The Story
This underrated tarred pass lies on the N12 route between George and Oudtshoorn. It's a long pass at 17.1 kilometre and has a substantial altitude variance of 312 metre. It offers wonderful Klein Karoo scenery, several impressive cuttings and of course the well known horseshoe bend of 170 degrees, which in Afrikaans is a 'perdeskoendraai' and where the pass takes its name from. This is a very busy road with many trucks and other commercial vehicles in the mix; all of whom seem to be in a hurry. Factoring in a fairly uneven road surface, no safety shoulders and barrier line transgressions, you need to be focussed as this pass has a high accident rate. The road and the railway line share the northern sector along the banks of the Kliprivier for 8 kilometre, then part company as the road climbs steeply away to the east towards the horseshoe bend, whilst the railway line takes a longer, more gentle gradient towards the west.
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The Cache
This cache can be found whilst travelling in the direction of Cape Town. It can also be found by parking across the road and safely crossing the road after checking for oncoming traffic. There's normally lots of traffic here, so please use stealth whilst handling the container.
Route 62, the scenic alternative
Many consider Route 62 as the scenic alternative to the much busier N2 along the coast. Route 62 stretches for more than 500 kilometre from Ashton in the Western Cape to 18 kilometre short of Humansdorp in the Eastern Cape. This cache is part of the series placed on Route 62 to entice people to explore the alternative. So go out and find them
all, including the
lab cache.