Swartberg Pass and its incredible scenic views, in the Western Cape South Africa S1EP30

[@maxrennie9931]

Great show.Keep it up.

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Thank you 🙏

[@benniegerber9526]

An amazing beautiful pass for sure and with something new and more amazing around every turn. Nice video.

[@thetravelingtortoises]

And the great thing is it has many corners! We loved the Swartberg Pass!

[@MrElhabib123]

It’s nice I have seen it thks

[@RudolfMare]

Thanks for sharing such an iconic part of this country!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Thank you! It was absolutely stunning, SA is still the most diverse and beautiful country

[@williamdurr7792]

Stunning scenery and cleverly edited guys. I loved it.

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😁👍

[@phillip-nielalbertyn2188]

My favorite pass in SA.Thank you so much for sharing-happy travels!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Def one of our all time favourite passes! Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for watching!

[@rickhughes811]

Wow the pass looks well kept on the steep turns beautiful road

[@thetravelingtortoises]

It is a very well kept pass. Very fun to ride!

[@andrewlong5444]

Awesome pass, doing it in a days trip you enjoy its beauty, well done 🙂 NZ

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Thank you so much! We really enjoyed the pass, its a beautiful ride!

[@lekkarides]

Nice work you two, looked lekka... ❤🙂

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Thank you! 😁👍 it was a LEKKA RIDE! 😁

[@aniwenetv]

Goosebumps, Lovely.

[@thetravelingtortoises]

We got them a couple times on the pass!

[@marinusdupreez7151]

Nice one. Mooi daar!!!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Baie baie mooi ja!

[@brucekendall52]

You are having a dream trip.I am envious.That little 390 ia gem of a bike.Thanks for sharing.

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Little Mouse is really an awesome little bike! Just goes everywhere and never complains! We sure are enjoying our travels!

[@darrylcoomer1539]

What a pass!!! wow!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

One of our favourite passes!

[@leonvanheerden9174]

💚

[@wilnaswarts1960]

My fear of heights prevent me of doing passes like that - terrible. Wish I can get rid of it. Well done you two!!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Just stick to the mountain side and look up. It sometimes are scary but the beauty out weights the fear. If it is really bad dont worry just ride along with us and we will do our best to show you the beauty of the area! 😁

[@CraigShawCraigShaw]

Hi guys, first time watching your channel, and I'm loving your footage. Thank you for sharing! You have a great chemistry the two of you. If you improve the audio quality your videos would be even better. Enjoy!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Welcome! And thank you so much 😊 we have put a lot of work in the audio and improved overtime. Hopefully you will see that in the more recent videos. If the sound is still up for improvement in season 2 please let us know, then we can have look at it👍🏻

[@Thebabsdt]

These passes are not for the faint hearted, thats for sure !!!

[@thetravelingtortoises]

They sure do get your heart beating in all the rite ways! :)

[@aniwenetv]

I LOVE THESE MOUNTAIN PASSES, I need to visit South Africa. I also love that you can take a picnic anywhere, I know the feeling. Bikes just give you a freedom you can't get elsewhere

[@thetravelingtortoises]

You sure have to! SA is an amazingly beautiful country with awesome places to visit everywhere!

[@0112Edna]

Enjoyed watching your video, because we have also just released our video of Swartberg Pass - unreal how different the pass looks doing it the other way around (we started from Prince Albert side). Was a great ride… On Their KTM’s

[@thetravelingtortoises]

We will have to go watch your video 🙈 dont get enough time to watch anything these days! Haha! But can imagine it must be completely diffirent! Must be quite something when you are presented with the big snake up the mountain infront of you!

[@SolarEclipse777]

Choose your seasons before doing the Swartberg pass - it is often closed by snow in the winter. The Swartberg is my favourite pass, but you only had half the fun! Halfway up the Swartberg (or down it) you can turn off to Die Hel and the 30km ride down to the hidden Gamkaskloof valley over an amazing switchback pass. It's a cul-de-sac so you do the same 30km back out again but is equally magnificent in either direction and one of the very best passes in South Africa, suitable only for 4x4s and adventure bikes. Take the opportunity to overnight in one of the original farmhouses built by the pioneers a couple of centuries ago which are fully kitted out for a comfortable stay.

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Oo yes it sure can get cold there as well!! We happy we could do it before all the snow fell now.

[@WestCoastADV]

considering you have done both now, which pass do you rate better seweweekspoort pass or swartberg pass :?

[@thetravelingtortoises]

Seweweekspoort is easy, smooth and absolutely beautiful, perfect when you just want to do an easy enjoyable ride. But if you want to do some steep sections and more adrenalin then defenitly do Swartberg Pass (and add Die Hell to it as well, half way through the swartberg pass). But better still is to do them both, they are so close together!