helpful. Our room was lovely and very clean. Information booklet was helpful and interesting. We would stay again next time we in Hermanus.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2023

PATRICK

Brilliant

Beautiful accommodation, wonderful staff.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Oct 2023

sharon

Couple stay

The lodge was not luxurious. Our room was large and we had a balcony but some of soft furnishings were a bit tired. The furniture in the breakfast room was basic but breakfast was ok. Staff were lovejy.
The grounds were very nice and the pool was inviting but too cold to swim in unfortunately.
The location was near the New Harbour area and at the start of the spectacular cliff walk. But it was very close to the township . Security seemed good though so felt safe.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2023

Nathaniel

We had a wonderful stay here. We'd definitely go back. Very highly recommended. They went above and beyond for a request to that we had, in which we were so grateful. Super friendly staff, too.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2022

Georgina

Cozy comforts of home

It was very cozy and had all the comforts of home away from home. The staff were warm & friendly and very accommodating. The breakfast was included and was delicious. All in all a good choice.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

I loved my stay and how close it was to new harbour, staff were very nice and didn't mind to stop and have a chat with you or help with anything that was needed.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Really liked the pool and the peace and quiet. The location is great for relaxing.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Beautiful old building, lovely pool af garden, fantastic staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2020

Alfons

Great and super friendly staff - Perfect Cosy property with nice pool and great breakfast!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Nov 2019

LisaG

This is a beautiful property nestled away from the main streets (but across from the New Harbour). Enjoy lovely gardens and a perfect salt water pool, comfortable rooms and cozy common spaces, as well as great and friendly service. All around - a winner.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

2nd time at this property, large clean rooms in great grounds, with friendly staff. Excellent breakfast. Far enough outside Hermanus to be quiet, but close enough to walk (20 mins on the coastal path)

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Great location, easy reach of the cliff walk. Beautiful rooms with nice heated floors. Pool looked lovely though too cold for us to use in winter.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2018

Verified traveler

Excellent Hotel with outstanding staff and service

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Great value!

The staff were very friendly and provided great service. Our room was delightful and provided the perfect quiet romantic get away. The location was within walking of nice restaurants and just a short drive from the Harbour.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2018

Gary

Two night stay at Whale rock luxury lodge

Definitely worth staying there for a couple of nights whilst on the garden route. Although a little expensive if staying for more than two nights. Our room no 4 was fab.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2018

Abduraghmaan

Lovely place to relax

Excellent breakfast and all round service

Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Dec 2017

Veronica

Nice Stay

Nice stay in a quiet place of town. Lovely and friendly staff always ready to help.
Very comfortable bed and large room and bathroom with a small private garden.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2017

Austin

Whale-rock-lodge-hermanus Christmas 2017

We were treated royally from the moment we arrived till we left. The room, which was brand new, was perfect; full TV service and WiFi. We would recommend the Lodge to anyone. The amenities were first class and it is situated away from the 'madding crowd'

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2017

John

Nice walk into town centre along cliffs

Beautiful Hotel and they upgraded us on arrival. Hotel is located close to the ocean front, and we had a gorgeous half hour walk along the cliff tops into the old harbour area. On the drive to the hotel, Google maps directed us through what felt like a bit of a \"sketchy\" area to us (we are Canadian, but South Africans may have a different perception of the area), and the hotel is located a few blocks away from that area. Security at the hotel is very good.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2017

TONY

Personal service a plus +++

Melanie, Pierre and the Whale Rock crew made me feel right at home, including an upgraded room upon my arrival. All the details were covered (e.g., constantly tended fire, delicious breakfast, timely suggestions on local activities and restaurants). I would definitely stay at Whale Rock Lodge again!

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2017

Mike

recomended

It was a good stay and we can recommend the Facility. All in all we could not fault the Staff and the only advice would be to include directions to the Guest House as our rental did not a GPS. We thus had to search a bit to find the Facility.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2017

Hazel

Beautiful accommodation

Very impressed with this accommodation
We stayed 1 night in Hermanus and Whale Rock was just perfect.
Across the road,there is a walking trail into the heart of Hermanus with magnificent views of the ocean and rock formation.
The accommodation had everything we needed for our stay.
We would definitely stay there again and would recommend it highly.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2016

Janice

Good job Whale Rock Lodge / will return

Great comfortable, convenient base to stay in Hermanus. Staff extremely helpful. Very quiet location. Good breakfast poolside in the beautiful and peaceful gardens.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2016

AB

Lovely little guest lodge close to the beach.

We were really impressed with this lodge. It is really well presented, impeccably clean, and the rooms are spacious and comfortable. Bathrooms are modern and big as well, and everything is really nicely decorated.
We wished we had stayed more than one night.
The staff are really friendly and helpful and breakfast was great.
There is a good pool too. I'd definitely recommend staying here. It's right by the sea and close to the city centre by car.
No restaurant for dinner.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Sep 2016

Michael

Lovely Stay

Very nice hotel with great staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2016

Michael

Amazing B&B

One of the best B&B's/ hotels we have ever been to. The room was amazing and spacious, checking in was quick and Melissa was wonderful. Excellent reccomendations for restaurants and things to do around town. All in all a wonderful stay and wished we had stayed a lot longer! Can not say enough good things!

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2016

bernard

Welcoming and enjoyable stay

Very warm welcome from friendly staff. Spacious and very well appointed throughout. Breakfast excellent.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2016

Aude

Just perfect !

Weekend escape between two weeks on business. This is exactly what I was looking for. Close to the cliff path, quiet, extremely well maintained. Wonderful staff.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2016

rosemary

Whale Rock Hermanus

Great place, staff and location

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2015

Verified traveler

2 night stay, enjoyable and clean hotel, just slightly out of centre of Hermanus meaning a 20 min walk or 5 min drive to centre of town. Large and comfortable rooms, clean with good breakfasts.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2015

Verified traveler

Recommended

Really lovely hotel with a warm welcome. Nice breakfast, good parking, and wifi. Large bedroom. A short drive to the town centre, or there is a nice walk along the clifftop with a chance to see whales. We saw several Rock Hyrax on our walk. These are very tame and appear harmless. The walk takes about 30-40 minutes. The owner recommended a nice restaurant within walking distance in the new harbour. We saw several whales about 100 metres off the shore in Hermanus. Hermanus is quite small, but I imagine it is very busy when the weather gets warmer. Less than 2 hours from Cape Town.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2015

Andrea

Lovely Stay

This is a beautiful lodge with amazing staff. The lodge itself is stunning, rooms are so cozy and modern. Breakfast was great. Location was close to path which leads into town to watch for whales. Overall amazing place!

Partner