This is fantastic. Finally a local promoting our beautiful Western Cape. Also, something to share with friends and family overseas. We are very privileged. I'm glad that I "stumbled" across your UA-cam channel. Thank you.
Thanks to share those beautiful views of South Africa. In January 2012 passing by Oudtdhoorn to visit the Cango caves ( so beautiful) the day after we went up to Swartberg Pass, down below the valley was an amazing green.....South Africa is my best holidays spot, it's so diversified; the sea, the desert, the mountains and the people so friendly ....
I was at Oudtshoorn in the army in 1974. We explored the area weekend after weekend. This video recalled so many good memories that will stay with me until my death And now I am living in Australia but SA will stay my country.
Hey Johan... You lucky fish you... I was also in the army in '74, short while at Oudshoorn, but the only "exploring" we've been doing weekend after weekend was full kit afkakke in the Swartberg. But yes, I'm fortunate to still stay in RSA, and do travel those areas when I can. Our country is so vast, and so much to see, that it will take a lifetime to do everything in a person's travel bucket list... Must be tough staying in Aus, and still say SA is your country... I moved down from Pretoria to the Western Cape, still calling myself a Blue Bull after 45 years, and getting lip frequently... Hope you still support the Bokke... 🤔🤔🤔🤔
That's the Swartberg Pass ... from both sides. There is no Prince Albert Pass ... but there is a Prince Alfred Pass ... from the R62 Langkloof to either Plett or Knysna (depending if you turn left or right) ... another one of the most beautiful passes in South Africa - nice video by the way.
How wonderful to be able to see that far and remote place, when one does not have the means to actually travel out there. I've heard so much about the place. Thank you so much for taking us on a "couch travel" to also enjoy it. Please do more such travels.
Me and 2 other friends camped at the exact same spot with our adventure bikes last year Dec. We left the morning at 5:00 and it was already 33c. Its a absolute gem of a place. Its called the Hel for a reason, it gets moer hot in summer.
Loving your videos, I’m an Eastern Cape boy living in Perth Australia. Watching your video, my Ozzie daughter walks in and asks who I’m talking. Apparently Matt you sound exactly like I do 🤣🤣
I just love to watch the video's of you and your wife's travels and the views of the country. It is sure hard to watch you drive on the wrong side of the road.
Die hell and swartberg are one of my favourite places in South Africa. I started my garden route tour from prince albert and the trip was too good! Nice video! A subscription from me💪
Matt and Nicole, your channel is just awesome to watch, well done!!! Love your travels, your representation of areas you vist, the detailed surrounding info, drone footage, etc, etc. Personally I think the quality of your videos improve each time, just stunning 😉👌🏻 Keep it up, and yes, I’m convinced you had a fab birthday 😁👏🏻👏🏻
I very much enjoy your travels and the 4x4 Hi-Lux build, first saw you on 22 Plinkster. you have a lovely country and you really enjoy it! I found your Biltong "cake" very interesting , I have never seen anything like its here I the USA. I did find a company here that claims to make Biltong with South African method and spices, and will be ordering some to try. Please keep up you great videos ,and travels, thanks and have a great day.
I've never heard of biltong cake and I live in SA. A cake is synonymous with something sweet, I wouldn't want to associate dried meat and cake. Love biltong though
Matt where ever you are from, you did not grew up in the Karoo. Imagine: 4X4, combat vehicle tyres, letting down the tyre pressure. Sorry that I laughed at you but we've been over the Swartbergpas in a 1961 Zephyr-6: 3 gears forward and reverse. Easy goings. What would you have done if a car came from the opposite side? No, I won't tell you. Educate yourself. The nicest fruit you can but only dream of came from The Hell, grapes. Pears and the best ever peaches: Rlberta's. There were still people living there when we were there. Well thank you for having taken me back to my childhood years. It was good to tears to see it again.
Great video, thank you. The drone footage gave a lot more perspective. Which was very helpful. I am doing this trip at the end of August with a bunch of mates on motorcycles.
