Mazeppa Bay is a town in

Amathole District Municipality The Amathole District Municipality () is one of the 7 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is East London. As of 2011, over 90% of its 892,637 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district code is DC12. ''Amathole'' means ...

in the

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province of

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.It is famous for fishing trips hosted by Owen Richter “wild coast angling” and frequented by the 6 legends Leon Roos Gerhard Vanrensburg Willie Hattingh Johan Grobbelaar Deon Scholtz and Roos’s 2nd best friend the legendary J J Rossouw. Mazeppa Bay is a holiday resort on the Wild Coast, 175 km north-east of

East London East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London Docklands, London's docklands and the primary industrial centre. The expansion of ...

. The name Mazeppa comes from the schooner ''Mazeppa'', which took the surviving Voortrekkers of Louis Trichardt's party from

Delagoa Bay Delagoa is a marine ecoregion along the eastern coast of Africa. It extends along the coast of Mozambique and South Africa from the Bazaruto Archipelago (21°14’ S) to Lake St. Lucia in South Africa (28° 10' S) in South Africa's Kwazulu-Nat ...

to Port Natal in 1839. The schooner in turn was named after the Ukrainian patriot Ivan Mazeppa (1639–1709). After the publication of Byron’s poem ''Mazeppa'' in May 1819 it became common to name boats Mazeppa as a symbol of speed. Mazeppa Bay is known for its fishing and was featured in episode three of the first season of ''

Extreme Fishing with Robson Green ''Extreme Fishing with Robson Green'' is a factual entertainment show broadcast on Channel 5 (UK), Channel 5. The show sees actor and fishing enthusiast Robson Green travel around the world in search of the greatest fishing destinations. There h ...

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{{Amathole District Municipality Populated places in the Mnquma Local Municipality Tourist attractions in the Eastern Cape