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Please name you choice of the most scenic (challenging) roads/tracks you have driven lately. Pictures will also be welcome. The only criteria for these scenic drives are:

• It must be on public land. In other words, not on somebody's farm etc etc
• It must be free to use at any time. In other words not a 4x4 trail or in a National park or game reserve.
• It must be in the RSA borders. (Sani pass will count as it is in no-man's land)

Most scenic places for me
1. Van Zyl's pass
2. Hoanib river
3. Ugab river

- oops, think my GPS had the wrong settings

Uis pass between Windhoek and Walvis
Meirings poort ( One of the most amazing roads in SA)
New road between Ugi and Umtata (This if for the fast plat karre)
Van Zyl's Pass

ThysdJ wrote:• It must be in the RSA borders. (Sani pass will count as it is in no-man's land)

Thys, Just to be pedantic, Sani Pass is in RSA, however you do have to have a passport to use it as the border post is 11Km from the border. The true border between RSA and Lesotho is at the top where the Lesotho border is. Just a point of interest... The border between Lesotho and RSA is roughly on the watershed of the Drakensberg. Anything that flows East is RSA, Anything that flows West is Lesotho. Therefore Sani Pass is RSA land, the only true "no mands land" in the world is Antartica. Anyway that is only a point of interest.

Stem saam met Werner
Meiringspoort en
Swartbergpas moet ook bykom.
Soek nog die foto's.

Die pad na "Die Hel", daar by Swartbergpas

Hiers hy.
Die pad hel toe.

Plekke waar ek nog wil uitkom:

Baviaanskloof

Wildekus

(Richtersveld - maar dit val seker onder 'n park)

Mountain Man wrote:

ThysdJ wrote:• It must be in the RSA borders. (Sani pass will count as it is in no-man's land)

Thys, Just to be pedantic, Sani Pass is in RSA, however you do have to have a passport to use it as the border post is 11Km from the border. The true border between RSA and Lesotho is at the top where the Lesotho border is. Just a point of interest... The border between Lesotho and RSA is roughly on the watershed of the Drakensberg. Anything that flows East is RSA, Anything that flows West is Lesotho. Therefore Sani Pass is RSA land, the only true "no mands land" in the world is Antartica. Anyway that is only a point of interest.

Craig, I see your pedanticness, and I raise you some more pedanticness I was thinking again about Sani, it wont qualify for this one, simply because you cant go up there at 1:30am as the border post will be closed. It is still damn scenic though, whether it is between border posts or not...

Golden Gate pass
Chap Mans Peak Drive
Tradouws pass to Swellendam

I have to add some of mine here:

Eksteenfontein to Vioolsdrif
Lundeans Neck in the snowy season
Naude's Pass in the snowy season
Baviaanskloof (for sure)
Gamkaskloof (Die Hel)

All of the above mentioned, although truth be told, I haven't yet had the good fortune to have visited them all but there is abundant natural beauty anywhere you go in this land of ours (a little sparse in the Free State flats, maybe) but it all depends on your perspective. You become accustomed to your own surroundings and don't always see the beauty that a stranger to your area would. It almost seems unfair to single out just some.

The R62 from Oudtshoorn to Cape Town side. You don't even need a 4x4 to enjoy this scenic route!

en Bainskloofpas!!

Baviaanskloof
Sani

In that order!

1) Meiringspoort
2) Seweweekspoort
3) Prins Alfred Pass
4) Swartberg Pass
5) Coastal Road from Muizenberg to Camps Bay
6) Road leading up to Sentinal Peak from Qwa-Qwa
7) Oliviershoek Pass
8) Abel Erasmus Pass
9) Mike's Pass
10) In a Game Park: Biyamiti Road in the KNP

My favourite non 4x4 Sunday morning Drives:
1 Stellenboch, Hellshoogte, Franshoek, Villiersdorp, Grabouw, Kleinmond, Rooi els, Gordonsbay & Sundowners at Blue Peter.
2 Waterfront, Signal hill, Campsbay, Houtbay, Chapman's peak drive, ou Kaapse weg, Kirstenbosch & Sundowners at Moyo.

Hoppy wrote:My favourite non 4x4 Sunday morning Drives:
1 Stellenboch, Hellshoogte, Franshoek, Villiersdorp, Grabouw, Kleinmond, Rooi els, Gordonsbay & Sundowners at Blue Peter.
2 Waterfront, Signal hill, Campsbay, Houtbay, Chapman's peak drive, ou Kaapse weg, Kirstenbosch & Sundowners at Moyo.

Ai Hoppy, nou laat jy my na my bike verlang!!

AM Racing wrote:The R62 from Oudtshoorn to Cape Town side. You don't even need a 4x4 to enjoy this scenic route!

Did that in Dec 2010,sure is a scenic road(love Ronnie's Shop),Sani was done a week before in the snow,really great,Die Hel is still one i would love to do

Ek mis my scooter net so, daai bergpasse is gebou vir daai.

1) Meiringspoort
2) Katberg/Hoggs Back
3) Baviaanskloof
4) Swartberg Pass
5) Coastal Road around Cape Point & mountains around Worcester & Cederberg
6) All the passes around Lady Grey, Elliott, Barkley East & Rhodes
7) All along the West Coast
8) Sani Pass
9) Wild coast Transkei
10) Richtersveldt, Eksteenfontein to Vioolsdrift

Richtersveld
Baviaanskloof
Gamkaskloof
Bosluiskloof
Buffelspoort
Ou ossewa roetes vanaf Heidelberg tot Avontuur oor 7 Passe
Oubergpas
Kamdebo
Road to Hell
Swartbergpas

Hoppy wrote:My favourite non 4x4 Sunday morning Drives:
1 Stellenboch, Hellshoogte, Franshoek, Villiersdorp, Grabouw, Kleinmond, Rooi els, Gordonsbay & Sundowners at Blue Peter.
2 Waterfront, Signal hill, Campsbay, Houtbay, Chapman's peak drive, ou Kaapse weg, Kirstenbosch & Sundowners at Moyo.

Allan, only you could finish a Sunday morning drive with a sundowner!

Mud Dog wrote:

Hoppy wrote:My favourite non 4x4 Sunday morning Drives:
1 Stellenboch, Hellshoogte, Franshoek, Villiersdorp, Grabouw, Kleinmond, Rooi els, Gordonsbay & Sundowners at Blue Peter.
2 Waterfront, Signal hill, Campsbay, Houtbay, Chapman's peak drive, ou Kaapse weg, Kirstenbosch & Sundowners at Moyo.

Allan, only you could finish a Sunday morning drive with a sundowner!

Nothing wrong with an early start.......as long as you don't finish before the sun is out of sight.

Mariepskop naby Hoedspruit
Wie weet van Toorwaterpoort naby George ?

Not many guys would know this road...
Between Louw's Creek and Barberton on the southern side of the Mountainlands Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga, past the Shiyalongubu Dam - dam pretty...

Naby aan daar is ook Piet se Pad - vra die manne van die Elands4x4-klub in Nelspruit - hulle sal jou wys...

die pad van.mooketsi af houtbosdorp toe , dis beautiful daar