Thanks for your channel - just last evening my son, who left SA as a five year old, was asking about the Western Cape and the Karoo... the chat was brought on by listening to a few Piet Botha/ Jackhammer songs... "Laat Die Wiele Rol" and That's How We Roll... I've shared the link with him and other family members who left with us from PE airport, 23 years ago! I see you're from PE so I'll be perving on all your content, that's for sure! Keep up the great work - and, happy belated birthday! I hope you did something great for this year's edition too!!
@@mattdubber Many of us are getting confused, no problem 😊 Both are extremely beautiful though. A beautiful book to consider reading, is The Romance of Passes, something like this.
Arriving from Northern Rhodesia in the sixties, Mom,Dad and 4 children in our VW Microbus. Travelling up the pass mom heard a 'clanging' noise at the rear of the Combi. Closer inspection revealed that left wheel were 3 nuts loose ( you could turn them out with 2 fingers and another nut laying loose in the hubcap. God's Grace. Danny Fourie Gauteng
Stayed there for 6 years in the 80"s...in the mountains......rushing part De Rust and Prince Albert itself as well as Oudtshoorn is a big mistake....these places in itself have gems in them and are gems themselves....
Well made video. Enjoyable to watch. Quick question? Would you feel comfortable going down there with a normal 2 wheel drive bakkie... I do have decent tyres and diff lock...
Enjoyed the video... Beautiful scenery and interesting facts. Thought there were too many speeded up bits in vid. Always wanted to know what place was like. Thanks
My favourite drive - I do it every year. STUNNING VIDEO - thank you! it's the first video I have seen that does some sort of justice to this incredible place.
Amazing video - shows you how handy drones can be - the scenery is absolutely beautiful. I have never seen anything like this - all other countries - eat your hearts out. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. This is a 10/10 video - you need to get a reward for it. God bless. [ ZA-KZN]
Great music choice, amazing drone visuals, well done, awesome, nice touch with the historic info. Did you hire the car or does it belong to you, really well kited out.
My wife and did the Swartberg pass on our Yamaha 750 triple road bike A very frightening and exhilirating trip. On the downhill bits she actually dozed off! How do I know? Her visor on her helmet kept banging me in the back of my neck. The most painful parts of my body where my fore arms and wrists. This was as a result of holding upper body up and steering the bike around large stones and washaways on the gravel road. It was a fantastic trip! We are both well into our 80's now. Many times we pull out the photos and relive that journey. Marvelling at the steep and sharp bends we slipped and slided through Not once did we 'come off'!!
Can you please give me the name of that umbrella awning on your bakkie, please? I'm a Saffie live in Germany and would like one of those for my van. Never seen one here. Regards Kathy
Great trip this - SwartBerg Pass has to be one of my favourite off-road routes in ZA - have cycled up and over a few times and it’s always such an adventure.
Similarly, I crashed my drone flying through the Meiringspoort. There is something about the mountains and rocks which confuses and interferes with the control of the drone!
If one looks closely at switchbacks on the old passes, where the turn has to be tight, one can notice when travelling up hill, just before the turn the track goes downhill. Whenever making a turn the oxcarts- usually having eight oxen - needed to have a downhill stretch whether going down, the track naturally has this, or going up the mountain; the down hill gradient caused the oxen and cart to bunch up and allow a much tighter turn.
Wow. Your videos are excellent. They are fun and remind me of all the great spots in SA. I am curious how you are coping with the fuel price though? Well done on the content. I will be watching a lot more of your adventure videos. Cant wait.
Just discovered you channel. I must say it's a great service you're doing. You're really showing or opening up the country, particularly it's natural beauty in perhaps the most ideal way. Thank you for that. It's indeed appreciated as so many have testified.
I had the honor to sray in " Die Hel" in a dry river gorge. In a small tent for 2. The Swartberg mountain i know like my hand. Yes on top of Wawielberg next ti a beuatifull waterfall, one of many on the Prince Albert side we stayed in our small tent, exploring the mountain. Our bath was the pools. At night we enjoyed the company of the wildlife in the mountain. The sky was so near us that we could nearly touch the stars.. In "Die Hel" we came face to face wuth a leopard. Luckily for us the wind blew in the right direction. I will love to do this one more time..
