Cabo Ocidental · South Africa

Mossel Bay

In the destination Garden Route.

In the photo: Mossel Bay and the peninsula

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The city

What to expect from Mossel Bay.

Mossel Bay is where Bartolomeu Dias landed in 1488, at the start of the Garden Route. The Bartolomeu Dias Museum houses a full‑size replica of the caravel and the post tree, where in 1500 a captain of Cabral’s fleet left a letter. At the town’s tip are the lighthouse and the Cape St Blaize cave, with very ancient human remains, and the cliff trail. The bay has warmer water beaches and is a whale‑passing area from July to November.