Diary of the Red Pick Up '53
South Africa is one of the most beautiful places in the world, with so much diversity. Many say it is One World in One Country and we pride ourselves to have some of the most interesting and friendly people living here. Yesterday we did the delivery of Kyburg Wine to Café Photo Albert, Prince Albert in the Great Karoo and after a beautiful quiet starlit night in Prince Albert we head out in search of the caves, meerkats and ostrich leather goods in Oudtshoorn.
We take a drive via the magnificent Swartberg Pass which is a mere 2km from Prince Albert. The impressive 27 kilometer long unpaved winding mountain route pass offers spectacular views of the surroundings and connects Prince Albert in the Central Karoo to the Little Karoo, of which Oudtshoorn is the largest town. The Swartberg Pass is a South African National Monument and a UNESCO world heritage site. The highest peak of the Swartberg is standing at 2.512m above sea level. It is amongst the best exposed fold mountain chains in the world. The road slicing through magnificently scenic geological formations. The pass is especially famous due to the spectacular geology that is exposed at its northern end. The contortions in the rock display astonishing anticlines and synclines and the vivid coloration of the surrounding Quartzite is remarkable. At the northern end of the pass seven-hundred metre high quartzite cliffs can be seen, and these are often tilted 90 degrees and sometimes even more. Arguably the most famous of all these cliff faces is the spectacular 'Wall of Fire'.
