The Oyster Lady

Step into The Oyster Lady experience, where the freshest West Coast oysters meet unforgettable guided tours of Saldanha Bay’s Inner Bay oyster farms.

We welcome you to The Oyster Lady — where the wild beauty of South Africa’s West Coast meets the taste of the sea at its freshest.

We bring you premium West Coast oysters, harvested with care and served at their peak, alongside unforgettable Saldanha Bay Oyster Farm Tours.

Join us on the water as we explore the Inner Bay and share the story of oyster farming up close — an educational, hands-on experience guided by the rhythm of the ocean (weather permitting).

Whether you’re here to taste, learn, or simply experience something extraordinary, you’re in the right place :)

From Farm to Table!!

We offer you our freshly harvested oysters, grown in the inner Bay in Saldanha, on the West Coast, shucked for your enjoyment.

Depending on where you are in Cape Town, I can refer you to a colleague for fresh oysters for your event, if I'm unable to assist.

Saldanha Bay Oyster Farm Tours

  • Includes for a leisurely tour of the beautiful Saldanha Inner Bay

  • Learn about oyster & black mussel farming and harvesting

  • Witness our harvesting method on the boat as part of the tour.

  • Enjoy a Delicious Oyster & Bubbly Feast on board, after the tour.

  • Ask plenty questions

  • Learn how to shuck oysters for the very first time, like a Pro!!!

  • Leave with big grins, smiles, AWESOME MEMORIES and plenty of pics and footage!!!

  • Contact: Lisa for bookings - 082 572 9833

The weather dictates, we watch from a few days before, to select the best least windy time slot :)

Current Market:

  • Elgin Railway Market

  • Sat & Sundays

  • 9am - 4pm

  • Takeaways

  • Advance orders get discount

  • It is a cashless market, swipe payments only.

  • It's market policy. Staff are not to accept cash.

Please call during the week to enquire for private orders to be collected at Elgin Railway Market. 

 

NO WHOLESALE OPTIONS AVAILABLE

Pre-orders can be booked by Wednesday close of business.

These orders are separate from the stock at the market, which are allocated for public sales over the duration of the weekend.

Bulk orders are not part of those sales.

Lisa - 082 572 9833

Saldanha Bay Oyster Farm Tours:

  • Minimum 4 adults

  • Max 15 PAX

  • 90 Minutes

  • Oyster & Bubbly Feast on board

  • R750pp

  • Weather dependent

  • Whatsapp your preferred dates

  • 082 572 9833

Tours are organized per enquiry, please call to discuss preferred date, how many passengers, and where you will be travelling in from so that we can calculate best time, weather dependent, for the group.

Note:

Please mention how many children and ages so we know how many adults / children in the group, in advance.

Oyster Events:

  • Wine Festivals

  • Private Events

  • Weddings

  • Oyster Bar

  • Delivery of oysters, pre-shucked

Each event is unique and special.

We create our Oyster Bar setup to compliment the event.

Oysters are ordered and paid for in advance.

We will need the following info to work out a quotation:

  • Date

  • Venue address

  • Setup time (1hr before)

  • Quantity of oysters

  • Delivery or bar setup

  • Condiments, serviettes etc included or not

  • Pack-up time (half hour)

  • Travel time to venue

  • Staff needed

Reviews, what do our clients say?

Hey Lisa the trip was magnificent. The team, the experience was amazing.

Our guests loved it.

Thanks to Pedro and his team🍾🥂

"Love them." -- K Greene

Just wanted to let you know that everyone RAVeD about the Oysters. They were so wonderful ! !

Thank you again for all the effort from your side!"

- Philippa - Table View 

Glorious oysters again as always. Thank u!." 

-- Warren & Karoline Hanks, Noordhoek

"Such scrumptious oysters! Thank you so much - you have a whole new bunch of fans!"

 

-- Lisa Brunton, Newlands

When we first started offering our oyster farm tours:

OYSTER FARM TOUR TESTIMONIAL

A young German family joined our trip with a pretty rough start to their day. The boat glided into sublime warm weather, on a glassy sea, but one of the three children had stomach ache, so the start was a bit of a grim one, we were rather a bit tense and concerned. 

It wasn't long before the chatting and explanations of what we were seeing distracted the young one. When we disembarked onto the floating mussel raft and set up the feast table, we had two boys cutting lemons and the older one learned how to shuck.

Mom and Dad were happily tucking into oysters, taking photos and relaxed.

DAD, who turned out to be a medical doctor, crisply instructed us on the ride back, with everyone in broad smiles:

"You need to bottle this, it's very good medicine"....!!!!!

Everything was OK...!!!

Ready to book your Tour?

Let's chat about your group, Whatsapp or call me so we can pencil you in!!!

Lisa - 0825729833

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Terms and conditions:

All tours are weather dependent. In the event of an unexpected weather cancellation, or red tide closure, we will reschedule.

For this reason we do not take advance payments, but we request that bookings and arrival times are honored as we prep specifically for each tour.

Payment is made at the jetty.

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MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Oysters are FRESH, shucked with CARE and served with PRIDE. The BEST quality at the BEST PRICE