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Day |
Duration |
km |
Housing at the end of the stage |
Circuit or/and activities |
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1
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4. 47 |
340 |
Nelspruit Backpacker
try 30 RP by sea-green
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Johannesburg
- One goes directly to nelspruit before the night. One arrives at the airport around 10 h.
Way: Have you leave the airport, take the R21 Boksburg direction. From the R21 take the exit for the N12 direction Benoni & Witbank (N12 East). Follow the N12 to Witbank where the N12 join the N4. Take the N4 Nelspruit direction & Komatipoort (N4 East).
- (attention of the small streets are not represented; possible Pb in n° streets)
While arriving at nelspruit on N4, the left of the road of the sports grounds, to turn on the right just afterwards on R537 (general daN pienaar); then 1ère on the left (street piet retief); 2nd on the right (cilliers); towards the bottom of this street on the left (it is by there)
Nelspruit
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2 |
1. 48 |
91 |
Panorama rest camp
try 50rp for 2 plus 15 RP by sea-green
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Nelspruit
(towards) White to rivet
- Sabie (path of 40 min in primary forest “neos”)
- Lone creck falls and mac mac falls (neos)
On the road largest plantations of pines and eucalyptus (paper pulp)
- Pilgrim rest (to lunch)
Graskop
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3. 30 |
176 |
- Satvik Backpacker village
camp-site 35 RP bad road to go there (directions george' S valley road (R228) 3 km of tzaneen)
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Graskop
- ½ Journée
To leave the city by R532 and at the end of 1,8 km, to turn right in R534, direction God' Windows. Stop for the fantastic point of view. It is from here Bochiman Xaï launches the bottle of Coca‑Cola in film the Gods fell on the head.
Return to R532, which one follows towards north. Possible glance in Lisbon falls (height 92 m) then in Berlin falls (48 meters height). To pass the rivers Treur and Blyde and, after approximately 600 meters, to turn right towards the “Bourke' S Luck Potholes (pots of the chance of Tom Bourke)” where a small information center is (open 7 days/7 of 7h to 5 p.m.).
Return to R532 on 9 km to arrive until the points of view of “Lowveld Lookout” and, further, the good named “World' S End”.
The canyon of Blyde is one of the wonders of South Africa. By good weather, one does not weary oneself to see this extraordinary vein ‑ up to 700 meters of depth ‑ where the Blyde river undergoes uneven of 1.000 meters out of 20 kilometers.
Tzaneen
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4 |
4. 57
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254 km
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Punta Maria
try 70R for 2 |
Tzaneen
- While leaving Tzaneen, we enter Soutpanberg (Zout Pan' S berg - Mountain of the salt pans).
- With the country of the queen of the Modjadji rain, we meet the cyclads, trees dating from the time of the dinosaurs. The dynasty of Modjadji is a matriarchy with the rules of strict successions which guarantee the passage of the capacity of woman as a woman. One can make Modjadji cyclad reserve (to lunch)
- Our road crosses the tropic of Capricorn while going up towards Louis Trichard.
- From village in village, we cross all the north of the country to enter the Kruger park has height of Punda Maria.
Punta Maria
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5 |
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170 |
Punta Maria
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Punda Maria
Departure 6. 30 for ballade before breakfast (Mahonie circular drive – 45 min)
H13-2; S99; H13-2.
To have breakfast and carry spade screw.
