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Route 62 & the Little Karoo: Route Guide
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The world's longest wine route runs through ostrich country: Oudtshoorn's feather-boom palaces and the Cango Caves' dripstone halls, then Route 62's padstals, farm stalls selling everything from biltong to legendary milkshakes, past Ronnie's Sex Shop (a bar, famously) to Montagu's hot springs. The Cape's back road, and its best story per kilometre.
Route 62 & the Little Karoo is a 215 km one-way journey (self-drive). It works best as 2–3 days; the plan below is the 3-day version for April, built from 28 verified places, with real road-routed transit times, opening hours and daylight checked.
Plan your own version → 2-day plan · 3-day plan · best time to go
The route
What you'll see
Choose your length
When to go
Best months: March, April, May
The Karoo's kind seasons — port-style tastings without the summer glare, ostrich farms and cave tours cool, and the kloofs green after rain.
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