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Ermelo
Amsterdam
Vaal Scheepmoor
Amersfoort Piet Retief
Johannesburg Perdekop Richards Bay
Johannesburg Dirkiesdorp
Vrede Klip Volksrust Commondale
Laingsnek Pass Balelesberg
Edenville
Bivane
Kroonstad FREE ST AT E Ingogo Utrecht Bivane
Newcastle San rock art at Giant’s Castle in
Odendaalsrus Vals Lindley Reitz Molen Warden Vryheid uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
Welkom Steynsrus Danielsrus BATTLEFIELDS TOUR Blood River
Virginia Ventersburg Bethlehem Fort Mistake Dundee
Allemanskraal Nqutu
Dam GOLDEN GATE Harrismith Glencoe
Theunissen Senekal HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK Van Reenens KWAZULU-
Pass
Winburg Rosendal Ladysmith NATAL Getting Around
Bloemfontein Clarens SPIOENKOP DAM
Marquard Royal Natal NATURE RESERVE The N2 links East London with KwaZulu-
Ficksburg National Park Winterton Natal. Roads leading to the Wild Coast are
Clocolan Hlotse Cathedral UKHAHLAMBA-DRAKENSBERG mostly untarred, and private transport is
PARK
Peak
Teyateyaneng Champagne Valley & Estcourt necessary to reach the remote beaches.
Westminster Monk's Cowl Greytown
Katse Mooi River Many Lesotho roads require a 4WD
Maseru Dam vehicle, although the network is being
Katse Giant’s Kamberg
Molimo Nthuse Castle MIDLANDS extended. There is no easy road access to
Pass MEANDER Lesotho from the east. The N3 highway in
Sani Pass Midmar Dam
Wepener Ramabanta LESOTHO Durban KwaZulu-Natal, which carries one-tenth of
Mafeteng Thaba Putsoa PIETERMARITZBURG South Africa’s traffic, provides access to the
Bloemfontein Qacha’s D r a k e n s b e r g Underberg Donnybrook Drakensberg resorts. Roads leading to the
hotels and resorts are mostly tarred. Large
Caledon Makhaleng bus companies offer regular services
Nek
Breipaal Mohales Hoek between regional centres. There are
Dupleston Smithfield Zastron domestic airports in East London, Mthatha
Quthing Sigoga
Rouxville Port and Pietermaritzburg, and international
Orange Shepstone
Goedemoed airports at Durban and Maseru.
Sterkspruit Keneka
Aliwal North Fort Donald
New England Tina
Vineyard Rode
Burgersdorp Barkly East Redoubt
Clanville Maclear Flagstaff
Swempoort Tsitsa Mkambati Nature
Bridge Reserve
Steynsburg Dordrecht Palmerton
Molteno Elliot Mtata Sights at a Glance
Dam Umzimvubu Port Grosvenor
Cala 1 Wild Coast
Hofmeyr Wit-Kei Lady Frere Mthatha Port St. Johns 2 Lesotho pp272–3
Bailey EAST ERN CAPE 3 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg
Queenstown Tshani Park
Tarkastad Bolotwa Tsomo Dutywa Coffee Bay 4 Golden Gate Highlands
Dwesa
Cradock Nature National Park
Coetzeesberg
Swart-Kei Reserve
Elandsdrift Cathcart Nqamakwe 6 Spioenkop Dam
W i n t e r b e r g WILD COAST Nature Reserve
Groot-Kei
Daggaboersnek Stutterheim Komga 7 Midlands Meander
8 Pietermaritzburg
Bedford Fort Beaufort Kei Mouth
Bhisho Chintsa Tour
Mdantsane 5 Battlefields Tour p278
Port Elizabeth
East
London The City Hall of Pietermaritzburg
For keys to symbols see back flap
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