🗺️ ROUTE 13
Cape Town → Kalahari Desert → Kruger National Park
A 4×4 self-drive journey linking 13 highlights from Cape Town to Kruger National Park. The GPS audio guide tells you the story of each place as you pass.
The journey
A road linking 13 stops
1Cape Town›2Springbok›3Augrabies Falls National Park›4Upington›5Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park›6Kuruman›7Graskop›8God’s Window›9Bourke’s Luck Potholes›10Pilgrim’s Rest›11Blyde River Canyon›12Three Rondavels›13Kruger National Park
Highlights
Stories along the way
Cape Town
Sarah Baartman — the Slave Lodge
Springbok
The miners who came from Cornwall
Augrabies Falls National Park
A name born from a sound
Upington
Vineyards grown from river water in the middle of the desert
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
The first park to erase a national border
Kuruman
A spring gushing 20 million litres a day in the middle of the desert
Graskop
The town that planted trees when the gold ran out
God’s Window
An endless view called the window through which God looks down
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 13: how to plan your trip
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