🗺️ ROUTE 14
Cape Town → Namaqualand (wildflowers) → Namib Desert (red dunes) return
A 4×4 self-drive journey linking 7 highlights from Cape Town to Deadvlei. The GPS audio guide tells you the story of each place as you pass.
The journey
A road linking 7 stops
1Cape Town›2Springbok›3Goegap Nature Reserve›4Skilpad (Namaqua National Park)›5Orange River border›6Sossusvlei›7Deadvlei
Highlights
Stories along the way
Cape Town
Sarah Baartman — the Slave Lodge
Springbok
The miners who came from Cornwall
Goegap Nature Reserve
A granite garden where animals lost to hunting have returned
Skilpad (Namaqua National Park)
One basin that turns the desert into a flower garden
Sossusvlei
People lived even in the harshest desert
Deadvlei
Trees that have not decayed in over 900 years
Stories along the way
Read all the stories of this route before you go
We’ve written up the history, culture and nature commentary narrated by the GPS audio guide. Discover every story on this journey now.
Route 14: how to plan your trip
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