South Africa - The stunning 7 Passes Route between George and Knysna ????
(We travelled from George to Knysna as can be seen in the video clip).
This roadway is a delightful detour off the N2 coastal highway on the Garden Route known as South Africa's Seven Passes (or 7 Passes) route between George and Knysna in the Western Cape. It's a scenic route which passes guest farms, tiny wooden settlements, and whisks visitors through the dramatic Phantom Pass, named for a butterfly and not a ghost.
The Seven Passes route is a 75km long trip that takes you past 7 gorges cut deep by rivers flowing to the sea. Legendary engineer Thomas Bain designed the road in 1883, but it was a sweaty business for the great road engineer.
Not only did he and his crew have to battle through dense bush, he was also constantly at loggerheads with his brother-in-law, Adam de Smidt, who shared the contract. Their differences of opinion concerning the Seven Passes near George were so severe that after the job they were no longer on speaking terms.
In the end, Bain came up trumps and produced a very user-friendly dirt road with his gang of convicts who, amazingly for those times, were actually paid salaries.
Today, you'll drive past tiny villages such as Rheenendal and Karatara, the scene of a brief gold rush in 1975. The 7 rivers for which the gorges are named are the Swart, Hoogekraal, Homtini, Karatara, Silver, Kaaimans, and Touw. You'll traverse single-lane bridges, forestry settlements, picnic at a place called Big Tree and slowly unwind as you absorb the relaxing woodland atmosphere.
One of the main attractions along this route is Millwood, one of the early gold-rush towns in the Outeniqua Mountains, which is also home to another mountain pass near George. In its heyday it had bars, banks, hotels and a police station. Today, there's a guesthouse, a small museum, and a disused mine that is now open to the public.
We visited Highland in Karatara where the late writer George Bernard Shaw had the infamous vehicle accident in which both he and his wife were injured.
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Seven Passes Route
A Day trip via the seven passes route from George to Knysna.
George To Knysna By 7 Passes - A Garden Route Road Trip Via The Back Roads
The N2 National Road between #George and #Knysna in the South Africa Garden Route is a pretty scenic one. But if you want really spectacular scenery with mountain passes, historic bridges, dairy farms, mountains, and scenery that wouldn't be out of place in parts of Europe, this is for you. It's around 20 Km longer than the N2 National Road, and has several gravel stretches, but it's totally doable with an ordinary sedan car, a #4x4 isn't a necessity. There are some really good restaurants and tea rooms along the way and did I mention the scenery?
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7 Passes Road
A short clip I took while driving between George and Knysna
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VLOG 33 – The Garden Route is one of the most scenic drives in South Africa and there are so many things to see and do along the way!
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Seven Passes George to Knysna
Me and my friends went on a road trip and swam in the Coca-Cola rivers. Take the footage with my gopro and Samsung galaxy phone.
Knysna the beautiful town
Knysna the ideal base from which to explore the Garden Route, nestles on the shores of an estuary between indigenous forests, the Outeniqua mountains and a rugged coastline. Beaches, lakes, mountains and rivers offer visitors an unforgettable holiday.
Sedgefield Mountain Road - Mountain Passes of South Africa
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Waterside Road, Wilderness - Mountain Passes of South Africa
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12 Day Garden Route Adventure Motorcycle Tour: 2018/2019
12 Day East Coast Garden Route FULL Adventure - Off-Road/On-Road
1 - 12 December 2018
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(Average of 250km to 450km per day) - 60% Easy Gravel Roads - 11 Days Riding.
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Fly in to Cape Town International Airport on the 29/30 Nov 2018.
1 December Collect bikes and depart along the picturesque Clarance Drive R44 to Hermanus. we follow the coast line and zig zag across multiple gravel and asphalt mountain passes before reaching Addo Elephant Park close to Port Elizabeth.
The back route traverses gravel roads and scenic mountain ranges and we then enter the rugged Cederberg Mountains, before heading home via the Paarl and Franschhoek Winelands. 36 Mountain Passes in total !
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Our first few days we skirt along the scenic Eact coasline, stopping at De Hoop Nature Reserve overnight, we make our way along further coastal tracks before heading inland throuh several mountain passes and into the Karoo. We explore old historical OX-Wagon trails and gravel passes long the coastal regions and venture deep into the 2000 year old Knysna Forests and overnight in the famous Prince Alfred Pass.
Then we head to Addo Elephant park for a full rest day and a full day drive in the amazing National Park, inhabited with over 700 elephants, Lion, Buffalo, Rhino and an abundance of antelope species. Looping around the top of Addo we head into the Great Karoo region and over the notorious Swartberg Pass, and down into the Karoo Winelands toen of Calitzdorp on the Route 62.
We then head North West up into the Hantam Karoo and up into the ancient Cederberg Mountains where rock formation and 6000 year old Bushmen Painting sites will be visited. The route back into Cape town takes us over the Paarl Winelands valley and the most beautiful Franschhoek Pass back into the Somerset West region to drop off the motorcycles.
12/13 December Airport shuttles to Cape Town International Airport
Motorcycles Available: Yamaha XT 1200 Z Super Tenere, Yamaha XT 660 R, BMW R 1200 GS, Honda Africa Twin 1000 L, Honda CRF 250 Rally, Triumph Tiger 800xcx
Hoekwil Pass, Garden Route - Mountain Passes of South Africa
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Winkelhaak Rd (Koue Bokkeveld) - Mountain Passes of South Africa
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Adventure biking - Montagu Pass
A ride up Montagu Pass, and a visit to the beautiful 'Over The Mountain Guest House' - This was the first road between George and Oudtshoorn. The Montagu Pass was opened in 1848, having taken 3 years to build by some 250 convicts at a cost of 36,000 Pounds Sterling. It lays claim to being the oldest, unaltered pass still in use in South Africa and covers 17,1 kms of magnificently scenic narrow, gravel road driving, ascending from the tiny hamlet of Herold, on the northern side of the Outeniqua Mountains up and over the summit and then all the way down to the outskirts of George.
Südafrika 2016 #7: Knysna, Ruitersbos Nature Reserve, Oudtshoorn, Calitzdorp, Swellendam, Hermanus
Route:
Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Ruitersbos Nature Reserve, Oudtshoorn, Calitzdorp, Barrydale, Swellendam, Riviersonderend, Richtung Hermanus
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