Did a 10 day Army leadership course out of the Academy in Saldanha back in the early 70's. Snow on the mountains, heat stroke in the Hel for the unfit with poor water management skills. We did it on foot from Zoar, Seweweeks, down into the valley (plenty rapelling) across the snow cold Gamka, up and along the mountains. Final day was a welcome event! Loved it. The inhabitants at the rough end of the valley still roped their donkeys and carts up the mountains to go shopping! Amazing.
Awesome video and really got me "lus" to go as well. What were the roads like? Do you need a serious 4x4, or will a normal smallish SUV (BMW x3) manage the roads as well? First of your videos I watched, but am definitely looking out for the rest
@@JvRooyenIII thank you so much for the reply. I have very capable 4x4 as a second car, but the fuel price doesn't allow it travel from Pretoria. So very glad to hear the X3 can do the job!! Any thing wrong with going over Dec? Want to make it my holiday trip
We did part of that trip in January 2022. Totally unplanned and on the sour of the moment as we were heading home to Durban from Mossel Bay as I decided to show my wife Oudshoorn, the Swartberg Pass and Prince Albert. I had done this trip some decades arealier and wanted her to experience the raw beauty of the area. Needless to say our trip home to Durban, instead of taking from Monday midday to Wednesday morning (earliest eta) resulted in a home arrival of 10pm the next Sunday night. Epic trip
Brilliant, as usual. The music was particularly interesting on this one (especially the first half). You should list the song titles and artists in the description.
Nice videos Matt. Watched your Sani Pass video too. My wife and I rode down and back up Die Hel earlier this year on an adventure bike - after some heavy recent rains with lotsa ruts. All of this preceded by a scenic but gruelling ride on Gamkaskloof. We plan on riding Sani Pass early December - also on the bike. Which of the two passes was the most tricky/steep/tight switchbacks etc? Just wrt technical & topographic aspects?
I've been there a few times, always on a motorcycle. The last time was during the Garden Route Rally. I have a very good friend, oom Nick Coetzee. He had a Suzuki DR that had not been ridden for a while and he asked me to take the bike for the trip. A nice ride it was. When we came back the Biker's Church pastor was highly amused at me going to Hell on Nick's motorcycle.
2011 We went down into Die Hel with a 4x2 (no low range) Fortuner, and a heavily laden 4x4 trailer. Went down that last bit in 1st gear, and brakes. Phew! We just made the bottom, when my vehicle brakes started bottoming out. Worried my backside off on getting that combination back up the steep gravelly road without getting stuck on/by the gravel (wheelspin), but my trusty 4x2 Fortuner pulled us through. 1st gear, steady revs, just on max torque, all the way up. Oh yea, we did stop on the concrete bit to give the vehicle and myself a rest. If I recall correctly, it was 4 hours in, and a bit longer out. PS. How do you crash an expensive drone into a mountain?
I remember so well the opening of the road into 'Did hel' as I grew up in Prince Albert and my dad served on the Prince Albert Divisional Council, responsible for building the road. A mr du Plessis was administrator of the Cape Province and visited Prince Albert to open the road. Mrs Marie Luttig was in charge of the official dinner held in honour of mr du Plessis in the church hall. I was in grade 11 or 12 and we served as waiters at this dinner. Mrs Luttig, or as I knew her, 'tannie Marie' trained us how to properly serve the VIP guests from one side and remove llates from the other side. Desert was very fancy, a baked brandy pudding whuch was 'set alight' as we girl 'waitresses' walked in a row from the kitchen into the dining area to serve desert. This was a very fancy affair for a small country town in those days!!
Just wanted to mention this as well: many years after the opening of this road or pass down to the hell, I visited it again. A guy was luving there making a living on his own. He 'sold' information, like the value of land un the Hell for example for R5.00!!
This video is so good son ! This region of the klien karoo I know well having spent many a school holiday in the 70s & 80s on a working fram at Calitzdorp. But I never got to do the Swartberg and Die Hell .So its still on the bucket list. Hopefully 2023. Thank you and yours all the best from Tom Brennan.
In 1972 my dad took us there with a landrower and a small gypsy caravan. We had un hinge and rehinge that little caravan many times. That time there were no store or campsite but we had fun. It toke us about 6 hours in and 7 out.
