You can’t beat mountain passes for beauty, interest and excitement. When you circumnavigate Lesotho – the Mountain Kingdom – you get mountain passes for days. Keen overlander Willem Rudolph shares his route through South Africa’s mountains and along the Lesotho border.
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Circling southern Lesotho on SA’s highest roads
The roads around southern Lesotho climb high into the southern Drakensberg, crossing trout-filled streams and meandering through some of South Africa’s most spectacular mountain scenes. A road trip through these Eastern Cape Highlands can twist and turn over most of South Africa’s highest mountain passes. This route takes in two of the best, with a charming overnight stop in beautiful Rhodes Village on the way. By Chris Davies
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