Where to stay in Mossel Bay: a local host's guide to the neighbourhoods
The Point, Santos, Linkside, Diaz Beach, Hartenbos or the Pinnacle Point estates? Where you stay in Mossel Bay changes your holiday. Here is how the neighbourhoods differ.
Dog-friendly Mossel Bay: beaches, walks and cafes where your dog is welcome
Diaz Beach at low tide, the St Blaize Trail on a lead, cafes with outside tables and a guesthouse with a walled garden. Mossel Bay with a dog, from a host who has welcomed hundreds.
Whale season in Mossel Bay: when to come and where to watch
Southern right whales arrive in June and stay until November. Here is when to come, where to see them from land and which boat trips are worth it.
Walking the St Blaize Trail: a practical guide
Thirteen and a half kilometres of cliff path from the Cape St Blaize lighthouse to Dana Bay, with fynbos, dassies and whales. How to do all of it, or just the best hour.
What will people remember about you?
While creating a new youth development poster for iOcean Trust recently, I came across a BBC article asking a simple but deeply thought-provoking question: what will people...
Sea the change, and be the change, whatever the challenge
There is a quote by Karen Blixen that has stayed with me for years: salt water is the cure for anything - sweat, tears or the sea. This is the story of how a girl from a farm in Wales ended up here.
Adventures around Villa Palmera
A 300-kilometre stretch of global conservation importance, the Garden Route features some of South Africa's most enchanting scenery: mountains, indigenous forests, rivers, inlets...
Dogs on holiday
Many of our recent visitors have decided not to leave their fur babies behind and have brought them on a road trip. A recent global survey found that 60 per cent of pet owners...
Mossel Bay world first: the longest over-ocean zipline
The longest over-ocean zipline in the world! Mossel Bay is putting itself on the map as an adventure capital. Tipping over thundering waves at 89 km/h is something I plan to do...
Coastal clean-up day
Young and old join the international movement to make a difference. Trash in the bin, not in the ocean, is the best message. Everyone can join in - and Villa Palmera guests are...
A chance to restore yourself
This October, take a chance to restore yourself through the power of word, art, food and nature. A coastal break bringing together, in creative collaboration, writer Tiah Marie...
Our stories restored
Putting a restorative art, word and coastal break together at Villa Palmera, 16 to 18 October, with local published writer Tiah and artist Amelda facilitating. #ourstoriesrestored
Fresh mussels in Mossel Bay
Humans have harvested mussels for food for thousands of years - the shell middens in the Cape St Blaize and Pinnacle Point caves are the proof. Each mussel filters two to three...
De Hoop: the hope sanctuary
Escaping months of routine lockdown living with a magical coastal escape to De Hoop - just an hour off the N2 and three hours from Villa Palmera. It is a treasure house of natural...
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