Why this ride
133 km from Durban to Durban, about 2 h 18 of riding. On the way it passes Ohlange, Sibhudu Cave and back through Ohlange.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Durban afternoon · Sibhudu Cave
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 133 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 18
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Durban
Durban is the biggest city on South Africa's east coast and the busiest port in the country, a warm, humid, mixed-up place that feels much closer to the Indian Ocean world than to the Cape. The Zulu name for the area is eThekwini, and the city's mix of Zulu, Indian and British heritage shows everywhere, in the street names, the temples and mosques, and above all the food. Indentured laborers from India arrived from the 1860s to work the sugar plantations, and Durban now has the largest Indian-origin population outside India, which accounts for the bunny chow, a hollowed-out loaf filled with curry, that locals consider their own invention.
Read the complete Durban write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Durban is where the day begins. Next is Ohlange.
2. Ohlange
Ohlange sits in the hills of Inanda, north-west of Durban, and in the history of South Africa it carries weight far beyond its modest appearance. This is the site of the Ohlange Institute, founded in 1901 by John Langalibalele Dube, a Zulu educator, newspaper publisher and activist who went on to become the first president of the South African Native National Congress, later the African National Congress. Dube built a school here that taught practical skills alongside academic subjects, on the model of Tuskegee in the United States, and it became a center of African education and political thought.
Read the complete Ohlange write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ohlange comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sibhudu Cave.
3. Sibhudu Cave
Planning note
about 66 km into the recorded legs you reach Sibhudu Cave. Next is back through Ohlange.
4. back through Ohlange
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ohlange write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ohlange, late in the day. Next is Durban.
5. Durban
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Durban write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Durban. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Durban to Ohlange
Durban → Ohlange is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ohlange to Sibhudu Cave
Ohlange → Sibhudu Cave is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sibhudu Cave to back through Ohlange
Sibhudu Cave → back through Ohlange is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ohlange to Durban
back through Ohlange → Durban is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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