Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Park 4×4 Trail — Sendelingsdrift to Helskloof Pass via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's harshest desert. No shortcuts.
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ModerateSwartberg Pass — Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn via the Great Karoo Mountain Crest
Bain's stone masterpiece — Africa's finest mountain pass.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertLesotho Sani Pass to Mokhotlong — Roof of Africa Eastern High Road via Sehonghong River Valley
Past the pub, into the real Lesotho.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Montagu Pass — Western Cape Mountain Traverse via George
1847 convict-built pass. Stone bridges. No crowds.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Wilderness Track — Sendelingsdrift to Port Nolloth via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's mountain desert — earn every kilometer.
KwaZulu-Natal
DifficultSani Pass — Himeville to Sani Top via the Drakensberg Escarpment
Africa's most iconic alpine pass.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Kuboes to Sendelingsdrift — Orange River Canyon Desert Rim
South Africa's harshest, prettiest dead end.
Northern Cape
ModerateNossob River Valley 4WD Track — Twee Rivieren to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Fossil riverbed. Real lions. No fence.
Botswana
ModerateNossob River Valley 4WD Track — Mata-Mata to Two Rivers via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbeds
Kalahari sand and black-maned lions.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Sendelingsdrift to Ai-Ais — Orange River Canyon Desert Traverse via Helskloof Pass
Helskloof doesn't forgive bad decisions.