List of mountain passes of the Eastern Cape

This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

List of Passes in the Eastern Cape province

Name	Location	Highest Point	Road	Between towns	Road surface
All Saints Neck	31.6767°S 28.0127°E / -31.6767; 28.0127		R61	Mthatha and Engcobo	tar
Barkly Pass	31.2357°S 27.8419°E / -31.2357; 27.8419		R58	Elliot and Barkly East	tar
Baster Voetslaan Pass	31.1748°S 27.9795°E / -31.1748; 27.9795		pass joins R393	Barkly Pass and Ugie	rough gravel
Baviaanskloof	33.6464°S 24.4554°E / -33.6464; 24.4554			Willowmore and Hankey	gravel
Bidstone Pass	30.7150°S 27.8307°E / -30.7150; 27.8307			near Tiffindell Ski Resort	gravel
Blaauwkrantz Pass	33.3853°S 26.7051°E / -33.3853; 26.7051		R67	Grahamstown and Port Alfred	tar
Boesmanshoek Pass	31.4982°S 26.4854°E / -31.4982; 26.4854		R397	Molteno and Sterkstroom	tar
Bruintjieshoogte Pass	32.6795°S 25.3458°E / -32.6795; 25.3458		R63	Somerset East and Pearston	tar
Buffalo Pass	33.0353°S 27.7979°E / -33.0353; 27.7979		M5	East London	wide tar
Buffelshoek Pass	32.4864°S 25.2340°E / -32.4864; 25.2340		R337	Pearston and Cradock	gravel
Bulhoek Pass	31.2395°S 25.7065°E / -31.2395; 25.7065			Steynsburg	gravel
Buyspoort (Buispoort)	33.3499°S 23.4344°E / -33.3499; 23.4344		N9	Uniondale and Willowmore	tar
Cala Pass	31.4737°S 27.7234°E / -31.4737; 27.7234		R410	Elliot and Cala	tar
Carlislehoekspruit Pass	30.7188°S 27.9568°E / -30.7188; 27.9568			Rhodes and Tiffendell	steep gravel
Cats Pass	32.4281°S 28.4352°E / -32.4281; 28.4352			Butterworth and Mazeppa Bay
Colonanek	30.6463°S 29.0480°E / -30.6463; 29.0480			Mount Frere and Cedarville
Combrink's Pass	33.6529°S 24.5013°E / -33.6529; 24.5013
Daggaboers Nek	32.5356°S 25.8431°E / -32.5356; 25.8431		N10	Cookhouse and Cradock	tar
De Beer's Pass	32.3150°S 26.1857°E / -32.3150; 26.1857			Cookhouse and Tarkastad
Devil's Bellows	32.4163°S 26.6667°E / -32.4163; 26.6667			Balfour and Whittlesea	bad gravel
Dontsa Pass	32.6132°S 27.2437°E / -32.6132; 27.2437		R352	Keiskammahoek and Stutterheim
Doringnek	33.3806°S 25.7112°E / -33.3806; 25.7112		R335	Addo and Somerset East	gravel
Ecca Pass	33.2006°S 26.6185°E / -33.2006; 26.6185		R67	Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort	tar
Fonteinkloof Pass	33.5947°S 26.1224°E / -33.5947; 26.1224		R72	Port Elizabeth and Alexandria	tar
Fuller's Hoek Pass	32.6885°S 26.5195°E / -32.6885; 26.5195			Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve	gravel
Ghwarriepoort	33.3881°S 23.3918°E / -33.3881; 23.3918		N9	Uniondale and Williston
Grasnek Pass	33.6490°S 24.3433°E / -33.6490; 24.3433
Greylings Pass	31.1188°S 27.2999°E / -31.1188; 27.2999		R396	Dordrecht and Barkly East
Groot-Doringhoek Pass	31.3795°S 26.0736°E / -31.3795; 26.0736		R391	Hofmeyr and Molteno	gravel
Hankey Pass	33.8821°S 24.8401°E / -33.8821; 24.8401		R330	Humansdorp and Hankey	tar
Helspoort Pass	33.1701°S 26.3209°E / -33.1701; 26.3209		R350	Grahamstown and Bedford	tar
Hogsback Pass	32.6136°S 26.9134°E / -32.6136; 26.9134		R345	Alice and Cathcart	good tar
Holgat Pass	33.6403°S 24.4563°E / -33.6403; 24.4563
Joubert's Pass	30.7167°S 27.2440°E / -30.7167; 27.2440	2349	detour off R58	Lady Grey and Barkly East	gravel
Kareedouw Pass	33.9621°S 24.2667°E / -33.9621; 24.2667			Kareedouw and Knysna
Katberg Pass	32.4561°S 26.6547°E / -32.4561; 26.6547			Balfour and Whittlesea	gravel
