*Like* Mossel Bay on Facebook: go to www.facebook.com/visitmosselbay The message is getting through! Members of the Mossel Bay Environmental Partnership (MEP) are at last beginning to feel that their work is making a difference to the way people think about - and act towards - the natural environment. “Despite the fact that large numbers of visitors have descended on the area over the holiday season - which puts considerable strain on the region’s resources - everyone seems to be generally more aware of their responsibilities towards the environment,” said the MEP’s Fred Orban. [caption id="attachment_6972" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Mossel Bay’s environment ...read more

A new map of the St. Blaize Hiking Trail has been published by the Garden Route Casino Trust. “The St. Blaize Trail is one of Mossel Bay’s most enduring attractions, and the Trust has been funding and facilitating rehabilitation work on it since 2008 for the benefit of the community and the natural environment,” said Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm. [caption id="attachment_6876" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Hiking the St. Blaize Trail"][/caption] “The map was produced as part of Phase Four of the project by trustee Sandra Falanga, with the help of Lucretia ...read more

[caption id="attachment_6727" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The white-coloured Oystercatchers mark the way on the St Blaize Trail; their beaks point you in the right direction"][/caption] The St. Blaize Trail is a popular 13.5 km (6 hour) hike that follows the 30 metre contour along the cliffs westwards from the Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse. It begins at the Cave below the Lighthouse, and ends at Dana Bay (you can walk it in either direction), and is marked with the sign of the Oystercatcher (see photo). Parking is available at both the St. Blaize Cave ...read more

Mossel Bay’s iconic St. Blaize Trail - a 12.5 km contour path that extends westwards from the Cape St. Blaize Cave - is presently being upgraded. [caption id="attachment_5937" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="The St Blaize Trail, Mossel Bay"][/caption] “The St. Blaize Trail was originally developed as a joint project between The Point High School and the Municipality of Mossel Bay,” said Fred Orban of the Mossel Bay Environmental Partnership. The Trail follows a path at the edge of a series of cliffs high above the Indian Ocean. “It was created to ...read more

Media Release: Immediate. 10 September 2009. Mossel Bay Tourism Top BBC Presenter Films Mossel Bay Hikes [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QuBgS_8C5Y[/youtube] Top BBC presenter Julia Bradbury visited Mossel Bay this week with a crew from the British television production company Skyworks to film a documentary on the town’s Cape St Blaize and Oyster Catcher Hiking Trails. “We’re doing a four-part series on walking in South Africa for BBC Four - which is known as the ‘thinking channel’ because of the serious nature of its material, which is not afraid to tackle complexity,” said executive producer Eric Harwood. “In our programmes, we try to find out more than just where ...read more