Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Ek en 'n vriend met 'n Triton wil graag die Sanipas gaan ry voordat hulle nou finaal besluit hy moet geteer word en ons wil in Fouriesburg tuisgaan.

My vraag is: Kan mens in 1 dag van Calidonspoort af ry, af met die Sani en dan weer terug tot by Calidonspoort?

Net gou 'n vragie.

Wil julle dan weer op met Sani en terug deur Lesotho?

Net so terloops, my avatar foto is op Sani Pass geneem toe ons in April deur Lesotho was!

Indien dit moontlik is wil ons weer terug deur Lesotho dieselfde dag.

Hi Carel

Ons het in 2011 van Fichsburg tot Sani gery. Dit was n hele dag se ry. Die pad ry baie stadig agv die klomp passe wat n mens moet ry. Ry dalk tot by Sani, kamp/slaap daar en ry die volgende dag terug. Om in een dag Sani toe en terug te ry gaan bietjie moeilik wees.

Dit gaan die heel dag se ry wees, van voor sonop tot laat in die nag. Ek sal dit nie aanbeveel nie.
Jy gaan te gedruk wees vir tyd en nie die trip, uitsig en pad kan geniet nie.

Alhoewel die pad meestal geteer is gaan jou gemiddelde spoed steeds nie meer as 50km/h wees nie.
Van Sani af binneland toe is daar padwerke vir omtrent 30km wat onvoorspelbaar is. Ons moes wag vir blasting en pad skoonmaak sowel as nuwe grondwerke, het ons sowat 2 ure besig gehou.

Die Chinese doen nogal 'n ordentlike job van pad bou, gaan eendag van Himeville tot Calendonspoort ry met my vrou se Kia Picanto.

Die Sani pass is in n baie goeie toestand nou, (ons het slegter grond paaie in ons omgewing) maar dit gaan dalk bietjie meer 'n uitdaging wees as daar sneeu is.

Dan wil julle seker ook by Sani Top 'n virversing geniet!

Kyk dit is nie onmoontelik nie maar julle gaan moeg en uitgeput wees aan die einde van die dag!

As julle dit doen laat weet ons maar hoe dit gegaan het.

Black Mountain Pass April 2015, Chinese hard aan die werk!

20min gewag vir concrete lorrie.

Sani Pass April 2015, smooth gravel road.

Carel, Sani Pass is a lekker drive, depending on if they have graded the road recently or not. but it will take at least an hour to get to the top with a few pit stops along the way to take some nice photos.

Last time we were there we went from Himeville to Mokotlong. That trip took us from about 10:00am till about 6pm. The Chinese were busy with the road and it was a little rough in places, but they may have progressed quite far with this by now. From Mokotlong to Afriski took a few hours with decent road conditions, and then from Afriski down to Oxbow and out at Caledonspoort was good roads.

So in my opinion I would take 2 days to do this. One day up Sani and sleep over at Mokotlong Hotel. The hotel was quite cheap and food there was pretty decent too. The bar was next to the dining hall, so it felt like being at a school dormitory....hahaha, but they made us feel VERY welcome, and the locals were quite friendly. The drive from the main road in towards Mokotlong hotel was ....ummmm....well .... a little concerning, as in SA one would not want to be on that road, but we drove through without any issues. Then the second day leave early and drive to Afriski and take a bum board ride down the slope.... Ask Wimpie, a six foot twenty five meter tall boytjie from Lichtenburg how much fun that is, and have a few Gluhwein glasses to warm your bones up. Then leave Afriski at about 3-4pm and drive out to Calidonspoort or Fouriesburg and back to JHB, or take a drive up to the Park Hotel in Bethlehem. This is a great low cost hotel that has a lot of sentimental value to quite a few of the club guys on the last 2 trips we went on to Lesotho.

Hope this helps

Sani Pass Border post closed due to snow

Just be careful if the wind picks up and a blizzard starts blowing..... It can be quite scary !!
Here is some videos we took

this was at Afriski



this was some great snow driving