Dasklip Pass is situated in the

Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...

province of

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on an

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near Porterville along the R365 highway. The road provides access to the plateau in the Groot Winterhoek mountains and the

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; summiting at a height of 700 metres above sea level. It was privately built by farmers located on the plateau. The road was upgraded to an asphalt road in the early 2000s. The road is noted for both its views of the

Swartland The Swartland is a region of Western Cape Province that begins some north of Cape Town and consists of the area between the towns of Malmesbury in the south, Darling in the west, Piketberg in the north, Moorreesburg in the middle and the Riebee ...

plains below and as a popular launch site for hang gliders. During the

2015 Western Cape fire season The 2015 Cape wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned across the Western Cape from February to April 2015. Major fires burned across the Cape Peninsula starting on 1 March in Muizenberg and burning until 9 March, when firefighters extin ...

a fire fighter died when his vehicle veered off the pass.

Gallery

File:Dasklip Pass.jpg, Road sign on the R365 turnoff to the pass File:Dasklip Pass01.jpg, Part of the pass File:Dasklip cam.png, Riding up the Dasklip Pass at dusk.

External links

Passes Index
at Wild Dog Adventure Riding website

References

Mountain passes of the Western Cape {{WesternCape-geo-stub