On this route from Uniondale down to Patensie, you will find yourself in a world of forests, fruit-growing districts, colourful little villages and old cultures still preserved in one way or another, from honey-beer festivals to story-telling to cave art deep in the Kamanassie mountains. more

Along the Horizon Route you’ll travel through some of the most scenic parts of the southern Free State, and as you pass through the scattered little towns you will hear of the old legends that made them world famous. This is a land of fine diamonds – and fine horses. more

After three days of driving through the villages of the Richtersveld and ending up at the ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, you will have learned an incredible amount about the Nama people and the geographical setting they survive in, from intricate plant life to the traditional herding patterns called ‘transhumance’. more

On a seven-day road trip between East London and Port St Johns you will discover the soul of the Wild Coast, moving from cultural encounters to scenic experiences in a variety of backdrops, and from coastal forests to wide stretches of beach to isolated villages and seaside hamlets lost in time. more

With the magnificent Gariep Dam as its centre spot, this road trip through the southern Free State takes you back in time to the days of early human habitation and the violent era of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War), and to quiet little villages that have hardly been touched by the hands of time. more

The road trip from Rouxville to Fouriesburg exposes you to some of the best visual and historic elements of the eastern Free State, from driving around its vast sandstone cliffs, to visiting its cherry harvests, and to the nostalgic experience of riding in an old steam locomotive. more

If you want to travel with the stars, drive on dusty back roads, visit an old-time country trading store, walk through a semi-desert with the waking sun, and go on a belly safari for a close-up of nature, then the upper Karoo in the Northern Cape is calling your name. more

If you want a route that offers riverine rabbits, spiritual skies, corbelled houses, the presence of space-listening telescopes, windmill landscapes and small towns that know little of stress, traffic and deadlines, then hit this 'upper Karoo route', which winds through the Northern Cape from Victoria West to Calvinia. more

Visit the area that once belonged to the original Griquas and famous missionaries that included Robert Moffat, John Campbell and David Livingstone, who later become one of the colonial era’s top explorers through Africa. Included on this route is the exotically named stop of Putsonderwater ('well without water'). more

Passing donkey carts on dirt roads, staying over in delightfully eccentric country hotels with amazing décor and legend, riding camels on the red sand dunes, and visiting one of South Africa’s favourite national parks are just some of the elements of a quirky Kalahari loop you can take between Upington and Askham. more

When you first take the N14 between Springbok and Upington, you might be overwhelmed by the wide-angle vastness of the landscape – but you'll also be fascinated by what you find in the little stops, meeting locals, visits to memorable national parks and the quirky, interesting hideaways along the road. more

There are few places in the world where, in the space of a few days, you can visit a lighthouse, catch a break wave, bungee jump, slide through the forest on a canopy tour, and hike to your heart’s content. The Port Elizabeth to Nature’s Valley route allows you to do this. more

If you want to visit the coldest town in South Africa (which doubles as the ‘home of the rusk'), wander into the southern Drakensberg on a cave-art expedition, take to the ski slopes, or simply chill out in the mountains, then the Stormberg route is your kind of road trip. more

From the minute you leave Port Elizabeth to the moment you arrive in the dusty Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, this journey is all about a farmstall food safari, a trip back into the Victorian-era frontier days, trout fishing and zebra spotting in the mountains, and the search for Harry Potter’s resting place. more