Karoo Crossing — Knysna to Calitzdorp
Expert
Gravel
Knysna, Western Cape manual Loading map…
Elevation profile
No elevation data
Route stats
- Distance
- 358 km
- Elevation gain
- 7 212 m
- Max grade
- —
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Surface
- Mixed
- Route type
- Point-to-point
About this route
Launched by the Western Cape Government in September 2020: 358km from coastal Knysna to Calitzdorp with +7,212m of climbing over 4–6 days. Climbs Simola and Gouna out of the Knysna forest, crosses Thomas Bain's Prince Alfred's Pass to De Vlugt, runs the Kamanassie farmlands to De Rust, threads Meiringspoort's 25 river crossings to Prince Albert, then summits the Swartberg Pass (≈1,000m climb) before descending the Groenfontein road to Calitzdorp.