Fishing towns — Stilbaai to Gqeberha
Every angling town along the Garden Route and beyond: what to catch, where to fish, and who operates there.
Stilbaai
Stilbaai, the 'Bay of Sleeping Beauty', is one of the southern Cape's most complete fishi…
Gouritsmond
Gouritsmond is a tiny village with an outsized reputation, built around the mouth of the …
Vleesbaai
Vleesbaai is a sheltered, west-facing bay tucked between Gouritsmond and Mossel Bay, priz…
Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay is the deep sea capital of the Garden Route. Charter boats run from the harbou…
Hartenbos
Hartenbos offers kilometres of easily accessible surf beach just north of Mossel Bay, mak…
Groot Brak River
Groot Brak River is a relaxed village built around a beautiful estuary that consistently …
George
George is the gateway to two of the coast's most storied rock and surf venues: Herolds Ba…
Wilderness
Wilderness offers some of the finest kob water on the coast: kilometres of steep, deep su…
Sedgefield
Sedgefield sits between lakes and sea, and its crown jewel is Gericke's Point — a sandsto…
Knysna
Knysna's famous lagoon is the beating heart of its fishing. The vast tidal estuary holds …
Plettenberg Bay
Plettenberg Bay packs remarkable variety into one sweep of coast. The Robberg Peninsula i…
Nature's Valley
Nature's Valley is the quietest corner of the Garden Route — a village wrapped in forest …
Storms River
Storms River and the greater Tsitsikamma coast is wild, dramatic fishing country: sheer c…
St Francis Bay
St Francis Bay is built around the Kromme River — one of the country's premier estuary fi…
Jeffreys Bay
Jeffreys Bay is world-famous for its right-hand point break — and quietly excellent for f…
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) anchors the eastern end of the route with the huge, fish-rich s…
