Around Lesotho (Mini report)

[johanp]

Day 1: Centurion to Aliwal North, tar via Bloem to pick up a friend along the way.
Day 2: Aliwal North to Rhodes via Lundin's. Awesome pass, very scenic. A bit rocky in places, but nothing too bad.

Day 3: Rhodes to Swartberg via Naude's. A bit more sketchy than Lundin's with some sharp rocks. Filled up in Mount Fletcher, which reallly is is a PROPER ********.

Heavy traffic:

No photos of the rough parts for obvious reasons.

Day 4: Swartberg to Nottingham via Lower Lutheni - amazing road with awesome scenery.

Day 5: Nottingham to Clarens via tar.
Day 6: Back home, via the Vaal

We didn't really know what to expect of Lower Lutheni rd, and could easily have pushed through to Clarens, making the trip one day shorter, but either way, it was an AMAZING trip.

After all of that it did take some doing to get my bike and gear clean, and dust free again. EVERYTHING was covered in a very fine dust, almost like what you'd find in south Namibia.

 

[m0lt3n]

thats a lekker trip!
Thanks for sharing

 

[Hotwire]

Nice, thanx for sharing!!!

 

[Chrisl]

Mooi deel van ons pragtige land!!

 

[Neo_za]

Lekker trip Was planning something similiar but the weather did not play along at the time. Lower Lotheni on a nice day is something special.

 

[johanp]

Thanks guys. We were very lucky, you'll notice in the pics, not a single cloud in the sky, and it was the same all of the days. Was a bit cool in Rhodes when we started the day, but it warmed up very quickly.


Some stars taken in Rhodes:

 

[Black_Hawk]

What a nice trip, thanks for sharing it with us

 

[ClimbingTurtle]

This is a route that I have had in mind for some years now - I think I must wait until spring as I want to camp....

Great inspiration - thank you for sharing!

 

[petri oosthuizen]

Nice pics thanks @johanp

Did you Guys have any hassles at Border Posts or not really
Red Tape, like Import Duties or whatever?

 

[RobLH]

Lekker trip, thanks. Where did you stay in Swartberg?

 

[RobLH]

Nice pics thanks @johanp

Did you Guys have any hassles at Border Posts or not really
Red Tape, like Import Duties or whatever?

No border posts to get into the Free State, or are you guys changing the rules?

 

[petri oosthuizen]

No border posts to get into the Free State, or are you guys changing the rules?

Skuus man.
Soos my gat gekyk.
Nice trip, nice pics, thanks!!

 

[johanp]

Nice pics thanks @johanp

Did you Guys have any hassles at Border Posts or not really
Red Tape, like Import Duties or whatever?

None, this route loosely follows the border outside of Lesotho, so we never actually went in.

 

[johanp]

Lekker trip, thanks. Where did you stay in Swartberg?

Thanks. We stayed at Flitwick Ranch just outside the town.

 

[petri oosthuizen]

Ek wil ook gaan

 

[johanp]

Ek wil ook gaan

Just do it, ek sal vir jou die GPX route stuur.

 

[petri oosthuizen]

Just do it, ek sal vir jou die GPX route stuur.

Ja man
Dis BY my.

 

[johanp]

Ja man
Dis BY my.

Presies, just do it.