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title: "Mossel Bay Cruise Port"
url: https://cruisello.com/destinations/africa/mossel-bay
description: "Where Bartolomeu Dias first stepped ashore"
---

# Mossel Bay

🇿🇦 · South Africa · Africa

> "Where Bartolomeu Dias first stepped ashore"

## At a Glance

- **Avg. Ships/Day:** 1
- **Avg. Time in Port:** 8h
- **Visiting Sailings:** 8
- **Cruise Lines:** 1

## Peak Season

Busiest months: Mar (8 sailings)

## About Mossel Bay

Mossel Bay is a small town on South Africa's Garden Route where Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias first landed in 1488. The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex has a full-size replica of his caravel, a shell museum, and the Post Office Tree, a milkwood tree where sailors once left letters in old boots for passing ships to collect. A coastal path connects the museum to the Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse, which has views of the bay and, in season, whales breaching offshore.

A boat trip to Seal Island gets you close to thousands of Cape fur seals on the rocks. Shark-cage diving is available for those interested. The Point has ancient caves where some of humanity's earliest ancestors lived. Grilled kingklip or snoek, paired with a glass of local wine, is the meal to order at a waterside restaurant. The Model Shipyard sells detailed handmade model ships. English and Afrikaans are both widely spoken, and the South African rand is the currency.

## Quick Facts

- **Currency:** ZAR (South African Rand)
- **Language:** English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa
- **Timezone:** Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2)
- **Tipping:** 10-15% at restaurants

## Location

Coordinates: -34.1710, 22.1460

- [Open in Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/cruise+terminal+Mossel%20Bay/@-34.17098,22.14604,13z)
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## Nearby Ports

- [Port Elizabeth](https://cruisello.com/destinations/africa/port-elizabeth.md): 174 nm
- [Cape Town](https://cruisello.com/destinations/africa/cape-town.md): 185 nm
- [East London](https://cruisello.com/destinations/africa/east-london.md): 297 nm

## Cruise Lines Serving This Port

- [Princess Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/princess-cruises.md)

## Cheapest Available Sailing

**[View this cruise →](https://cruisello.com/cruises/southern-oceans-odyssey-sydney-mauritius-cape-town~PCL-CO-20280118-50.md)**

- **Price:** €7,460 per person (€14,920 total for 2 guests)
- **Cruise Line:** [Princess Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/princess-cruises.md)
- **Ship:** [Coral Princess](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/princess-cruises/coral-princess.md)
- **Duration:** 50 nights
- **Departure:** 2028-01-18
- **Itinerary:** Southern Oceans Odyssey – Sydney, Mauritius & Cape Town

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