Duration: 8 days
Distance: Approximately 3350 km/2100 miles

Early morning we start travelling, heading west through the North West Province. Later we challenge the barren Northern Cape; our destination is the scenic Augrabies-Falls National Park, 75 miles west of the town of Upington. The Khoi people named it ”Akoerabis”, the place of the Great Noise, referring to the Orange River cascading its way downwards for 56 metres in a spectacular waterfall. Day one is a teeth-clenching ride - approximately 530 miles!

On day two we aim for Springbok via Pofadder (the name of an extremely dangerous snake). This wide expansive part of the country, also known as the Boesmanland, is worldwide known for its flower “show” from the middle of August till the end of September. From staying overnight in Springbok we follow the N7 through the heart of the so called Namaqualand to the fishermans town of Lambertsbaai on the Cape west coast. Day four takes us on the scenic route from Lambertsbaai travelling along the coast up to the Mother City, Cape Town. Cape Town is described at its official tourism website as “a sophisticated city at the gateway to a majestic continent. Proudly conscious of itself, yet always subtle, the Mother City is both exhilirating modern and humble, even down-to-earth. It's a place where old and new harmoniously converge in history, architecture, cultural pursuits and the essence of its people. Warmed by the African sun, the city is dominated by a towering, table-shaped mountain, set on a peninsula at souring rocky heights and lush valleys, where two oceans converge - the Indian and the Atlantic”. We stay two nights at the well known Sir Alfred and Queen Victoria Waterfront in Cape Town. Cape Town offers a myriad of things to do and places to see, amongst others a ride on the cable car up Table mountain and an exploration of the well known winelands and its routes.

We start our return journey on the N1 which take us through the Karoo. The Karoo exerts a fascination which is unforgettable, with vast open spaces where merino sheep graze on sparse veld bushes, with brooding mountains blue or lavender pink in the distance, and farmhouses with gardens set like green jewels in their dry surroundings. Overnight is spent at the breathtaking Karoo National Park at Beaufort-West (this was the birth place of the well known South African heart transplant pioneer, Prof. Chris Barnard). On day seven we travel back to the Northern Cape and end this shift in the so called diamond city named Kimberley. Kimberley is well known for the Big Hole - an interesting inheritance of the earlier open shaft mine digging. The next day we travel from Kimberley through a section of the North West Province (mainly a maize industry) and end the tour in Potchefstroom.