Mossel Bay also forms part of the Cape Whale Route, stretching for 900 km from Doringbaai on the West Coast to Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park. The greater Mossel Bay Whale Route runs along Vleesbaai, Boggomsbaai, Danabaai, Mossel Bay, Hartenbos, Klein-Brak River, Reebok, Tergniet and GreatBrak River. Informative whale interpretation boards situated at specific view points create an ideal educational experience as you view these great mammals for the first time.

View Seals and Dolphins

The greater Mossel Bay offers an abundance of other marine life. Seal Island in the bay is home to a breeding colony of hundreds of seals and their cubs. They can be viewed during an island cruise or from land. Schools of up to 500 dolphins can be seen at play in the bay and along the St Blaize hiking trail. The most common dolphins found during the year are Heaviside's Dolphin, Common Dolphin, Dusky Dolphin and Bottlenose Dolphin. The Jackass Penguins - flightless seabirds found at the south and west coast – occur in the Mossel Bay area. They utter a loud bray, like a donkey, hence the name Jackass. They are excellent divers and move extremely fast and quietly, lying low in the water.

Private Nature Reserve: The Featherbed

The Knysna Heads are famous, not only for their grand sandstone cliffs, which tower above the entrance to the Knysna Lagoon, but also for the many recorded shipwrecks that have happened over the past 150 years. The entrance at first glance does not appear to be hazardous, but submerged rocks and two sandbars - which deflect winds and powerful currents - make it highly regarded by even the most experienced skippers.