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On a clifftop over Walker Bay in Hermanus, Birkenhead House is a Royal Portfolio beach house of 11 individually designed rooms across three houses, with world-class cuisine, a spa, sea-view pools and land-based whale watching.
Birkenhead House sits on a clifftop promontory between two beach coves over Walker Bay in Hermanus, offering some of the best land-based whale watching in the world, about 90 minutes from Cape Town near the Hemel-en-Aarde wine route. It has 11 individually designed rooms across three separate houses, from mountain-facing Standard rooms and sea-view Luxury rooms, one with a private plunge pool, to airy Superior and sea-facing Deluxe Superior rooms with balconies, all sleeping two.
Dining is at the in-house restaurant, serving world-class cuisine in a seaside setting with dishes inspired by the local shoreline, alongside a signature mussel-picking experience where guests harvest mussels below the house with the chefs. There is the Birkenhead House Spa and pools with loungers and sea views. Chic, stylish and opulent in a beach-house way, it offers whale watching in season, beach walks, ocean safaris, surfing lessons and access to the Hemel-en-Aarde wine route. A member of The Royal Portfolio and The Leading Hotels of the World, it suits couples, honeymooners and small groups who want an intimate, design-led luxury seaside retreat, ideal in whale-watching season.
Dining is at the in-house restaurant, serving world-class cuisine in a seaside setting with dishes inspired by the local shoreline, with bookings essential.
A signature mussel-picking experience lets guests harvest mussels below the house with the chefs, then enjoy a cooking master class served with fresh bread and white wine.
A clifftop setting over Walker Bay in Hermanus, for land-based whale watching.
11 individually designed rooms across three houses, one with a plunge pool.
The Birkenhead House Spa.
Pools with loungers and sea views.
Whale watching, beach walks, surfing and the Hemel-en-Aarde wine route.
This suits you if you want an intimate, design-led luxury seaside retreat. Take a sea-facing room above Walker Bay, watch whales from the pool in season, and dine on shoreline-inspired cuisine. Join the mussel-picking experience with the chefs, walk the coves, and explore the nearby Hemel-en-Aarde wine route. It is chic, opulent and beautifully located. Best for couples, honeymooners and small groups, and superb in whale-watching season.
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