You are lucky to drive it. I was still in school when we walked it from Calitzdorp over the wide neck and connect with the road. You then start to decent down the road. We slept just below the pass and the following day we took the old trusty "binneband tjoep down the river back to Oudtshoorn. It was called the "To Hell and Gone Sleepfoot Special" Trek. It really was hell if you were not an experienced walker water was a big problem for you. But hell it was a beautiful walk.
Another great video of a beautiful area. I did this on my motorcycle not too long ago. I, as a relative newcomer to off-road riding, found it very tough. But very beautiful. I see Matt also likes his tomato sauce. Good man, Matt!
Thank you Matt for sharing your beautiful Adventures with you two, every single episode, just love the bilton cake, where can we get it in the UK. HAHAHA. Have fun and stay blessed.
Baine only completed the pass, he didn't start it ! It was in fact started and planned by Jan Tassies who went bankrupt after 13 months and only completimg 6 kilometers of the road. I am glad your drone didn't get hurt badly and you could still show us the beautiful view from above !
All Gold, please sponsor me too. No one I know consumes more All Gold than me! All gold, fresh white bread roll with black cat peanut butter, yes, that's tomatoe sauce and peanut butter, you're welcome. ;)
My Beautiful country south African 🇿🇦. Being on many road trips around South Africa for work and leisure. But it has been years since. Life has changed in recent years. Hope to in the future. #loveroadtrips #Beautiful🇿🇦
Good day mate,,hope you enjoyed your journey to ‘’The Hell’’ im from the western cape and I visited that place twice ,that road is narrow and dangerous when its wet but good place hope you made a turn in Oudtshoorn Cango Caves too 😢 very nice sightings
My husband used to serve as Chaplain in SAPolice he had to go down the road on horseback accompanied by a SAP officer to conduct a funeral of a colleague down in The Hel.
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This is fantastic. Finally a local promoting our beautiful Western Cape. Also, something to share with friends and family overseas. We are very privileged. I'm glad that I "stumbled" across your UA-cam channel. Thank you.
Thanks to share those beautiful views of South Africa. In January 2012 passing by Oudtdhoorn to visit the Cango caves ( so beautiful) the day after we went up to Swartberg Pass, down below the valley was an amazing green.....South Africa is my best holidays spot, it's so diversified; the sea, the desert, the mountains and the people so friendly ....
I was at Oudtshoorn in the army in 1974. We explored the area weekend after weekend. This video recalled so many good memories that will stay with me until my death
And now I am living in Australia but SA will stay my country.
Would love to explore that area. I’m from PMB now living in Sydney
Hey Johan...
You lucky fish you...
I was also in the army in '74, short while at Oudshoorn, but the only "exploring" we've been doing weekend after weekend was full kit afkakke in the Swartberg.
But yes, I'm fortunate to still stay in RSA, and do travel those areas when I can.
Our country is so vast, and so much to see, that it will take a lifetime to do everything in a person's travel bucket list...
Must be tough staying in Aus, and still say SA is your country...
I moved down from Pretoria to the Western Cape, still calling myself a Blue Bull after 45 years, and getting lip frequently...
Hope you still support the Bokke... 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Good area when war breaks out?
That's the Swartberg Pass ... from both sides. There is no Prince Albert Pass ... but there is a Prince Alfred Pass ... from the R62 Langkloof to either Plett or Knysna (depending if you turn left or right) ... another one of the most beautiful passes in South Africa - nice video by the way.
South Africa 🇿🇦 is a very beautiful country
Were do you buy your element scopes and fx airguns
Happy belated birthday Matt. Love these videos! Simply awesome to watch and so well filmed. You should be proud.
How wonderful to be able to see that far and remote place, when one does not have the means to actually travel out there. I've heard so much about the place. Thank you so much for taking us on a "couch travel" to also enjoy it. Please do more such travels.
Me and 2 other friends camped at the exact same spot with our adventure bikes last year Dec. We left the morning at 5:00 and it was already 33c. Its a absolute gem of a place. Its called the Hel for a reason, it gets moer hot in summer.
Loving your videos, I’m an Eastern Cape boy living in Perth Australia. Watching your video, my Ozzie daughter walks in and asks who I’m talking. Apparently Matt you sound exactly like I do 🤣🤣
What a beautiful perspective of Die Hell you’ve given me. I appreciate your content, extremely well put together 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I love this. Thank you for sharing this Durbanite the West in detail. I'm physically disabled and I highly appreciate videos like this.
