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The Long Road

The road out and the landscape it crosses. Half the country is a long drive from the other half, and the trip itself is a ritual with its own stops.

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ProvincesLimpopo · Northern Cape
PlacesKimberley · Tzaneen
An ostrich standing in sparse, rocky Northern Cape landscape.
Kimberley · NCPT_013·NC

The long road starts with a bird

An ostrich in the Northern Cape, standing in exactly the kind of space the road has to cross.

The Long RoadSouth African Tourism · CC BY 2.0
A deep canyon with a waterfall and a river below, in Limpopo.
Tzaneen · LPPT_014·LP

The road has a shoulder

A canyon, a waterfall and a river below: the part of Limpopo that the highway only skirts.

The Long RoadSouth African Tourism · CC BY 2.0