Mossel Bay, South Africa

We’ve never been to Mossel Bay before but decided to forego exploring this resort town and instead take an excursion to a private game reserve about an hour away. Mossel Bay is a tender port which means you have to take a tender boat to go ashore. That typically means a longer process to get on the road. That was certainly the case today.

We were an hour delayed boarding our bus. Not unexpected. But what WAS unexpected was the bus driver missing a turn off and driving a half hour past it!!! Ahhhhh, Africa. Expect the unexpected.

Fortunately, we had a terrific driver/guide for the game drive and he managed to get us around the reserve and see four of the big five. (The big five are: African elephant, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, and Cape buffalo And we couldn’t have seen the fifth, the leopard, because there are none on the property. While it doesn’t rival the safaris we’ve done at other African national game parks, it was a wonderful day in a gorgeous setting.Read more