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2015 End-of-Year Lesotho and Drakensberg Motorbike Tour

So a very last minute tour around the country, once again at the end of the year, on my BMW 1200GS. 😉

Trip to Lesotho

2016-01-06 20_14_39-Bryanston, Sandton to Bryanston, Sandton - Google Maps

 

Bryanston to Rosendal on Christmas. Christmas in Rosendal with my newly wed Sister and her Husband. A few days there, and then onto and into Lesotho.

Rosendal to Katse Dam to Afriski in Oxbow (all via the tar roads and the most amazing Mountain Passes, climbing to over 3,000m)

Afriski to Sani Pass (via the most amazing tar road all the way to the top of Sani Pass on the Lesotho side. Down Sani Pass (4×4 only Gravel road on the South African side) to Himeville. Himeville to Bergville in the Drakensberg via the tar road (via Underberg and Howick).

Bergville to Cathedrals Peak Hotel (for Lunch), and then back to Bergville for the Smoking Dragon Music Festival at the Amphitheatre Back Packers.

Bergville back home to Bryanston on New Years Day. Via the most amazing newly tarred Sterkfontein Dam Road between Bergville and Harrismith. Onto Clarens ia the Golden Gate National Park, onto Rosendal and then back home to Johannesburg.

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