Name
|
Location
|
Crosses
|
Highest Point (m)
|
Road
|
Between towns
|
Road surface
|
Ape's Pass |
29°8′S 29°21′E / 29.133°S 29.350°E / -29.133; 29.350 |
|
2900[1] |
|
near Kwadlamini |
Footpath
|
Bannerman's Pass |
29°15′15″S 29°25′17″E / 29.25417°S 29.42139°E / -29.25417; 29.42139 |
Drakensberg |
3100[2] |
|
near Giant's Castle |
Footpath
|
Bezuidenhouts Pass |
28°32′55″S 29°12′50″E / 28.5485°S 29.2138°E / -28.5485; 29.2138 |
|
1751[3] |
|
Harrismith and Bergville |
Gravel
|
Botha's Pass |
27°37′S 29°43′E / 27.617°S 29.717°E / -27.617; 29.717 |
|
1809[4] |
R34 |
Memel and Newcastle |
Tar (Potholed)
|
Brandon's Pass |
28°9′33″S 29°39′47″E / 28.15917°S 29.66306°E / -28.15917; 29.66306 |
Drakensberg |
1792[5] |
|
East of Harrismith |
Gravel
|
Burger's Pass |
27°36′09″S 30°22′52″E / 27.6024°S 30.3810°E / -27.6024; 30.3810 |
|
1519[6] |
|
Near Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal |
Gravel
|
Bushman's Nek Pass |
29°52′25″S 29°09′40″E / 29.8735°S 29.1611°E / -29.8735; 29.1611 |
Drakensberg |
2435[7] |
|
In the Sehlabathebe National Park (vehicles prohibited) |
Footpath
|
Cecil Macks Pass |
27°04′25″S 32°00′04″E / 27.0735°S 32.0010°E / -27.0735; 32.0010 |
|
610[8] |
|
near Ingwavuma, Swaziland border |
Gravel
|
Colling's Pass |
28°13′02″S 29°38′22″E / 28.2171°S 29.6395°E / -28.2171; 29.6395 |
|
1773[9] |
|
East of Harrismith, North of Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal |
Gravel
|
De Beer's Pass |
28°19′03″S 29°29′57″E / 28.3174°S 29.4993°E / -28.3174; 29.4993 |
|
1720[10] |
S61 |
Harrismith and Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal |
Tar
|
Endoumeni Pass |
28°13′48″S 30°11′44″E / 28.2299°S 30.1955°E / -28.2299; 30.1955 |
|
1375[11] |
|
Dundee and Wasbank |
Tar
|
Giant's Castle Pass |
29°20′26″S 29°28′4″E / 29.34056°S 29.46778°E / -29.34056; 29.46778 |
Drakensberg |
3314[12] |
|
Near Giant's Castle |
Footpath
|
Goodoo Pass |
28°41′14″S 28°54′32″E / 28.68722°S 28.90889°E / -28.68722; 28.90889 |
Drakensberg |
2189[13] |
|
On the old road to Witsieshoek |
Gravel
|
Gray's Pass |
29°4′18″S 29°19′25″E / 29.07167°S 29.32361°E / -29.07167; 29.32361 |
Drakensberg |
3180[14] |
|
Near Champagne Castle |
Footpath
|
Griffin's Hill |
29°05′36″S 29°57′59″E / 29.0932°S 29.9663°E / -29.0932; 29.9663 |
|
1590[15] |
R103 |
Mooi River and Estcourt |
Tar
|
Hela Hela Pass (Helehele Pass) |
29°54′35″S 30°04′38″E / 29.9096°S 30.0772°E / -29.9096; 30.0772 |
|
1199[16] |
D114 |
Richmond and Donnybrook |
Gravel
|
Ikhupe Pass (Mkupe Pass) |
28°09′15″S 29°58′07″E / 28.1541°S 29.9687°E / -28.1541; 29.9687 |
|
1469[17] |
N11 |
Ladysmith and Newcastle |
Tar
|
Jareteng Pass |
29°18′16″S 29°26′41″E / 29.30444°S 29.44472°E / -29.30444; 29.44472 |
|
|
|
|
|
Knight's Pass |
27°39′23″S 30°22′21″E / 27.6564°S 30.3725°E / -27.6564; 30.3725 |
|
1662[18] |
|
Near Utrecht |
Gravel
|
Laing's Nek Pass |
27°28′53″S 29°52′21″E / 27.4814°S 29.8724°E / -27.4814; 29.8724 |
|
1692[19] |
N11 |
Volksrust and Newcastle |
Tar
|
Middledale Pass (Tintwa Pass) |
28°28′49″S 29°19′24″E / 28.4804°S 29.3233°E / -28.4804; 29.3233 |
Drakensberg |
1629[20] |
S1101 |
Geluksburg and Swinburne, Free State |
Tar
|
Mike's Pass |
28°57′39″S 29°13′54″E / 28.9609°S 29.2317°E / -28.9609; 29.2317 |
Drakensberg |
1931[21] |
|
|
Gravel
|
Muller's Pass |
27°52′00″S 29°42′37″E / 27.8667°S 29.7103°E / -27.8667; 29.7103 |
Drakensberg |
1835[22] |
|
Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal and Memel, Free State |
Gravel
|
Nicholson's Nek Pass |
28°28′27″S 29°45′46″E / 28.4743°S 29.7627°E / -28.4743; 29.7627 |
|
1175[23] |
|
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal and Burford, KwaZulu-Natal |
Gravel
|
Normandien Pass |
27°58′33″S 29°42′02″E / 27.9759°S 29.7005°E / -27.9759; 29.7005 |
Drakensberg |
1992[24] |
|
Farming areas around Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal and Memel, Free State |
Gravel
|
Oliviershoek Pass |
28°34′09″S 29°04′18″E / 28.5693°S 29.0717°E / -28.5693; 29.0717 |
Drakensberg |
1742[25] |
R74 |
Harrismith and Bergville |
Tar (Potholed)
|
Ping Pong Cuttings |
29°31′25″S 29°35′45″E / 29.5237°S 29.5957°E / -29.5237; 29.5957 |
Drakensberg |
1325[26] |
|
|
Gravel
|
Sabana Pass |
27°09′44″S 31°58′41″E / 27.1622°S 31.9780°E / -27.1622; 31.9780 |
|
614[27] |
|
|
Gravel
|
Sandspruit Pass |
28°28′14″S 29°22′17″E / 28.4706°S 29.3715°E / -28.4706; 29.3715 |
|
1646[28] |
|
|
Gravel
|
Sani Pass |
29°35′18″S 29°17′34″E / 29.5882°S 29.2927°E / -29.5882; 29.2927 |
Drakensberg |
2876[29] |
|
|
Gravel
|
Soutar's Hill |
29°25′12″S 29°48′42″E / 29.4200°S 29.8116°E / -29.4200; 29.8116 |
|
1741[30] |
|
Nottingham Road and Nzinga River Valley |
Tar
|
The Devil's Pass |
27°42′46″S 30°55′56″E / 27.7128°S 30.9323°E / -27.7128; 30.9323 |
Mhlobane Mountain |
1562[31] |
|
|
Gravel
|
Van Reenen's Pass |
28°24′25″S 29°23′50″E / 28.4069°S 29.3971°E / -28.4069; 29.3971 |
Drakensberg |
1768[32] |
N3 |
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal and Harrismith |
Tar
|