Trek to Cape Town

With only four hours to Cape Town, we decided to take the scenic Route 62 and zigzag across the Outeniqua Mountains a few times. The first pass was the Montagu Pass which was built from 1844 to 1847. It is a very beautiful pass with a few passing areas. Some way up we encountered a car coming down that had its front brakes seized. It was stuck in the middle of the road. We could not reverse or go forward. Soon there was a traffic jam and we had to bounce the broken car to a wider section of the road so we could squeeze the other cars pass. From here we headed for the Klien Karoo along Route 62 stopping at a number of places such as the Safari Ostrich Farm and Ronnie’s Sex Shop. The last pass, Tradouw Pass was also very spectacular, it links the Route 62 to the N2. We started with temperatures at 35 degrees C and clear skies in the Karoo. It rained throughout the pass and on the other side, Swellendam, the temperatures had dropped to 16 degrees C and the landscape was green. It was like a different world. Nine hours later we were in Fish Hoek, so much for only four hours to Cape Town.