Why this ride
From Plettenberg Bay it runs 122 km to Plettenberg Bay; allow about 1 h 35 of riding. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Garden Route · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 122 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 35
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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. Plettenberg Bay
The Portuguese called this bend of the coast Bahia Formosa, the beautiful bay, and nobody has seriously disagreed since. Plettenberg Bay, or Plett as everyone calls it, sits near the eastern end of South Africa's Garden Route, with a curved beach below forested hills and the dark rocky peninsula of Robberg standing out to sea. The Dutch governor Joachim van Plettenberg gave the town its present name in 1778, and the place grew through timber, whaling and later tourism.
Read the complete Plettenberg Bay write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Plettenberg Bay is where the day begins. Next is Storms River.
2. Storms River
Storms River is a village of a few houses and a petrol station tucked in a clearing of the Tsitsikamma forest, a place that would be easy to overlook if the setting were not so extraordinary. The Garden Route here runs along a narrow strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the mountains, with ancient indigenous forest, towering yellowwood trees, ferns and mist, and every river cutting a deep gorge on its way to the sea. The Khoi name Tsitsikamma is usually translated as place of much water, and the name is earned.
Read the complete Storms River write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Storms River comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Plettenberg Bay.
3. back through Plettenberg Bay
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Plettenberg Bay write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 122 km.
Leg by leg
Plettenberg Bay to Storms River
Plettenberg Bay → Storms River is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Storms River to back through Plettenberg Bay
Storms River → back through Plettenberg Bay is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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