Baviaanskloof — Patensie to Willowmore Traverse
Expert
gravel
Patensie, Eastern Cape community Loading map…
Elevation profile
Min 902m · Max 1736m · Gain 2402m · 180 km
Route stats
- Distance
- 180 km
- Elevation gain
- 2 400 m
- −600 m descent
- Max grade
- 3.1%
- 1.3% avg
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Surface
- Gravel
- Route type
- Point-to-point
About this route
The unpaved R332 traverse of the Baviaanskloof Wilderness, a UNESCO World Heritage site, climbing Nuwekloof Pass and the brutal "Mother of All Climbs" up to Bergplaas across roughly a dozen river crossings. A remote, support-vehicle-only gravel epic through buffalo and leopard country with all-but-absent cell reception.