H13-2; S60; S61 (baobab trees); H1-8; S64 (Nyala drive, superb) along the river luvuvhu; S63 until the pafuri picnic site to break the crust; to finish the loop of S63
Punda Maria
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6 |
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190 |
Letaba
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Punda Maria
Breakfast - H13-2; H13-1; S58; H1-7; stopover on the surface of Babalala; S56 along the Mphongolo river; H1-7; to lunch with the camp of Shingwedzi (circuit which will have lasted 2h30 approximately); S50 (the tropic of the capricone is crossed with the top of shawu injury, landscapes splendid); H1-6 towards the south
Letaba
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7 |
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190 |
Satara
try 70R for 2
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Letaba
H1-6; S47 in loop; H9; coffee camp letaba pauses; S94 S46 S46 (lions); S93; S44; to lunch camp olifants (superb panorama, hippotames was prélassent on sand); H8; H1-5 on the left towards the south; stopover with the picnic site; S39 along the river timbavati (splendid); H7 in opposite direction of Orpen
Satara
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8 |
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170 |
Lower sabie
try 70R for 2
(restaurant) |
Satara
S100 (superb); S41; to go to the “lookout not”; Camp Nwanedzi to take H6 to the camp of will satara; To lunch with the camp of Satara; camp will satara to take H1-3 until Orpen Dam; To make stopover with the tearoom Tshokwane; S32; H10; Not S68 observation; arrival by S29 with Lower sabie.
Lower sabie
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9 |
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160 + 61,6 (for pretoriuskop with nelspruit) |
nelspruit backpacker
try 30 RP by sea-green
double 120 RP
swimming pool. |
Lower sabie
H4-2; Crocodile bridge; S25 (crocodile to rivet road); H2-2 (jock off the bushveld road) to the camp of pretoriuskop; road towards nelspruit
Nelspruit
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10 |
3. 08 |
158 |
Mlilwane sanctuary hand camp
try 35 by sea-green
(petrol station; restaurant; bar; swimming pool; memories)
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Nelspruit
- Direction Swaziland. 30 km of red ground track, on strong coasts in the middle of the plantations of fir trees and eucalyptus bring us has a small border post.
Lombaya (Mliwane wildlife sanctuary) |
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11 |
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0 |
Mlilwane sanctuary hand camp
try 35 by sea-green |
Day with Lombaya (Mliwane wildlife sanctuary)
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12 |
6. 18 |
338 |
African bruises backpackers
30 RP camp-site
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Lombaya
- The landscape is transformed this time into savanna while going down towards the Indian Ocean.
Santa lucia estuary (arises) |
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0 |
African bruises backpackers
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Santa lucia estuary (arises)
- On the water level to 9 a.m. lasted 2 Strolls H; Superb cruising on the Lake Santa Lucia, sanctuary with the hippopotamuses and the crocodiles. |
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14 |
5. 22 |
410 |
Bokpoort holiday farm and range ranch between clarens and golden delicious spoils
To take road of golden delicious spoils while coming from clarens, then at the end of 5 km turn at the level of the large panel indicating bokpoort holiday farm, on the dirt track which will bring you to it in 3 km
www.bokpoort.co.za
30R/p to camp
(restaurant: R38 breakfast; to dine with serves coffee and tea R48; molten speciality “potjie” R38) |
Halt near Durban one harms before joining Clarens
Clarens
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15 |
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0 |
Bokpoort holiday farm and range ranch
20R to camp |
Clarens:
day of visit of the park golden delicious spoils. + rest
ballade horse (2h with 9 and 15 H with 110R) |
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16 |
8. 03 |
510 |
Colesberg backpackers accommodation
25R the site |
Clarens
Day of connection through the desert of the karoo.
Colesberg |
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17 |
3. 20 |
200 |
Urquart park
40R site
+ 2R by sea-green |
Colesberg
Graaf Reinet
- Once with graaf reinet visit of the pm city |
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18 |
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0 |
Urquart park
40R site
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Graaf reinet
- Valley of Desolation.
Access by R63 to 14 km, on the right, in direction of Murraysburg. Karoo Nature Reserve covers 14500 hectares of veld in the north of the city. One off reaches in the car the lieu‑dit “The Valley Desolation”, a splendid site where the mountain seems to be sliced with the axe. II is necessary to park and go ten minutes while following the path marked out until the plate‑forme at the edge of the chasm.
- Natural Reserve of the karoo.
Even access that for the valley of Desolation but a little further, on the left of R63. Karoo Nature Reserve includes/understands an enclosed section where one sees many antelopes, buffaloes and the famous zebras of mountain. Surface of pique‐nic.
Extraordinary flora: fatty plants.