I just love to watch the video's of you and your wife's travels and the views of the country. It is sure hard to watch you drive on the wrong side of the road.
We are daredevils that way 👹
Die hell and swartberg are one of my favourite places in South Africa. I started my garden route tour from prince albert and the trip was too good! Nice video! A subscription from me💪
Matt and Nicole, your channel is just awesome to watch, well done!!!
Love your travels, your representation of areas you vist, the detailed surrounding info, drone footage, etc, etc.
Personally I think the quality of your videos improve each time, just stunning 😉👌🏻
Keep it up, and yes, I’m convinced you had a fab birthday 😁👏🏻👏🏻
I very much enjoy your travels and the 4x4 Hi-Lux build, first saw you on 22 Plinkster. you have a lovely country and you really enjoy it! I found your Biltong "cake" very interesting , I have never seen anything like its here I the USA. I did find a company here that claims to make Biltong with South African method and spices, and will be ordering some to try. Please keep up you great videos ,and travels, thanks and have a great day.
I think i must try this biltong cake mmm
I've never heard of biltong cake and I live in SA. A cake is synonymous with something sweet, I wouldn't want to associate dried meat and cake. Love biltong though
Matt where ever you are from, you did not grew up in the Karoo. Imagine: 4X4, combat vehicle tyres, letting down the tyre pressure. Sorry that I laughed at you but we've been over the Swartbergpas in a 1961 Zephyr-6: 3 gears forward and reverse. Easy goings. What would you have done if a car came from the opposite side? No, I won't tell you. Educate yourself. The nicest fruit you can but only dream of came from The Hell, grapes. Pears and the best ever peaches: Rlberta's. There were still people living there when we were there.
Well thank you for having taken me back to my childhood years. It was good to tears to see it again.
Awesome 💥Thanks for sharing 🤗Brought back sosoo many memories 👣South Africa CapeTown 🧜♀️❤
Great video, thank you. The drone footage gave a lot more perspective. Which was very helpful. I am doing this trip at the end of August with a bunch of mates on motorcycles.
Thanks for your channel - just last evening my son, who left SA as a five year old, was asking about the Western Cape and the Karoo... the chat was brought on by listening to a few Piet Botha/ Jackhammer songs... "Laat Die Wiele Rol" and That's How We Roll...
I've shared the link with him and other family members who left with us from PE airport, 23 years ago!
I see you're from PE so I'll be perving on all your content, that's for sure!
Keep up the great work - and, happy belated birthday! I hope you did something great for this year's edition too!!
Just a correction. There is no pass called "Prince Albert Pass" in South Africa. What you went up is the Swartberg pass from the Prince Albert side.
Yes, I got confused between the Prince Alfred’s Pass between the R62 and Knysna, and the Swartberg pass.
@@mattdubber Many of us are getting confused, no problem 😊 Both are extremely beautiful though. A beautiful book to consider reading, is The Romance of Passes, something like this.
YES YES YES PLEASE!!
Arriving from Northern Rhodesia in the sixties, Mom,Dad and 4 children in our VW Microbus. Travelling up the pass mom heard a 'clanging' noise at the rear of the Combi. Closer inspection revealed that left wheel were 3 nuts loose ( you could turn them out with 2 fingers and another nut laying loose in the hubcap.
God's Grace.
Danny Fourie Gauteng
great commentary. great drone work. great route chosen. just a very interesting trip so thanks for your efforts to produce this
Quite an adventure 😊 I must say. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
In 1963 did this with my parents in our Opel. Never forgotten that holiday
So much memories! Thankyou!!! Now I am alone, my husband passed 8yrs. God bless
Stayed there for 6 years in the 80"s...in the mountains......rushing part De Rust and Prince Albert itself as well as Oudtshoorn is a big mistake....these places in itself have gems in them and are gems themselves....
Well made video. Enjoyable to watch. Quick question? Would you feel comfortable going down there with a normal 2 wheel drive bakkie... I do have decent tyres and diff lock...
Another great video. Thank you. Small point - someone should proof-read the captions. It's actually quite funny reading what the scribe heard him say.
