About the Gower

In 1956, Gower Peninsula was designated “an area of outstanding natural beauty”. The area is undisturbed, dotted with a wealth of ancient sites and packed with sandy beaches that stretch for miles.

GOWER EXPLORER departs from the old fishing village of Mumbles, the gateway to the Gower. Mumbles has an excellent range of interesting shops, boutiques, galleries and craft shops including Mumbles Pottery, the Lovespoon Gallery and Verdi’s Cafe. Children will love Oystermouth Castle, which overlooks the village, and the large childrens play area, opposite Mumbles Pottery. Mumbles offers a wide range of dining facilities. In fact you are spoilt for choice. Why not make a day of it and combine your trip aboard GOWER EXPLORER with a day out in Mumbles.

Cruising along the South Gower coast you will see many places of interest, including Caswell Bay & Langland Bay, the remote cove of Pwll Ddu, meaning Black Pool in Welsh and the ruins of Pennard Castle, presiding over the stunning Three Cliffs Bay.

Past Oxwich Point and Port Eynon Point is the mystery of Culver Hole, a giant cave which according to stories was a smugglers den. Further along the coast we past Paviland cave, where a Stone Age skeleton ‘the Red Lady’ was discovered. The skeleton was in fact a 25,000 year old young man. The coastline continues to offer splendid cliff scenery, cliff top Iron Age forts, shipwreck sites, hidden beaches and coves.

At the tip of the Gower sits Worm’s Head, know as “The Worm” to locals. Looking more like a sea dragon, the Worm is home to a colony of Atlantic Grey Seals.