droffarc
Race Dog
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2006
- Messages
- 1,375
- Reaction score
- 126
- Location
- Cape Toon - TransAlp XL650V 2004
- Bike
- Honda NC750X
Between Riversdal and Ladismith (Cape)
Named after Maurice Garcia who was civil commissioner of Riversdale in 1868. He made a bridle path along the banks of the Kafferkuils river through the Langeberg mountain range which was later converted into a road by Thomas Bain. The pass was reconstructed in 1963 and is a scenic route to the little karoo.
The toll house at the summit of the pass has been declared a national monument.
Source: Readers Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa â?? fifth edition 1993.