Like Mossel Bay on Facebook: www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay Mossel Bay author publishes Garden Route Trees book Mossel Bay’s Elna Venter has announced that her book on the trees of the area will be published later this month. ‘Trees of the Garden Route - Mossel Bay to Storms River’ is the first book to cover the subject since F. von Breitenbach’s famous ‘Southern Cape Forests and Trees,’ which was published by the then Department of Forestry in 1974. [caption id="attachment_6261" align="alignleft" width="104" caption="Elna Venter: Trees of the Garden Route - Mossel Bay to Storms River"]...read more

Mossel Bay’s Pinnacle Point Beach and Golf Resort is looking better than ever before, with the course in immaculate condition, and the fynbos in the rough flowering dramatically. “The developer of the property is experiencing financial difficulties, but this hasn’t affected the management or running of the Resort, which is under the control of the Homeowners Association,” said the Association’s general manager, Carl van der Linde. [caption id="attachment_5814" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Pinnacle Point Beach & Golf Resort, Mossel Bay: The clubhouse"][/caption] 85% of the erven on the estate have ...read more

Media Release 9 September 2010 Mossel Bay Tourism has announced its support for the new Garden Route Chapter of Operation Smile - the non-profit organisation that provides free treatment for people suffering from facial deformities such as cleft lips or cleft palates. “We decided to do this because Operation Smile is all about ‘Changing Lives One Smile At A Time’ - and, in the tourism industry, your smile is almost your most important asset,” said Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm. Madeleine Snyman decided to champion the local Chapter after attending one of Operation Smile’s missions to the Congo. According to the web site southafrica.operationsmile.org, ...read more

Media Release 4 April 2010. Mossel Bay Tourism Four Mossel Bay Properties in AA Awards List [caption id="attachment_2375" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="http://www.dibiki.co.za/"][/caption] (IMAGE: Dibiki Resort, Mossel Bay) Four Mossel Bay properties have been selected as finalists in the 2010 AA Travel Guides American Express® Accommodation Awards. “Dibiki Resort has been named in the Caravan / Campsites category; The Protea Hotel Mossel Bay made it into the Full Service Hotel category; the Garden Route Game Lodge is a contender for Game Lodge of the year; and the ATKV Hartenbos Beach Resort is a ...read more

Media Release - 2 April 2010 Mossel Bay Golf Club - which prides itself on its friendliness - will be hosting 30 Days of Golf this April. “We’ve got organised events on every day of the month,” said the Club’s CEO, Bertu Nel. “But, although we’re expecting to be very busy, we’ll always have room for visitors who want to play. “And April to July is the best time for golf on the Garden Route - because this is the time of year when we enjoy perfect, windless, sunny weather.” He said that the recent successful opening of a new borehole on the course ...read more

Chef Tim Casten of Mossel Bay's Stonehill Restaurant cooked for el.Gourmet.com celebrity chef Pablo Massey - elGourmet.com shot the event, and we made a short video about the shoot... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALDEfIOYWkI[/youtube] read more

Media Release: 24 March 2010 IMAGE: Back (from Left): Allan Robertson and Chef de Partie Stefan Jacobs of Stonehill Restaurant; Chef Pablo Massey of elGourmet.com; tourist guide Matthew Pinker of BengaAfrica; Sous Chef Anne Barnard of Stonehill; Producer Laura Krohn and cameraman Gustavo Gómez Olivera of elGourmet.com. Front (from Left) Director Julio Hormaeche of elGourmet.com; General Manager Leon Coetzee and Executive Chef Tim Casten of Stonehill; and producer Maria Hurtado of elGourmet.com (picture: Martin Hatchuel). Mossel Bay Hosts South American Food Show Mossel Bay this week hosted a television ...read more

Media Release. Immediate. 22 October 2009. Mossel Bay Tourism IMAGES by Des Scholtz for Mossel Bay Tourism: The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe at Great Brak River Minister for Finance and Tourism in the Western Cape Government, Alan Winde, on board the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe at the Dias Museum Station in Mossel Bay Tourism Minister Supports ...read more

Media Release: Immediate. 18 February 2009 (Mossel Bay Tourism) IMAGE: De Bakke - the site chosen for Mossel Bay’s fan zone in 2010 - download here: mossel_bay0063.jpg Mossel Bay To Host 2010 Media Hub Mossel Bay municipal coordinator for 2010, Louis Harris, has announced that the Eden District will establish its Media Hub for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Mossel Bay. “Originally, the Eden District (the Garden Route and Klein Karoo) was to have had three public viewing areas (PVAs) - one in Oudtshoorn that would have accommodated 5,000 people, one in Plettenberg Bay for 10,000 and one in ...read more

(For Immediate Release Feb 4, 2009): MOSSEL BAY – Southern Cape local government leaders and representatives today signed an historic declaration of intent to combat the effects of climate change through an integrated response strategy. The flood–hit Eden District Municipality held a three-day summit this week where South African and international experts discussed a strategy for coastal towns aimed at adapting to climate change and mitigating against its effects. Executive Mayor Rudi Laws, a key campaigner for a co-ordinated response to the economically-destabilising impact of climate change, said the declaration marked his administration’s understanding of the importance of local action against a ...read more