{"id":759,"date":"2015-04-19T21:57:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T19:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eric-creation.com\/wordpress\/travels\/?p=759"},"modified":"2015-05-09T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T20:00:10","slug":"sani-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eric-creation.com\/wordpress\/travels\/zh\/2015\/04\/19\/sani-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Sani Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started my cycle tour, Bruno in Cape Town told me \u2018do the Sani pass\u2019! So I came here in the Drakensberg to cycle that pass. Having cycled much higher passes in North India (Kardlung La, ca. 5500m), I thought Sani would be easier. Wrong! The gravel is at some parts terrible on the Sani pass, and having only one pannier on one side does not help the balance. I stay indeed the night on the Lesotho side. The pass is on the border between South Africa and Lesotho, quite strangely made: the SA border is at about 1900m altitude, but it\u2019s another 7 to 8km to reach the Lesotho border on the top, 1000m higher! These 7km \u2018no-man-land\u2019 take me many hours up, but only 20min down! And to better enjoy the scenery, hiking the Hodgson\u2019s Peak offers an awesome 360\u00b0 view over the Southern Drakensberg! The geology is really impressive here: Lesotho is a huge plateau over the South African side, where the rivers created some deep gorges!
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\nI actually cycle to the base of that peak: some shepherds horse trails are nice single trails for MTB! But I take too many ways through the bush so it takes me hours to do the 10km to that peak. Too late in the afternoon to cycle down the pass, I stay a 2nd night in the \u2018Sani Stone Lodge\u2019, 10km inside Lesotho, where I am the single guest and enjoy better and cheaper food than the very busy \u2018Sani Top\u2019 just at the border! Thomby running the place is very friendly!
\nWith my weak \u2018V-brakes\u2019, I was a little scared to cycle down the pass, but it\u2019s actually ok, I am just more careful than if I had my good full suspension mountain bike! A lot of fun, but you have to keep concentrated on the track, it gets almost too fast to enjoy the impressive scenery, so stopping a few times is a must!
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