Why this ride
A gravel mountain pass from Solitaire, Namibia to Rehoboth area, Namibia, via Spreetshoogte viewpoint. Key character: Namib escarpment; steep descent; desert views. Surface: gravel.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Spreetshoogte Pass
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 64 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 44
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Spreetshoogte Pass
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 15 km this is Spreetshoogte Pass, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Rider note
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 15 km
- Named road
- Spreetshoogte Pass
- Pass
- Spreetshoogte Pass
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Spreetshoogte Pass point 1
Solitaire is hardly a place at all, which is exactly why riders remember it. A petrol station, a general store, a small campsite, a scatter of rusted car wrecks half buried in sand and a bakery whose apple pie is spoken of from Windhoek to Walvis Bay: that is the whole settlement, planted on the gravel plains where the Namib meets the foot of the escarpment. Everything around it is space, pale grass, red dunes in the west and the long blue line of the mountains in the east.
Read the complete Spreetshoogte Pass point 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Spreetshoogte Pass point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Spreetshoogte Pass point 2.
2. Spreetshoogte Pass point 2
Northeast of Solitaire the road starts its argument with the escarpment. The Spreetshoogte Pass is a gravel track that climbs from the Namib plains to the highlands of the Khomas Hochland, and it is famous for its gradient. Locals describe it as one of the steepest passes in Namibia, and the engineers who built it were not bashful about taking the shortest line up the hill.
Read the complete Spreetshoogte Pass point 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Spreetshoogte Pass point 2 comes up 23 km in. Next is Spreetshoogte Pass point 3.
3. Spreetshoogte Pass point 3
Up on the rim, the world changes shape. The highlands above the Spreetshoogte Pass are cool, open and surprisingly green after the Namib, a high plateau of grass and thorn scrub that rolls away toward Windhoek. Cattle and game farms spread across it, separated by long fences and gravel roads, and the light has a clean, thin quality that is easy to love after the heat of the desert.
Read the complete Spreetshoogte Pass point 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
64 km in you reach Spreetshoogte Pass point 3.
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