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South Africa's scenic passes - fascinating driving routes

Scenic mountain passes

There’s a legend about every South African mountain pass. Who designed it, who built it, what happened to others who have driven on it...

The Abel Erasmus Pass.

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The Abel Erasmus Pass

The Abel Erasmus Pass is a dramatic mountain road that ascends some 800m during its 24km length, linking Limpopo with the Panorama Route of Mpumalanga.

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Chapman's Peak Drive in Cape Town.

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Chapman's Peak Drive

Chapman's Peak Drive, among the most scenic stretches of road in the world, has been upgraded and made safer to ensure more regular access.

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The Prince Alfred Pass cuts through the Paardekop Mountains.

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The Prince Alfred Pass

The Garden Route settlements of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay needed to be connected to the interior - the Prince Alfred Pass was the answer.

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The Bain's Kloof Pass

Wellington was connected with the rest of South Africa once Andrew Geddes Bain built a road over the mountains, linking it to the Tulbagh valley.

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The Seven Passes

The Seven Passes route is a 75-kilometre-long trip that takes you past 7 eye-catching gorges, cut deep by rivers flowing down to the sea.

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The Long Tom Pass

The Long Tom Pass was built between Lydenburg and Sabie as an alternative route for the waggoners of the 1800s to get through to Mozambique.

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The Swartberg pass

The Swartberg pass, linking Oudtshoorn with Prince Albert, was believed a near-impossible job and it bankrupted the first road-builder who tried. Then came Thomas Bain.

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