Swartberg pass

[2gses]

Rode over the Swartberg pass yesterday in South Africa, stayed for the night in Di hell , it’s quite an interesting ride from the pass to the accommodation, we pre booked a couple of rooms the food for the Braai ( bbq) cold beers and a bottle of red wine for the wine drinkers in our party, took us approximately 1 1/2 hours to ride the 31 miles on the fairly challenging road, breakfast served in the morning all included in the very reasonable price, worth going if anyone is riding in the area.https://www.diehel.com/

 

[2gses]

 

[BillN]

If you fancy another try Prince Alfred Pass - not too far away to the east

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[2gses]

If you fancy another try Prince Alfred Pass - not too far away to the east

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Is it prince alfred or Prince Albert?

 

[BillN]

Is it prince alfred or Prince Albert?

Prince Alfred's - if you enter it from inland, (the north) it comes out eventually on the road going out of Knysna near the big Township, (Informal Settlement) on the road to Plet

(I think that it is sometimes wrongly called Price Albert's Pass)

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

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Looks excellent

 

[2gses]

Prince Alfred's - if you enter it from inland, (the north) it comes out eventually on the road going out of Knysna near the big Township, (Informal Settlement) on the road to Plet

(I think that it is sometimes wrongly called Price Albert's Pass)

Just found it on the map, a bit too far for us to ride on the 690s , looks interesting nevertheless.I love a dog eared map.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

Terrific pics. Looks great. TY for sharing.

 

[ThreeDawg]

It's a grand ride up there. The road from the bottom of the pass to Calitzdorp is well worth doing too.

 

[2gses]

It's a grand ride up there. The road from the bottom of the pass to Calitzdorp is well worth doing too.

We did the road from calizdorp to the pass on the dirt, very dusty but enjoyable, on the way back we went on the tar via Oudstoorn which seemed a long way round.

 

[Lord Snooty]

If you fancy another try Prince Alfred Pass - not too far away to the east

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Did this pass on a tour there in 2006, we were on 1200GSes, I'm no off-road riding god but we (there were ten of us on five GSes) had no problem on the hard packed gravel surface. A great memory.

 

[2gses]

Did this pass on a tour there in 2006, we were on 1200GSes, I'm no off-road riding god but we (there were ten of us on five GSes) had no problem on the hard packed gravel surface. A great memory.

Did you call at Angies G spot café?