At the bottom of the Swartberg pass, once into the initial gorge, you twist along and come out at a river where people stop to picnic and swim in the summer. Also just there is a lone standing pinnacle of rock onto which people have written “Jesus” as it forms a sort of natural Read more >
We took some pictures of the place we stayed at since it was dark on arrival and the place couldn’t be seen. It was in an amazing natural setting about 2 minutes out of town. Great comfort and cleanliness considering the price we paid. You felt like you were in the middle of nowhere on a Read more >
Todays pictures speak for themselves really, nothing much to say, other than it’s 100km or an hours riding through this kind of terrain. Remote, beautiful, undulating, easy riding, occasional springbok in the veld on the side of the road, very occasional farmstead, mountains on both sides, Read more >
We followed the road which in turn was following the river, and we came to a gorge, or “Kloof” as it’s known in these parts, where over time the stream had worn its way through the rock. There were some very interesting shapes in the rock where although now very much as hard as Read more >
On the way back down the mountain we stopped to get more pictures of the orange and yellow flowers. I’m afraid this is one of those times where it just looked much better in real life than these pictures seem to show now. Also when you are immersed in nature and traveling you seem to get Read more >
We had found an abundance of animals all along the way through this valley. It had been an incredible surprise for us because we had not been expecting any game along the way. Well, perhaps the one or two odd small buck in the fields, but this had been better than a typical game reserve. The Read more >
This part of the journey saw a lot of Bontebok, with some Springbok. We had to keep riding really slowly and as quietly as possible to avoid chasing them away, particularly the Sprinkbok, they are very skittish. Without a zoom lens with us it was difficult enough getting pictures, but if Read more >
At some point we noticed and past a small sign saying something about game, but didn’t really take much notice of it. Next minute we looked around and saw a heard of Wildebeest grazing away quite oblivious to us and our motorbikes. Most game bikes approach seem to run a mile, but unless we Read more >
In what seemed like a flash we had reached the Orange river which is the border of the Free State province and the Northern Cape. It is amazing how quickly the Karoo comes up once you leave Bloemfontein. It started getting a little windy on this road and i remember riding at a bit of an angle Read more >
We arrived at another dam with one of those single track narrow bridges. This bridge had been built over a section of the dam where a farm road always ran before the dam was built. It is a dry part of the country with a lot of farming so water is required. This is the daily blog from Read more >
