A discussion on Day 2 of the Aristata Tour as well as a short introduction of the upcoming Ben 10 Tour.
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A chat about Day 1 of the recent Aristata Tour, which visited passes like DuToitskloof, Tradouw, Seweweekspoort, Bosluiskloof, and Gysmanshoek.
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Week after week we dig into our treasure chest of mountain passes and take you into every corner of our beautiful and diverse country, as we introduce you to remote or forgotten passes and at other times we reawaken your interest in a well known or famous pass, where no matter how many times you travel it, it remains an absolute joy.
Our featured this week, is one of the latter. It was originally built by Thomas Bain and ranks as one of his best passes in terms of technical ingenuity. We recently refilmed this exceptionally lovely pass and bring it back to you today as fresh as a Namaqualand daisy in HD in a three part video set, covering every aspect of the pass, from technical engineering to history to tourism information.
We rate this pass amongst the Top 10 passes in the Western Cape and in the Top 20 nationally.
The Tradouw Pass (which means Womens Path in the old Khoi language) is a 16 kilometer drive through an altitude range of 219 meters through some of the most beautiful and rugged mountain scenery on offer in the Langeberg. This pass is undoubtedly in the Top 20 tarred passes in the Western Cape on an overall rating.
It joins the towns of Barrydale and Swellendam and was originally built by Thomas Bain. Extensively revamped in recent times, the engineering teams did an outstanding job of preserving the environment and retaining Thomas Bain's character in the design and supporting stonework. This is truly one of those mountain passes that you must drive. This one ticks all the boxes.
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