| Swartkopfontein Border |
Zeerust |
90 |
Quality of tarmac variable but ok on the bike. Big difference from Botswana – much more hilly. Tail and cross wind |
| Zeerust |
Swartruggens |
71 |
Good tarmac. Get your climbing muscles going if you're coming from Botswana |
| Swartruggens |
Rustenburg |
56 |
Good tarmac |
| Rustenburg |
Magaliesburg |
53 |
No hard shoulder and fast traffic. Road surface of variable quality. |
| Magaliesburg |
Carletonville |
59 |
ups and downs -fast traffic and no hard shoulder. |
| Carletonville |
Parys |
64 |
Beautiful tail wind. Lots of ups but really nice downs. The road is double carrigeway to Fochville then single and narrow with no hard shoulder and fast traffic. |
| Parys |
Kroonstad |
100 |
More up and down and tail wind. Narrow Road with fast traffic but not too busy. |
| Kroonstad |
Senekal |
100 |
Good road with narrow shoulder. Fast traffic. |
| Senekal |
Bethlehem |
73 |
A lot of climbing on a good road with wide shoulder. Head and cross wind |
| Bethlehem |
Clarens |
34 |
Nice ride in quiet road. Good tarmac. Up and down. |
| Clarens |
Caledonspoort (Lesotho) border |
46 |
Beautiful ride amongst sandstone mountains on a good tarmac with a nice hardshoulder a fair amount of climbing |
| Caledonspoort (Lesotho) border |
Lephofung Cave |
41 |
Well…we're in Lesotho the Mountain Kingdom! Good tarmac and some steep climbs! Plenty of villages |
| Lephofung Cave |
Oxbow |
29 |
1000 mt climb with some very steep gradients on good tarmac. Water from mountains but there were animals grazing up in the mountains when I was there so not sure how safe it was |
| Oxbow |
Letseng |
46 |
Great tarmac. More climbing but much gentler than yesterday. Fabulous views. No water after the Tlaeng Pass. Public water tap in Letseng. You'll see a sign for a lodge at 1.4km don't be fool when you get to the're there is another 9km to the lodge and the sign says 4×4 only! |
| Letseng |
Ha Mojakisane |
62 |
A brilliant donwhill to Mapholaneng where there are shops. Then a fair amount of ups and downs until |
| Ha Mojakisane |
Sani Pass |
43 |
Another day off climbing but so worth it. Some seriously steep climbs and descents 18 to 20% on good tarmac |
| Sani Pass |
Underberg |
45 |
The descent from the pass to start with is on a extremely steep dirt road with switchbacks. I felt the road was challenging until the SA Border post. It then continues to be a dirt road but the gradients are gentler. The landscape around you is awe inspiring. Once you hit the tarmac the gradients are OK and the road surface is good. |
| Underberg |
Kokstad |
46 |
Got a lift to Swartberg. After that excellent road surface with a fair amount of undulations. The last 5 km to the nature reserve are mainly climbing on a good gravel road |
| Kokstad |
Chintsa |
10 |
On the Baz Bus. I was advised by many people including cyclists not to cycle in the Transkai because of safety so decided to get the bus. It looked a very interesting area – more densely populated and quite mountainous |
| Chintsa |
East London |
42 |
Good road surface. No hardshoulder until you hit the N2. Undulating road. |
| East London |
Kidd's Beach |
42 |
Good road surface |
| Kidd's Beach |
Begha |
65 |
They are building a new road and some sections are very narrow. Cars and lorries go very fast. In one section I got escorted by a police car as according to them I was going to cross a crime hot spot and could get robbed and killed!!! Quite a lot of climbing |
| Begha |
Port Alfred |
54 |
The building work continues and the speed of the drivers too.The road goes down to each river and then climbs again. This goes on all day |
| Port Alfred |
Kenton on Sea |
26 |
No road works. Narrow road. Fast cars. Good tarmac |
| Kenton on Sea |
Alexandria |
34 |
tarred road until you get near Cannon Rocks. Then is a gravel road undilating and corrugated. |
| Alexadria |
R72 |
50 |
Gravel road until you get to the R72. Then tarred with good surface |
| R72 |
Blue Water Bay |
58 |
After 15km you join the n2. good tarmac and good shoulder. |
| Blue Water Bay |
Port Elizabeth |
22 |
Joined the N2. Busy and fast traffic. There is a path parallel to the road but come out of it before you get to the railway trucks because it becomes impossible to ride on and it's quite far to the point where you can cross over the railway line |
| Port Elizabeth |
Thornhill |
72 |
Followed the dirt road crossing over van strudens raliway bridge. stunning views. Some challenging sections on a fully loaded bike. |
| Thornhill |
Jeffrey Bay |
33 |
Good tarmac. Easy ride |
| Jeffrey's Bay |
St Francis Bay |
74 |
Good tarmac. Easy ride |
| St Francis Bay |
Tsitsikama Faith B&B |
72 |
Undulating road on good tarmac |
| Tsitsikama Faith B&B |
Bouklans Bridge |
58 |
Undulating road on good tarmac |
| Bouklans Bridge |
Knysna |
72 |
Undulating road on good tarmac |
| Knysna |
Wilderness |
47 |
Some climbing on good tarmac |
| Wilderness |
Swellendan |
25 |
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| Swellendan |
Bredasdorp |
71 |
Undulating road. Strong head wind. Good tarmac |
| Bredasdorp |
Struisbaai |
40 |
Flat road on good tarmac. |
| Struisbaai |
Elim |
58 |
Came via the tarmac road. Good flat road all the way |
| Elim |
Gansbaai |
42 |
Good road |
| Gansbaai |
Herman's |
52 |
Good road |
| Herman's |
Betty's Bay |
48 |
Good Road |
| Betty's Bay |
Stellenbosch |
60 |
Beautiful coast road to Gordon's Bay with a fair amount of ups and downs. From Strand busy road to Stellenbosch but good shoulder |
| Stellenbosch |
Cape Town |
50 |
Busy road to Cape Town beware of the taxis that pull up in front of you without warning |
| Cape Town |
Nr Atlantic |
61 |
Busy road leaving Cape Town. Got quieter when I got to the R27 |
| Nr Atlantis |
Langebaan |
96 |
Nice tarmac. Quiet road – flat |
| Langebaan |
Dwarkersboos |
56 |
Nice tarmac. Quiet road – flat |
| Dwarkersboos |
Eland Bay |
56 |
Nice tarmac – quiet road – flat only one hill before Eland |
| Eland Bay |
Clanwilliams |
69 |
Good tarmac. Very quiet. Some steep climbs |
| Clanwilliams |
Nr Klawer |
54 |
Went on the Old Klawer Road. First 13 Km in tarmac then it becomes a gravel road with q fair amount of corrugations and ups and downs |
| Nr Klawer |
Vanhynsdorp |
27 |
Good tarmac on the N7 -OK shoulder – ups and downs |
| Vanhynsdorp |
Nuwerus |
69 |
Good tarmac on the N7 -OK shoulder – ups and downs with an upward tendency |
| Nuwerus |
Garies |
80 |
Good tarmac the undulations continue. A good farm shop in Bitterfontain selling great pies. Nothing after that |
| Garies |
Kamieskroon |
50 |
A day of climbing on good tarmac |
| Kamieskroon |
Springbok |
70 |
The first half of the day was pretty much down hill followed by continuous climbing and undulations |
| Springbok |
Steinkopf |
57 |
A mix bag -some nice downhills but plenty of undulations. |
| Steinkopf |
Vioolsdrift |
70 |
Strong head wind to start with but the last 40 Km were a total joy!! |