Enjoyed the video... Beautiful scenery and interesting facts. Thought there were too many speeded up bits in vid. Always wanted to know what place was like. Thanks
My favourite drive - I do it every year.
STUNNING VIDEO - thank you! it's the first video I have seen that does some sort of justice to this incredible place.
Amazing video - shows you how handy drones can be - the scenery is absolutely beautiful. I have never seen anything like this - all other countries - eat your hearts out. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. This is a 10/10 video - you need to get a reward for it. God bless. [ ZA-KZN]
Oh wow, what a pleasure to watch! (After enduring 20 minutes of ASPW ranting about South Africans!)
Most enjoyable footage.
Thank goodness your drone was recovered.
Which model drone do you use?
Travel safely
Wow! Awesome footage giving a good idea of what to expect! Thank you🤝🏼
Very cool trip. Great editing, beautiful music and what a gorgeous setting for a journey's end.
Enjoyed watching your video. Looking forward to seeing more. What wildlife are present near the camp sites? Cheers
Great music choice, amazing drone visuals, well done, awesome, nice touch with the historic info. Did you hire the car or does it belong to you, really well kited out.
Great video. Brought back awesome memories of the trip we did about 8 years ago.
just love it. Well done. I am going there next week and looking forward to nature and adventure. Thanks for sharing.
so beautiful 🇿🇦💖! so touching to see our beautiful lands🥹🙏💖💕💗❤️🌹🏡🤩
Please give us a tutorial for total noobs on planning such a trip. Especially including the “roads less travelled”. Thanks!
My wife and did the Swartberg pass on our Yamaha 750 triple road bike
A very frightening and exhilirating trip. On the downhill bits she actually dozed off! How do I know? Her visor on her helmet kept banging me in the back of my neck. The most painful parts of my body where my fore arms and wrists. This was as a result of holding upper body up and steering the bike around large stones and washaways on the gravel road. It was a fantastic trip! We are both well into our 80's now. Many times we pull out the photos and relive that journey. Marvelling at the steep and sharp bends we slipped and slided through
Not once did we 'come off'!!
Can you please give me the name of that umbrella awning on your bakkie, please? I'm a Saffie live in Germany and would like one of those for my van. Never seen one here. Regards Kathy
Great trip this - SwartBerg Pass has to be one of my favourite off-road routes in ZA - have cycled up and over a few times and it’s always such an adventure.
Beautiful, but don't like it when you speed up the video as if you were driving very fast. Spoils it.
Guess where im going when WW3 breaks out !!!
Probably to the hell 😆
@@robertsharonbonaretti2525 another wannabe comedian
Similarly, I crashed my drone flying through the Meiringspoort. There is something about the mountains and rocks which confuses and interferes with the control of the drone!
What a spectacular drive. What a beautiful place. How long of a drive was it from a to b?
I have a question... at the 6:15 mark in the video is shown a sign. What does the symbol at the lower right indicate you cannot do?
Wow it’s beautiful I drove there pulling a big trailer,I was scared but it was worth it ❤
Larnie camping huh….😀not the typical rougher SA safari ride
Thanks for this 'You Too', another wonderful road trip to watch!
Most enjoyable series on You Tube, for me at least...
Hi Matt do ÿou need a 4x4 to drive that road or is a 2x4 good enough? Because i would really love to take that road one day
Thank you for sharing! Amazing! My kind of place. 😊🙏🏻
Sorry. Slip of the finger: Elberta's, the peaches.
Your awesome camera work and editing skills make for an outstanding presentation! Thanks for the upload
If one looks closely at switchbacks on the old passes, where the turn has to be tight, one can notice when travelling up hill, just before the turn the track goes downhill.
Whenever making a turn the oxcarts- usually having eight oxen - needed to have a downhill stretch whether going down, the track naturally has this, or going up the mountain; the down hill gradient caused the oxen and cart to bunch up and allow a much tighter turn.
Wow. Your videos are excellent. They are fun and remind me of all the great spots in SA. I am curious how you are coping with the fuel price though? Well done on the content. I will be watching a lot more of your adventure videos. Cant wait.
I try not to think too much about the fuel price, it is seriously depressing!
Just discovered you channel.
I must say it's a great service you're doing. You're really showing or opening up the country, particularly it's natural beauty in perhaps the most ideal way.
