Three people, one bakkie, no tar
We drive the roads that are still gravel and write down what is at the end of them.
Read the roadThe three of us
Grew up between Kimberley and nowhere. Knows which farm stalls are worth the detour and will argue about it.
Has rebuilt the same alternator three times on three different passes. Shoots everything at golden hour on principle.
Finds the routes, gets the permissions and remembers to book the one place with water.
Nine roads, four provinces, one broken shock absorber
Everything below was driven between March and August. Distances are what the odometer said, not what the map promised.
Ouberg Pass at first light12 March · Montagu
The road to Wupperthal19 March · Cederberg
Sutherland, minus nine2 April · Northern Cape
Baviaanskloof, day two17 April · Eastern Cape
A farm stall with no name3 May · Karoo
Sani, coming down21 May · KwaZulu-Natal
The salt pan road9 June · Northern Cape
Kaapsehoop in fog14 July · Mpumalanga
Send us a road tip
A pass, a farm stall, a place with a name and nothing else. If it is worth the drive we will go.