Hermanus: Southern Right Whales Galore
While whale watching was amazing, the most significant thing we learned on the trip is this: Southern right whales – the males at least – have four-meter penises and 500kg balls. Holy #%&* - talk about fears of inadequacy.

OK, now that I have passed along that valuable bit of knowledge, let me briefly describe the whale watching trip. Run by the Ivanhoe Whale Charters out of Gansbaai, the two-hour tour involved whales, dolphins and seals, in such quantities as to be unbelievable in other places. The folks at Ivanhoe seem to be fairly conservation minded, and unlike charters that may come to mind in Puget Sound, it is their rule to stop at least 50m from whales and let the whales decide whether to get closer to the boat or not.

Needless to say, the whales we encountered decided to get much closer. At times, they were directly under the boat – swimming slowly around. No need to go quickly when you have a 14-foot penis, I guess.

All the while, seals were jumping in the surf and dolphins were frolicking about. Except for the absence of Marlin Perkins, it smacked of Wild Kingdom.

For recent video and photos from whale watching and the rest of our South African tour so far, go to Treemo.