Pakhuis Pass & Cederberg — Clanwilliam toWupperthal.
Distance
75 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
950 m
Pakhuis Pass & Cederberg — Clanwilliam to Wupperthal.
Another Thomas Bain pass (1877), the Pakhuis climbs out of the rooibos-tea town of Clanwilliam into the wild sandstone of the northern Cederberg. Weathered rock formations, San rock-art country and the poet Leipoldt's grave, before a gravel side road drops to the remote Moravian mission village of Wupperthal.
Quick facts
SurfaceMixed
Distance75 km
Days1
Total climb950 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
ClanwilliamStart · Start in Clanwilliam, the home of rooibos tea, beside its dam on the Olifants River. Last reliable fuel — take the R364 east toward the pass.
C. Louis Leipoldt GraveScenic Point · The Afrikaans poet and botanist is buried in a small rock cave on the pass, looking out at the peaks he named Faith, Hope and Charity.
Pakhuis Pass Summit — 905mMountain Pass · Crest of Bain's 1877 pass amid sculpted sandstone. San rock-art sites and the Englishman's Grave lie nearby.
WupperthalEnd · Drop south on the gravel side road to Wupperthal, a Moravian mission village founded in 1830, famous for its handmade veldskoen shoes.
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