🗺️ ROUTE 10
Cape Town → Garden Route return (out via the N2 coast · back via inland Route 62)
A 4×4 self-drive journey linking 18 highlights from Cape Town to Robertson. The GPS audio guide tells you the story of each place as you pass.
The journey
A road linking 18 stops
1Cape Town›2Hermanus›3Mossel Bay›4Wilderness›5Knysna›6Featherbed Nature Reserve›7Plettenberg Bay›8Robberg Nature Reserve›9Tsitsikamma›10Storms River›11Bloukrans Bridge›12Oudtshoorn›13Cango Caves›14Calitzdorp›15Barrydale›16Montagu›17Cogmanskloof›18Robertson
Highlights
Stories along the way
Cape Town
Sarah Baartman — the Slave Lodge
Hermanus
The only job of its kind in the world — the whale crier
Mossel Bay
A letter in an old shoe — the world’s oldest ‘post box’
Wilderness
An African continent drawn by a river bend — a map made by chance
Knysna
“I am the king’s hidden son” — the self-made legend of Knysna’s founder
Featherbed Nature Reserve
The cliffs that survived because there was no bridge
Plettenberg Bay
The hotel where you now watch whales once stood where whales were killed
Robberg Nature Reserve
Where humans first began eating from the sea, 120,000 years ago
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 10: how to plan your trip
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