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The Best Stay Starts Here

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Book directly with Kalliste Boutique Stays for the best rates, personalised service, and exclusive guest benefits

✨ The Best Stay Starts Here ✨ Book directly with Kalliste Boutique Stays for the best rates, personalised service, and exclusive guest benefits

Check in Instructions

1. Arrival at Oakwood Apartments

Step 1

Whale Walk Apartment is located in Oakwood Apartment Building, Apartment 102.

Address : 10 Dirkie Uys Street, Hermanus.102

Entrance to the building and parking are on Paterson street.

If the garage door is open on arrival proceed to park inside - parking bay number 102 [ second last parking on right].

Exterior view of a modern white building with signage reading 'Oak Wood', glass entrance door, potted plants, and exterior lighting, with a parking lot and trees in the background.

Step 2

Keys to the apartment and a remote for the garage are in the lockbox in the foyer

Access the foyer via the door on Patterson street

To enter the building, enter the PIN, received via WhatApp, into the big keypad in the centre - the intercom. These can be found to the left of the Oakwood sign at the entrance to the apartment block.

The image shows a wall with a sign that reads 'oak wood' and an electronic access panel below it. The wall is split into a shadowed and a lit area.

Step 3

Your lockbox has a blue sticker. The code is 1020

Please remember to scramble the code again after use.

Interior of a building lobby with a round table, a vase with pink flowers, a framed art piece, a fire hose reel, and warning signs on the wall.
A gray and black ABUS mailbox with a circular blue abstract sticker on the front. The mailbox is mounted on a white wall.

Step 4

If you have already parked your vehicle, the parking area is accessible via the door next to the Fire Hydrant.

The remote on the set of keys will open the garage door.

The garage door is open from 08:00 to 17:00 Mon - Fri and closed outside of these hours, requiring the garage remote for access.

2. Make your way to Whale Walk Apartment

Step 1

On entering the main lobby, follow the stairs to the first floor.

The tag on the keyring will open all doors, including the lobby door from the outside. A black finger print button on the wall on the inside will open the lobby door to exit.

Interior of a modern building with a round black table, decorated with a large white vase holding green foliage and tall decorative branches, positioned on a circular gray rug near glass doors and windows showing an outdoor parking lot with a few cars and trees.

Step 2

Once you reach the first floor, take the exit on the left. If you continue up the stairs, you’ll find our rooftop pool and deck.

Empty hallway with potted plants, benches, and artwork on the wall in a building corridor.

Step 3

Proceed straight down the passage - toward the oak tree.

Open door leading outside, with a small black railing and greenery visible beyond

Step 4

Whale Walk Apartment, unit 102 is the second door on the left.

Exterior corridor of an apartment building with white walls and doors, numbered 102, brown wooden flooring, black railing, and green trees outside.

Step 5

Turn the smart lock unit so the keypad is visible.

Press any key to activate the unit.

Place the tag on your set of keys over the keypad (touching the keypad).

You will hear the lock engage, turn the smart lock unit (black box) clockwise as you would turn a normal key to unlock.

This same method locks the door, turning the mechanism anti-clockwise.

There is a knob inside the apartment that locks & unlocks from the inside, without the tag.

Please lock the door from the outside when leaving the apartment. The same steps are followed to lock, just turning the lock clockwise.

A person's hand holding a keychain with a fuse box remote control, pressing a button to turn the fuse box on or off.

Step 6

Realx & Enjoy !

The rooftop pool with picturesque views of Hermanus is yours to enjoy throughout your stay.

It is located on Level 2, which is accessible when you continue up the flight of stairs.

The pool is private to the building and guests staying at Oakwood apartments.

There are swimming towels available in the apartment.

Swimming pool with mountain and sky view

Step 7

Check to confirm the hot water system is on to ensure it hasn’t switched to holiday mode……

The controller will most likely be on - this is a precautionary step.

Locate the hot water control panel - upstairs bathroom in cupboard next to the toilet.

If the display is fully lit - time & hot water droplets etc - no further action is required.

If only the time is displayed - press the RED & BLUE buttons simultaneously.

The unit will switch on displaying RED DROPLETS in the bottom right of the display.

The water will heat up within 30 min - no further action required.

A digital smart water heater control panel mounted on a wall with blue and green buttons, showing the time as 09:30.