DSTV
Presently in Club House of Hermanus Beach Club only

Key Collection at Hermanus Beach Club RCI Office
Check-in: 14.00 hrs
Check-out: 10.00 hrs

Please advise at least 2 days prior to arrival (to bookings@bradclin.com) if you will be arriving after 17.00 hrs.

Maximum Occupancy
4 persons = 2 adults + 2 children Or 4 adults

Pets
No Pets are allowed

Smoking Policy
The unit is strictly non-smoking

Visitors
No visitors are allowed in the unit

Happy Memories begin at Bradclin!

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations less than 14 days before check-in date will incur full charges.
Cancellations 14 - 21 days prior forfeit 100% of the deposit
Cancellations 21 - 28 days prior forfeit 50% of the deposit
Cancellations more than 28 days prior forfeit 25% of the deposit.

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A brief history of Hermanus
In the early 1800's Hermanus Pieters, who was a shepherd and teacher, followed an elephant trail leading through the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley to the sea where he came upon a spring just to the west of the Mossel River farm. He found this to be an ideal spot to graze his sheep during the summer. He also spread the word to the farmers of the district. The spring came to be known as Hermanuspietersfontein but was shortened to Hermanus when municipal status was given to the town in 1904.

The first school was built in 1868 at St Peter's Mission School, attached to the newly built St Peter's Church. The bay was named after a Royal Naval officer called Walker. The farmers may have discovered Hermanus, but it was the fishermen who settled here. With an abundance of fish, the village attracted more and more families. By the early 1900s word of the excellent fishing, outstanding beauty, and "healing" air had spread across the world. It even became fashionable for Harley Street doctors in London to prescribe visits to Hermanus' "champagne air" to their patients.

One of the first regular visitors to Hermanus was Sir William Hoy, General Manager of the Railways. He ensured the natural beauty of Hermanus would stay unspoilt by blocking any attempt to extend the Bot River railway line to the village. His legacy lives on in the Hermanus Station that has no lines or trains and the hill that lies in the middle of the village, Hoy's Koppie, where he and his wife are buried. Hoy's Koppie not only provides an easy walk though fynbos to a lookout point over the village, but is also an important link to the earliest inhabitants of the area, the Khoisan. Klipgat Cave, a large overhang on the southern side of the koppie, has archaeological evidence of these indigenous people inhabiting the cave long before Hermanus Pieters came across it. From 1992 the town was promoted as a land based whale watching spot of international repute. The Cliff Path attracts thousands of whale-watchers every year for the best shore-based whale-watching in the world; but not only whale-watching may be enjoyed on the Cliff Path - it is also a nature-lover's paradise. Originally constructed by the Hermanus Botanical Society and now maintained by the local municipality, the Cliff Path meanders for more than 1Okm from the New Harbour in the west to the mouth of the Klein River in the east. It takes you past famous fishing spots, whale-watching view points, multimillion rand homes and the original fishing harbour, now a museum and National Monument. It also winds through a fascinating diversity of vegetation types with an astonishing number of flowering plants to be seen.

Every year around July, locals eagerly await the arrival of special guests of honour, the Southern Right Whales. These visitors are an endless source of delight as they gambol in Walker Bay, in easy view of the cliff paths. They favour the relatively shallow waters of the bay for breeding and mating.