If you are looking for cheap holidays on the beach , you can look for amazing getaways in Mossel Bay. This town is known as a great beach holiday destination. If you love spending time by the beach, you'll surely have a fun and exciting time here. Aside from the wonderful beach, there are also plenty of attractions that you can find here. Below, you will find various destinations and activities that you can do when you spend your holidays here.

Day Trips from Mossel Bay
Use Mossel Bay as a base, go for your trips and go back to your guesthouse for a well deserved rest.

SEE THE GREAT KAROO, LITTLE KAROO AND RETURN TO THE GARDEN ROUTE IN ONE DAY
Drive from Mossel Bay on the R328 via the Robinson Pass to Oudtshoorn and experience the Little Karoo. Go to Prince Alfred via Schoemanspoort, the Cango Caves and the magnificent Swartberg Pass. Travel east on the R407 next to the Swartberg Mountains through the Great Karoo to Klaarstroom. From there experience the breath taking views through Meirings Poort (N12) back to Oudtshoorn.

From Oudtshoorn take the N12 to Blanco via the Outeniqua Pass and return to Mossel Bay on the N2 or the R102. Have an early breakfast in the Guesthouse, a light lunch at Prince Alfred and relax for dinner at one of our great restaurants.

KNYSNA
Travel to George on the R102, take the scenic old Knysna road (also known as the seven passes road) to Knysna. Explore Knysna and the surrounding indigenous forests. Return to Mossel Bay on the N2.

EXPLORE WILDERNESS
Take the R102 from Mossel Bay to George and then follow the scenic old George Knysna road (also called the seven passes road) to Wilderness. Spend the day exploring The Lakes District at Wilderness and return to Mossel Bay on the N2 highway.

The best 10 courses in the Garden Route, as ranked by the biggest Afrikaans Newspaper, with overall ranking in the Western and Eastern Cape in brackets, are as follows:

1. Fancourt Montagu at George (1)
2. Fancourt Outenikwa at George (2)
3. Sparrebosch at Plettenberg (3)
   
4. George (4)
   
5. Fancourt Linx (5)
   
6. Plettenberg Bay (12)
   
7. Goose Valley (19)
   
8. Mossel Bay Golf course ( 20 )
   
9. Knysna (29)
   
10. Pinnacle Point

Mossel Bay Golf course boasts with: http://www.mosselbaygolfclub.co.za

The most difficult greens.
Second best Club House atmosphere
One of the most difficult courses
Second most difficult sand pits
On the Mossel Bay Golf course you can see the sea from every tee.

SHIPWRECKS
Records are kept of about 42 ships that sunk in the waters around Mossel Bay since 1734. These varied in size from approximately 200 tons to over 5000 tons, the letter being the Sabor, which was torpedoed in the Second World War by a U-boat. The wrecks include schoomers, brigs, barques and yachts, many of them wooded. For more information visit the Dias Museum.

MUSEUMS
Dias Museum Complex
http://www.diasmuseum.co.za
Here you will experience the Post Office Tree; Maritime Museum with a 100% replica of Dias Caravel; biggest shell museum in South Africa; Aquarium; Indigenous & Ethno-botanical Garden; Braille Trail; etc.

ATKV Hartenbos Museum
Explore the theme of the Afrikaner Great Trek of 1838.

Great Brak River Museum
History and local information.

Washing Machine & Iron Museum  
Situated in Hartenbos in the Laundry beneath the Wimpy.