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Tulbagh sits on the route: 20 minutes from Gouda, 56km from Route 62.
Tulbagh is in Western Cape, South Africa, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Gouda, about 10 km away.
Tulbagh (Afrikaans: [ˈtœlbaχ]), previously named Roodezand, then Land van Waveren later in 1804 named after Cape of Good Hope Governor Ryk Tulbagh, is a town located in the "Land van Waveren" mountain basin (also known as the Tulbagh basin), in the Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa. The basin is fringed onRead more
three sides by mountains, and is drained by the Klein Berg River and its tributaries. The nearest towns are Ons Rust and Gouda beyond the Nuwekloof Pass, Wolseley some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the south inside the basin, and Ceres and Prince Alfred Hamlet beyond Michell's Pass in the Warm Bokkeveld.
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Within an hour or so of Tulbagh: Bainskloof Pass (37 km), Huguenot Tunnel (50 km), Route 62 (56 km).
The nearest famous roads are Bainskloof Pass, Route 62 and Franschhoek Pass.
Tulbagh is in Western Cape, South Africa, about 10 km from Gouda.
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Full driving guide for South Africa3 notable places within an hour's drive.
historic highway
An 1853 Thomas Bain pass that runs as a narrow ledge blasted into the mountainside above the Witte River, barely altered since construction and now a national monument. The tarred road is single-lane in places with dramatic drop-offs.
37 km · about 45 min drive
tunnel
South Africa's longest road tunnel, boring 3.9 km through the Du Toitskloof mountains on the N1 near Paarl and bypassing the old scenic pass above it.
50 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
South Africa's longest wine route, a scenic alternative to the Garden Route passing through the Klein Karoo and wine valleys.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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