- www.graafreinet.co.za or www.ectourism.co.za |
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5. 38 |
333 |
Camp-site with the national park of
Wilderness |
Graaf reinet
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21 |
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Camp-site with the national park of
Wilderness
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3 h29 |
228 |
Camp-site with the national park of
Wilderness |
Wilderness
Outeniqua choo tjoe 60 zar return ticket
Choo-Tjoe crosses a whole zone of lakes and lagoons on bridges skirting the coast, which gives the impression to you, to high tide, to be in open sea rather than in a train.
Wilderness |
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23 |
2. 48 |
162 |
Hermanus backpackers
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Wilderness
Hermanus |
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24 |
2h 51
3. 10 |
170 |
Oatlands holiday village
(restaurant, but not of shops) village to 3 km |
Hermanus
- Ballades with foot to observe whales.
- Departure and one skirt the coast.
Simon' S town
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25 |
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- Tower of the peninsula of the course (left 1)
· Simon' S Town. To stop for a bath and a visit with the colony of penguins on the splendid beach of Boulders, at the exit of Simon' S Town. To take again the road along Swartkopberge
· Cape of Good Hope:
Opened the every day, of 7h with 17h (May-October).
- A the entry of this reserve, one will give you a detailed chart of the roads and tracks. The landscape (fynbos-antelope-baboon-ostriches) is halfway between the ground and the moon.
- By taking the direction of the Cape off Good Hope, to notice different the tone from blue of the two oceans, the Atlantic on the right and False Bay on the left (the “False Bay” which, geographically, forms also part of the Atlantic, but which receives especially the hot currents of the Indian Ocean).
- One forks on the line to reach the course while going along the coast. After the photo stop in front of the panel indicating that you are well developed south-western of Africa, on the way for Cape Not from where the sight is much more spectacular. One climbs to 40 in the funicular to gain the station weather. --- Carpark, a path led to the beach of the Cape of Good Hope.
· To take M65 in direction of the Cape.
· Possible stop on the wild beach of Scarborough. To follow the road until Noordhoek.
· Here famous Chapman' S Peak (592m) starts Drive, one of the most beautiful roads of South Africa (M6). The road was cut, it is necessary to make ½ turn, to go straight until fish hoeck, and to return to simon' S town |
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26 |
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- Tower of the peninsula of the course (left 2)
· clifton (beaches); camps bay
· Llandudno. Leave M6 and to go down to the carpark from the beach. You will have a splendid sight on the coast (boat shipwrecked man) and the Twelve Apostles, these rocks of cylindrical form which run to Camps Bay. A very beautiful house of style Cape Dutch is close to the beach.
- Hout bay: Seals of Duiker ISLAND. A colony of seals (Cape Fur Seals) lives on this stone dominated by the high stature of the peak Sentinel.
- Superb Spectacle of Hout Bay.
- ½ turn and Rise in the cable car of the Mountain of the Table where a seizing sight on the Cape and its surroundings awaits you. |
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27 |
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Return towards France
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Circulation:
on the left. Outdistance in kilometers. The large axes are excellent, the drinkable main roads in spite of some “potroles”. The tracks are variable, especially in rainy weather. The nonchalance of the pedestrians contrasts with the swiftness of the motorists! The wandering animals are very frequent, that goes from the pig to the elephant, while passing by the monkeys and the hippopotamuses. To be wary of the monkeys robbers. Never not to circulate the night. The country is vast and the distances sometimes surprising!
Safety:
It is heard sometimes that South Africa east one of the most dangerous countries of the world.
Jo' burg is very dangerous, one should not go there, moreover there is nothing to see!
For the remainder of the country, it is necessary to be vigilant (like everywhere), in particular in Durban and the Cape.
Lodging - Restoration:
Many restaurants in the tourist places (excellent kitchen), for Bed and Breakfast (top-of-the-range), there is a handbook which counts all the B&B of charm of South Africa that you can ask in a local travel agency (ask the Portfolio). That can organize the stages of your voyage.
For the small budgets, many backpackers (standard inn of youth) between 50 and 100 francs, even more economic, the camp-site.