Kei Cuttings	32.5499°S 27.9639°E / -32.5499; 27.9639		N2	Komga and Butterworth	wide tar
Killian's Pass	31.1832°S 27.2953°E / -31.1832; 27.2953			Dordrecht and Barkly East
Kumajaba Pass	31.2840°S 28.5357°E / -31.2840; 28.5357			Maclear
Kwaaiman Pass	31.7253°S 27.6956°E / -31.7253; 27.6956			Cala and Tsomo
Lehana's Pass	30.6787°S 28.2007°E / -30.6787; 28.2007
Lootsberg Pass	31.8272°S 24.8555°E / -31.8272; 24.8555			Graaff Reinet and Middelburg, Eastern Cape	tar
Lundin's Neck (often misspelt Lundean's Nek)	30.6471°S 27.7422°E / -30.6471; 27.7422	2162	R393	Tele Bridge and Barkly East	gravel
Michel's Pass	32.5621°S 26.8610°E / -32.5621; 26.8610			Seymour and Hogsback	gravel
Mlengana Pass	31.5449°S 29.1814°E / -31.5449; 29.1814			Mthatha and Port St. Johns
Moordenaarsnek	30.8397°S 28.5440°E / -30.8397; 28.5440		R56	Mount Fletcher and Maclear	wide tar
Munnikspoort	32.2980°S 24.5243°E / -32.2980; 24.5243		N9	Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet	tar
Naudeberg Pass	31.9682°S 24.7190°E / -31.9682; 24.7190				tar
Naude's Neck Pass	30.7600°S 28.0761°E / -30.7600; 28.0761			Maclear and Rhodes	gravel
Nico Malan Pass	32.4807°S 26.8361°E / -32.4807; 26.8361		R67	Fort Beaufort and Whittlesea	tar
Nonesis Nek Pass	31.8416°S 26.9883°E / -31.8416; 26.9883			Queenstown and Lady Frere	tar
Nuwekloof Pass	33.5160°S 23.6460°E / -33.5160; 23.6460			Willowmore and Baviaanskloof	gravel
Olifantskop Pass	33.3189°S 25.9465°E / -33.3189; 25.9465		N10	Paterson and Cookhouse	wide tar
Otto Du Plessis Pass	31.2346°S 27.5305°E / -31.2346; 27.5305			Ida - Clifford	gravel
Ouberg Pass (Oude Berg Pass)	32.1212°S 24.4077°E / -32.1212; 24.4077			Graaff Reinet and Murraysburg
Pefferskop Pass	32.6501°S 26.8827°E / -32.6501; 26.8827			Seymour and Dimfield	gravel
Penhoek Pass	31.4626°S 26.7015°E / -31.4626; 26.7015		N6	Queenstown and Aliwal North	tar
Perdepoort	33.1888°S 23.4314°E / -33.1888; 23.4314		N9	Graaff Reinet and Willowmore
Pitseng Pass	30.7573°S 28.3057°E / -30.7573; 28.3057			Mount Fletcher and Barkly East
Pot River Pass	30.9326°S 28.2103°E / -30.9326; 28.2103		R396	Maclear and Barkly East	gravel
Potter's Pass	33.0406°S 27.8695°E / -33.0406; 27.8695			Westbank, East London	urban
Qacha's Nek	30.1283°S 28.6863°E / -30.1283; 28.6863				gravel
Red Hill Pass	32.7116°S 27.1836°E / -32.7116; 27.1836		R352	Keiskammahoek and King Williams Town
Satansnek	31.5984°S 27.9433°E / -31.5984; 27.9433			Mthatha and Cala
Smuts Pass	31.4070°S 26.7920°E / -31.4070; 26.7920			Dordrecht and Molteno	tar
Soutpansnek	32.8733°S 24.7137°E / -32.8733; 24.7137		R75	Jansenville and Graaff Reinet	tar
Stormsrivier Pass	33.9888°S 23.9118°E / -33.9888; 23.9118
Suurberg Pass	33.2835°S 25.7202°E / -33.2835; 25.7202			Patterson to Stonefountain
Swaershoek Pass	32.3468°S 25.4611°E / -32.3468; 25.4611			Cradock and Pearston
Swanepoelspoort	33.1143°S 23.8940°E / -33.1143; 23.8940			Willowmore and Jansenville
Tarka Pass	32.4719°S 25.6666°E / -32.4719; 25.6666			Cradock and Somerset East	wide tar
Van Stadens Pass	33.9128°S 25.2025°E / -33.9128; 25.2025		R102	Port Elizabeth and Humansdorp	wide tar
Wapadsberg Pass	31.9311°S 24.8837°E / -31.9311; 24.8837		R61	Cradock and Nieu-Bethesda	tar
Witnek Pass	31.8811°S 24.6954°E / -31.8811; 24.6954			Nieu-Bethesda and Cradock
Witkransnek Pass				Middelburg and Cradock	tar

See also

• Mountain Passes of South Africa

References

• Wild Dog Adventure Riding, South Africa