With scenery that will blow your mind, and twists and turns that will ignite your love for driving, these are the 5 best mountain passes in South Africa - on tar and gravel - and best experienced in a Jeep!
5. Prince Alfred's Pass, Western Cape
Ah, here's a memory - a gravelled wonder nestled in the Karoo mountains. It's found between Uniondale and Plettenberg Bay - a little explored pass that many on the Garden route forget to visit. If you're in the mood for a detour - it's must with your top down!
4. Outeniqua Pass, Western Cape
Pure driving magic, situated between the ostrich stronghold of the semi-desert and the extraordinary garden route of the Southern Cape's coast, the Outeniqua Pass is a meander of mesmerising mountain bends and views that will keep you entertained from the moment you enter it until the moment you leave. We dig it on tar. You will too with the roof down.
3. Die Swartberg Pass
Words cannot describe the awesomeness of the Swartberg pass leading to Prince Albert from Oudtshoorn. Not to be confused with the Albert Pass, this one is carved into the desert, forever etched into a Jeep driver's Bucket list since the beginning of time.
2. Clarens Drive, Western Cape
Barely an hour's drive from Cape Town is one of the most extraordinary mountain-come-coastal meanders in the world, made prettier by the fact that it borders an untouched range of Fynbos-buried mountains, that tower on one side and steeply slope down into the blue of False Bay waters. Look out for whales here - it only adds to the experience!
Franshhoek Pass, Western Cape
Everyone loves Franshhoek. What's not to love? A premium destination with some of the best wine farms in the world. How you get there though can change your view of it all...
Head up or down the Franshhoek pass and embrace its awesomeness. In a Jeep!
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