Guys - Let me clarify these roads for you.
Between Merweville and Sutherland there are two gravel roads that run on the east/west axis. The one to the south includes the Rammelkop Pass (I recommend reading this up on the website here:
http://mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/find-a-pass/western-cape/item/258-rammelkop-allemans-pass.html)
There is another smaller pass that forms a back to back with the Rammelkop Pass called the Allemanshoek Pass. You can read up on that one here:
http://mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/find-a-pass/western-cape/item/606-allemanshoek-pass.htmlMany people get these two passes confused (and it's easy to see why), but the website explains this adequately.
Then about 20 km further north (also on the east/west axis) is another gravel road. This one has the Banksgate farm and Karelskraal Pass on it. Banksgate also has a minor pass on the property, but it's not an official pass. We drove it recently and decided not to film it as it really was much ado about nothing. However the Karelskraal Pass was a beauty.
Here is the link for Karelskraal:
http://mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/find-a-pass/northern-cape/item/251-karelskraal-pass.htmlThe northern route (Karelskraal/Banksgate) has another two very small "passes" to the west of Karelskraal. These are "Die Poort se nek" or simply "Die Poortjie" and "Bloupoort Pass". Both of these are very minor and unless you have them marked on your GPS, you will not even realise you have riden an official pass.
The Northern Cape officials were fastidious about naming their passes and poorts, to the point of being almost silly. In our extreme stats pages, you will see that this province dominates all the smallest listings in terms of altitude gained and distances. At the opposite end of the scale is KZN with stacks of lovely passes without any official recognition. Our dilemma is how to deal with this oddity?
Topic: Karelskraal Pass, Northern Cape (Read 1433 times)