Mossel Bay

Our Journey from Cape L’Aughlas to Mossel Bay via Ronnie’s Sex Shop

We made our way to Mossel Bay, which is the official start of the Cape Garden Route. It was our longest drive yet, taking us via the slightly famous Ronnie’s Sex Shop, which is in the middle of nowhere. Ronnie setup his shop on in an isolated road close to East Mountain Catchment range. To his disappointment no one stopped at his shop, until his friends added the word “sex” to his sign. This changed everything and everyone started to stop😂 From then on his shop became Ronnie’s Sex Shop and his success started. Today it is a tourist stop.

Before leaving Cape L’Agulhas we visited their harbour to see if we could get a glimpse of “Parrie” the friendly Stingray, who hangs around looking for food. We were in luck. We were not sure if it was Parrie or one of his friends, but we were treated with watching Parrie and his friends swim around the harbour.

Our drive to Ronnie’s was about 2.5 hours, going inland and across the East Mountain Catchment and the towns of Riversdale and Barrydale. Unsurprisingly the scenery was beautiful, especially driving though the mountain pass to get to Barrydale.

 

Then onto Ronnie’s for lunch, which seems to be a mecca for bikers. The bar is full of bra’s from visitors by who wanted to leave their mark.

 

And then onto Mossel Bay which is a harbour town. Another two hour journey, which was brightened up by seeing two elephants eating close to the road. 

As with many towns in this area, steep hills run down to the sea. Our Hotel in Mossel Bay was built on a steep slope up from the harbour. Braais which are wood fuelled BBQs are really popular, so we chose dinner at the Kaai 4 Braai restaurant. A fast walk down the hill to the restaurant. Fortunately they offer a free taxi home if needed. 

The food is great and everything comes with a RoosterKoek, which is bread they cook freshly on the Braai. Highly recommended. All food comes on the traditional enamelled camping plates and the wine in enamelled mugs. A lovely way to watch the sun go down.