Aweh Stories

What is the measure of a great swim? Challenge? Distance? Surroundings? Conditions? Pace? Companionship? Tactical suss? Opportunity to give back? The inaugural 14-km Aweh-lets-swim Kromme, the non-stop, top-to-bottom, do-it-in-one-go that took place on Saturday 27...

In December last year, we posted a blog about our incredible open water swim around the Cape Recipe light house. We incorrectly stated that no woman had ever completed this swim, we stand corrected... It’s amazing sometimes what the tide brings in. And in this case,...

At the Southeastern most point of our Bay, there stands an octagonal brick tower, painted with black and white horizontal bands. A continuous white light, intensified by three long white flashes, highlights the very dangerous Thunderbolt Reef to the South southeast....

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” -Martin Buber We recently had the privilege of guiding Marvin & Mari from Germany, while they visited the friendly city of Nelson Mandela Bay. We started the journey at Fort Frederick which...

The 150 ha Maitland Nature Reserve consists mainly of coastal forest with elements of thicket and dune fynbos in sections making the area a real bubbling pot of biodiversity. The forest and thicket intermingles in varying sections meaning that species diversity can be...

Once or twice a year a remarkable thing happens right here in the Bay. The Bayworld team work hand in hand with the Stampede crew, clearly a match made in heaven and they have allowed us to be the stars! The Bayworld team; Mike, Akhona and Ruth have not only dedicated...