Whale Cottage Hermanus celebrates its 16th birthday today, being the first of our Whale Cottages to be opened. Our first guests were welcomed on the Women’s Day weekend in 1996.
Initially located on Main Road in Hermanus, in a Victorian Cottage, we moved the guest house into a seafacing property ten years ago, to offer our guests the ultimate opportunity to see the magnificent Southern Right whales from our terrace, the lounge, breakfast room, and three of our bedrooms. Whale Cottage Camps Bay opened in 1998, and Whale Cottage Franschhoek in 2004.
To celebrate the 16th anniversary of the establishment of the Whale Cottage Portfolio, we 
have sponsored accommodation for the ‘Queen at the Ballet’ ‘Freddie Mercury’ singer Cito at Whale Cottage Camps Bay. The show opened last night, and runs at the Baxter Theatre until 18 August.
We are a proudly-women company, and only employ women to look after our guests. I salute my team of Carole, Teresa, Anna, and Hadjira for their contribution to our success. For Women’s Day we salute our lady guests in particular, and all the women who work for the supplier companies we deal with, and thank them for their support. We also admire the work done by our Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille and the Premier of our province Helen Zille, and all women who have broken through corporate glass ceilings, or who have started their own businesses, against tougher odds!
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage
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