Meiringspoort Pass

Meiringspoort

Meiringspoort (Afrikaans for "Meiring's defile") is a South African mountain pass on the N12 national road, where it crosses the Swartberg mountain range. The pass is a gateway that connects the Little Karoo and the Great Karoo, through a gorge with a 25 km road crossing the same river 25 times in the span of the 25 km. It runs between the modern town of Klaarstroom in the north, and the town of De Rust in the south. The mountains it crosses are those of the Swartberg range (Afrikaans for black mountain).