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Garden Route & Route 62, Back Country Roads – PART 1 – CAPE TOWN to ADDO ELEPHANT PARK
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
Craig Marshall and Kirsten Fugard travel by motorcycle from Cape Town toward Addo Elephant National Park in this first instalment of a South African Garden Route journey. The film visits places featured in the Garden Route & Route 62 volume of the Back Country Southern Africa route-book series.
About this film
Filmed, edited and presented by Marshall and Fugard, the documentary combines the motorcycle trip with a look at locations highlighted by the route book. An early segment introduces the series and includes a discussion of how to use its route books. The film is part of BCSA – Back Country Southern Africa and is the first of a two-part travel documentary.
The journey
The itinerary takes in De Hoop Nature Reserve, Gysmanshoek Pass and the Malgas Pontoon, followed by Bonniedale Holiday Farm and Wilderness Bushcamp. Further stops include Old Montagu Pass, Old Cape Road (Kom se Pad) and Outeniqua Mountain Lodge. At Storms River Village, the film features a Segway outing and Tsitsikamma Backpackers, then visits Storms River Mouth and its suspension footbridge. The journey reaches Elephant House and Addo Elephant National Park.
What to expect
- A motorcycle journey along South Africa’s Garden Route.
- Passes, country roads and named route-book stops.
- Storms River and the journey’s finish at Addo.
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