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2 unusual facts about Roodezand Pass


Roodezand Pass

The redoubtable pass builder, Thomas Bain, reconnoitred the kloof in 1855 and suggested a new route along the western side or left bank of the Klein Berg River, a recommendation which was followed in 1859 and 1860, and was to carry traffic for the next hundred years.

Roodezand Pass was constructed to allow access eastward from Cape Town across the Obiqua Mountains into the valley where the present-day town of Tulbagh is located.



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