Thank you for that. It's indeed appreciated as so many have testified.
I had the honor to sray in " Die Hel" in a dry river gorge. In a small tent for 2. The Swartberg mountain i know like my hand. Yes on top of Wawielberg next ti a beuatifull waterfall, one of many on the Prince Albert side we stayed in our small tent, exploring the mountain. Our bath was the pools. At night we enjoyed the company of the wildlife in the mountain. The sky was so near us that we could nearly touch the stars.. In "Die Hel" we came face to face wuth a leopard. Luckily for us the wind blew in the right direction. I will love to do this one more time..
Sorry the waboomsberg..
Really magnificent!
Great production ❤️
Love your adventure videos! Those bacon buns look leka!
ISOLATED in Hermanus walker bay: Gamkaskloof (Die Hel) via and
Such a pity that the time lapse make this almost unviewable, why not just leave it out?
Did a 10 day Army leadership course out of the Academy in Saldanha back in the early 70's. Snow on the mountains, heat stroke in the Hel for the unfit with poor water management skills. We did it on foot from Zoar, Seweweeks, down into the valley (plenty rapelling) across the snow cold Gamka, up and along the mountains. Final day was a welcome event! Loved it.
The inhabitants at the rough end of the valley still roped their donkeys and carts up the mountains to go shopping! Amazing.
That’s intense!!
Cape town is really beautiful, amazing content
Beautiful place, as usual you videos are just amazing. Congrats to both of you.
Hi the town of swellendam was left out of the small towns in south Africa
Awesome video and really got me "lus" to go as well.
What were the roads like? Do you need a serious 4x4, or will a normal smallish SUV (BMW x3) manage the roads as well?
First of your videos I watched, but am definitely looking out for the rest
We did it with a SUV. Just don't let the distance fool you. The the 50 odd km dirt road will take around 2.5 hours
@@JvRooyenIII thank you so much for the reply. I have very capable 4x4 as a second car, but the fuel price doesn't allow it travel from Pretoria. So very glad to hear the X3 can do the job!!
Any thing wrong with going over Dec? Want to make it my holiday trip
I am sooo proud of u please do not stop this magical work
Awesome views.
We did part of that trip in January 2022. Totally unplanned and on the sour of the moment as we were heading home to Durban from Mossel Bay as I decided to show my wife Oudshoorn, the Swartberg Pass and Prince Albert. I had done this trip some decades arealier and wanted her to experience the raw beauty of the area. Needless to say our trip home to Durban, instead of taking from Monday midday to Wednesday morning (earliest eta) resulted in a home arrival of 10pm the next Sunday night. Epic trip
Wow, that's really awesome, thanks.
How do I telegram?
@Mattdubber I'll message you again.
Thanks
Happy Birthday Matt! and wish you many more. Thank you for all these amazing videos.:) Looking forward to watching many more. Greetings from Germany:)
I really enjoy your travel vlogs. It's always like a Feierabend mini vacation 😊👌🏻
Brilliant, as usual. The music was particularly interesting on this one (especially the first half). You should list the song titles and artists in the description.
Thanks! They are all royalty free songs. Most royalty free music is garbage, so it took a while to find decent stuff😂
Nice videos Matt. Watched your Sani Pass video too. My wife and I rode down and back up Die Hel earlier this year on an adventure bike - after some heavy recent rains with lotsa ruts. All of this preceded by a scenic but gruelling ride on Gamkaskloof. We plan on riding Sani Pass early December - also on the bike. Which of the two passes was the most tricky/steep/tight switchbacks etc? Just wrt technical & topographic aspects?
Matt you do a great job mate, I rate your channel as one of the best productions around... so honest and very relatable commentary too.
New series! I very much like the close ups like the grasshopper and flowers. Thank you for that Nicole and the focus on the simple things.
Yip, that is Nicole’s artistic side coming through!
awesome...want to do this year.....can one stay over
Wonderlik. Ek wil ook nog gaan. Goed om te sien dat die pad oop is. Ek het gehoor dat privaat eienaars se gesluite hekke die pad belemmer.
