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Day 21 — Spreetshoogte Pass & Great Escarpment
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An active day out from your base in Solitaire, with 1 h 59 on the road and little free time.
Stage 16 · Spreetshoogte · Namibia
day 21 0 nights 1 h on the road55 kmclimate favourable
Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: mountain pass; mountain pass reached from the stage (Spreetshoogte Pass).
- programme
- 7 h 30
- road
- 1 h 59
- usable window
- 11 h
- Birdwatching in the mountain transition zone3 h
- Hiking the steep trails of the Great EscarpmentInterest nature 15★☆☆☆☆ · known in 3 languages — article “Spreetshoogte Pass”“Spreetshoogte Pass is a mountain pass in central Namibia, connecting the Namib Desert with the Khomas Highland by traversing the Great Escarpment, a geological feature of much of the southern part of the African continent. With gradients between 1:4.5 and 1:6 it is the steepest pass in Namibia, as well as the one straddling the biggest elevation difference, descending from an altitude of 1,822 metres (5,978 ft) almost 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) within 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of road.” — after Wikipedia4 h 30
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Birdwatching in the mountain transition zone
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