Scenic passes
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South Africa's scenic 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 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.
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.
The Seven Passes Route
The Seven Passes route is a 75-kilometre trip that takes you past 7 eye-catching gorges, cut deep by the rivers flowing into 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.
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.
The Sani Pass
A basic hostelry set up at the top of the Sani Pass boasts one of the finest mountain views in Africa – and a great fireside atmosphere.
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![The Historic Banana Express [that used to run along the Hibiscus Coast]](/sat/action/media/downloadFile?media_fileid=4065&a=299&s=90x75 "The Historic Banana Express [that used to run along the Hibiscus Coast]") |
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Adventures Wanted in Drakensberg
The Drakensberg region through the eyes of the National Geographic 2008 Adventurer of the year, Andrew Skurka.
Picnic spots
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens;
- Sandy Bay Beach
- Melkbosstrand
- Mbashe River
- Union Buildings gardens
- Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
- Modjadji Cycad Forest Reserve at Ga-Modjadji,
- Vredefort Dome
- Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve
- The Indian Ocean
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