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The wide sweep of shoreline against a background of dramatic, rugged mountains – Mossel Bay is one of the biggest attractions on the Garden Route. Here are some of the things you’re going to enjoy:

Beaches

24 km of white-sand beaches – and the only north-facing beach in South Africa…

Adrenaline

Bungee jumping, bridge swinging, abseiling, scuba diving, shark-cage diving; the Oyster Catcher Trail (a porteraged hiking trail); whale and dolphin watching; quad bikes; yachting…

Historical Mossel Bay

This is where Southern Africans first met European explorers more than 500 years ago – a meeting that’s celebrated at the Dias Museum Complex (the largest complex of its kind in the Southern Cape).

Here you’ll find a Maritime Museum (housing a life-size replica of the Caravel in which Bartholomew Dias first rounded the Cape all those years ago); a Cultural Museum, a Shell Museum and Aquarium; an ethno-botanical garden with its Braille Trail and the famous Post Office Tree in which Dias hid a letter to his compatriot Joao da Silva (and, incredibly, da Silva found it!).

Cultural Mossel Bay

Shop for arts and crafts; join a tour to Meet the People in the villages and townships in the rural areas surrounding Mossel Bay; meet African entrepreneurs and crafts people and experience the cultural richness of the Western Cape; enjoy concerts and exhibitions in the Maritime Museum; take in a show at the Barnyard Theatre…

Just Outside Of Mossel Bay

Take a drive to Great Brak River (Hough’s Herbal garden and many art galleries); the historic mission station at Friemersheim in the foothills of the Outeniqua Mountains; the Wolwedans Dam…

The Nature of the Garden Route

Enjoy a malaria-free game drive to see the Big Five (lion, leopard rhino, buffalo & elephant); ride an elephant; take a boat trip to Seal Island; watch whales and dolphins by boat or from the shore; visit a nature reserves; take a drive in the country side …

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