I've been there a few times, always on a motorcycle. The last time was during the Garden Route Rally. I have a very good friend, oom Nick Coetzee. He had a Suzuki DR that had not been ridden for a while and he asked me to take the bike for the trip. A nice ride it was. When we came back the Biker's Church pastor was highly amused at me going to Hell on Nick's motorcycle.
2011 We went down into Die Hel with a 4x2 (no low range) Fortuner, and a heavily laden 4x4 trailer. Went down that last bit in 1st gear, and brakes. Phew! We just made the bottom, when my vehicle brakes started bottoming out. Worried my backside off on getting that combination back up the steep gravelly road without getting stuck on/by the gravel (wheelspin), but my trusty 4x2 Fortuner pulled us through. 1st gear, steady revs, just on max torque, all the way up. Oh yea, we did stop on the concrete bit to give the vehicle and myself a rest. If I recall correctly, it was 4 hours in, and a bit longer out.
PS. How do you crash an expensive drone into a mountain?
I remember so well the opening of the road into 'Did hel' as I grew up in Prince Albert and my dad served on the Prince Albert Divisional Council, responsible for building the road. A mr du Plessis was administrator of the Cape Province and visited Prince Albert to open the road. Mrs Marie Luttig was in charge of the official dinner held in honour of mr du Plessis in the church hall. I was in grade 11 or 12 and we served as waiters at this dinner. Mrs Luttig, or as I knew her, 'tannie Marie' trained us how to properly serve the VIP guests from one side and remove llates from the other side. Desert was very fancy, a baked brandy pudding whuch was 'set alight' as we girl 'waitresses' walked in a row from the kitchen into the dining area to serve desert. This was a very fancy affair for a small country town in those days!!
Just wanted to mention this as well: many years after the opening of this road or pass down to the hell, I visited it again. A guy was luving there making a living on his own. He 'sold' information, like the value of land un the Hell for example for R5.00!!
Apologies for typo errors in both messages - typing too fast!!
Die mense wat daar gebly het het nie van die woord die hel gehou nie.Van my familie het daar gebly.
What drone/camera do you use? Thanks.
Can i drive that pass with a 4x2 bakkie?
This video is so good son ! This region of the klien karoo I know well having spent many a school holiday in the 70s & 80s on a working fram at Calitzdorp. But I never got to do the Swartberg and Die Hell .So its still on the bucket list. Hopefully 2023. Thank you and yours all the best from Tom Brennan.
In 1972 my dad took us there with a landrower and a small gypsy caravan. We had un hinge and rehinge that little caravan many times. That time there were no store or campsite but we had fun. It toke us about 6 hours in and 7 out.
You are lucky to drive it. I was still in school when we walked it from Calitzdorp over the wide neck and connect with the road. You then start to decent down the road. We slept just below the pass and the following day we took the old trusty "binneband tjoep down the river back to Oudtshoorn. It was called the "To Hell and Gone Sleepfoot Special" Trek. It really was hell if you were not an experienced walker water was a big problem for you. But hell it was a beautiful walk.
Cool video, super informative. Didn’t even know this place existed and I’m from the Western Cape.
Another great video of a beautiful area. I did this on my motorcycle not too long ago. I, as a relative newcomer to off-road riding, found it very tough. But very beautiful. I see Matt also likes his tomato sauce. Good man, Matt!
Very very scary but beautiful...
Thank you Matt for sharing your beautiful Adventures with you two, every single episode, just love the bilton cake, where can we get it in the UK. HAHAHA. Have fun and stay blessed.
Baine only completed the pass, he didn't start it ! It was in fact started and planned by Jan Tassies who went bankrupt after 13 months and only completimg 6 kilometers of the road. I am glad your drone didn't get hurt badly and you could still show us the beautiful view from above !
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My Beautiful country south African 🇿🇦. Being on many road trips around South Africa for work and leisure. But it has been years since. Life has changed in recent years. Hope to in the future.
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Good day mate,,hope you enjoyed your journey to ‘’The Hell’’ im from the western cape and I visited that place twice ,that road is narrow and dangerous when its wet but good place hope you made a turn in Oudtshoorn Cango Caves too 😢 very nice sightings
My husband used to serve as Chaplain in SAPolice he had to go down the road on horseback accompanied by a SAP officer to conduct a funeral of a colleague down in The Hel.