Best road to drive ??
Discussion
Ok, thinking about going away at the end of November and would really like a memorable drive - maybe with a special car - to mark a celebration.
What would be a great location - hopefully warm'ish - with some fantastic scenary and roads ?
Done most of the Alpine roads around Italy/France/Switzerland, etc, driven teh Great Ocean road in Aus, done the Amalfi coast, driven the French riviera.
Thought about the Garden route South Africa and maybe the Pacific highway on the west coast of Amercia.
Any other ideas ? The more special the better !!
What would be a great location - hopefully warm'ish - with some fantastic scenary and roads ?
Done most of the Alpine roads around Italy/France/Switzerland, etc, driven teh Great Ocean road in Aus, done the Amalfi coast, driven the French riviera.
Thought about the Garden route South Africa and maybe the Pacific highway on the west coast of Amercia.
Any other ideas ? The more special the better !!
There's nothing much special about driving the Garden Route - just the odd special section (Chapmans Peak, Wilderness, Sir Lowry's pass). Much better to drive inland, especially around the wine routes...
However, it is a great road trip - I'd recommend just 'slumming it' in back-packer hostels, get your own room though! You meet lots of others on the route, otherwise it could be lonely.
It will be warm - and whale season has started. Car hire is cheap (I'm renting a Clio with air/con for £40 for 2 days on Monday). Food and drink is obscenely cheap, so it's a good value holiday once you've paid for flights.
Don't forget great white cage diving at Gaansbai/Hermanus...
However, it is a great road trip - I'd recommend just 'slumming it' in back-packer hostels, get your own room though! You meet lots of others on the route, otherwise it could be lonely.
It will be warm - and whale season has started. Car hire is cheap (I'm renting a Clio with air/con for £40 for 2 days on Monday). Food and drink is obscenely cheap, so it's a good value holiday once you've paid for flights.
Don't forget great white cage diving at Gaansbai/Hermanus...
For the Garden Route, fly in to Cape Town, not Durban. We then drove down the coast (mostly the N2) all the way to Plettenberg, but the Garden Route stretches as far as Port Elizabeth from memory. From Plettenberg we returned to Outdshoorn then inland to Cape Town on an incredible road (R62 I think).
The roads around the wineries are similar to the lower levels of the Alps. They are pretty desolate, and I certainly wouldn't recommend breaking down (could be a long wait and SA is well known for violent crime). Lots of bikers and day trippers from CT at weekends (it's within an hour of the city!). Lots of small passes and straight plateaus. Not a speed camera in site (and you can always bribe the cops down there).
The Garden Route itself is one of the safer parts of SA, we never felt in danger (except from gangs of baboons...)
The rest of the inland behind the Garden Route (ie Little Karoo) is HOT and desolate. The coast is kept mild by the freezing water in the ocean.
I've done the PCH too - better scenery, but I love SA so would repeat the GR first...
The roads around the wineries are similar to the lower levels of the Alps. They are pretty desolate, and I certainly wouldn't recommend breaking down (could be a long wait and SA is well known for violent crime). Lots of bikers and day trippers from CT at weekends (it's within an hour of the city!). Lots of small passes and straight plateaus. Not a speed camera in site (and you can always bribe the cops down there).
The Garden Route itself is one of the safer parts of SA, we never felt in danger (except from gangs of baboons...)
The rest of the inland behind the Garden Route (ie Little Karoo) is HOT and desolate. The coast is kept mild by the freezing water in the ocean.
I've done the PCH too - better scenery, but I love SA so would repeat the GR first...
Edited by Puggit on Saturday 11th October 20:48
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