This is the most well known of all the passes in South Africa. It is a popular launching spot for Paragliders.

Hermanus was named after Hermanus Pieters. A popular seaside resort town featuring a railway station with no railway line. It is the only town in the country that has an official whale crier. Whales can be seen during the peak whale season of September and October. At the Old Harbour Museum the eerie songs of the whales can be heard via an underwater microphone attached to a sonar buoy in Walker Bay. One is afforded spectacular views of Walker Bay from the Rotary Mountain Way.

The Harold Porter Botanical Garden features five ha of cultivated Fynbos and 195 ha of natural fynbos. It is located in the village of Betty's Bay. When Harold Porter died in 1958 his trust bequeathed the reserve to the nation. The Garden is famous for its waterfalls and dark pools. It is home to +/- 78 species of birds. Nature trails provide beautiful views of the mountains and coastline.

The False Bay coast is flanked by the Hottentots Holland Mountains to the east and the mountains of the Cape Peninsula to the west. The coast is dotted with many little seaside towns on beaches of clean white sand. The warm water makes this coast ideal for swimming, angling and surfing.