South Africa
4×4 Mega World Paarden Eiland — Marine Drive Cape Town 4×4 Accessories and Camping Gear Store
Cape Town branch of South Africa's big 4x4 accessory chain. Bull bars, suspension, rooftop tents and camping kit…
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Alu-Cab Fitment Centre — Ottery Cape Town Canopy and Overland Fitment Shop
The fitment centre of the Cape Town-built Alu-Cab brand, where overlanders get canopies, rooftop tents and awnings installed…
Northern Cape
Alexander Bay — Orange River Mouth and Diamond Coast Gateway
Where the Orange River meets the Atlantic and the Sperrgebiet begins — the western terminus of the Richtersveld…
Northern Cape
Potjiespram Campsite — Richtersveld National Park
A remote SANParks bush camp deep in the Richtersveld moonscape, sitting along the Orange River corridor with zero…
Northern Cape
Richtersveld National Park — Orange River Canyon Rim Dispersed Camp near Sendelingsdrift
Raw desert canyon rim camping inside the Richtersveld, with the Orange River gorge below and Namibia visible across…
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier — Sendelingsdrift to Alexander Bay via the Orange River Desert Canyon Rim (Full Southern Traverse)
Africa's hardest desert meets the Orange River canyon.
South Africa
Montagu Pass Summit — Victorian-Era Toll Road and Outeniqua Mountain Viewpoint
One of South Africa's oldest surviving gravel mountain passes, built in 1847, with sweeping views over the George…
South Africa
Outeniqua Nature Reserve — Herold’s Bay Road Rest Camp
CapeNature-managed campground on the southern edge of the Outeniqua Mountains, a solid base for running Montagu Pass or…
South Africa
Outeniqua Nature Reserve — Montagu Pass Fynbos Plateau Dispersed Camp
A raw, unfenced pullout on the old Montagu Pass road where fynbos-covered ridgelines drop into the Outeniqua Mountains…
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua and Montagu Passes — George to Montagu via the Western Cape Mountain Spine (Full Historical Traverse)
1847 convict road. Still wild, still real.