Route 62 (South Africa)

This article is about the tourist route. For the road, see R62 road (South Africa).

Route information
Length	850 km (530 mi)
Component highways	N1 R60 R62
Major junctions
West end	Cape Town
East end	Gqeberha
Location
Country	South Africa
Provinces	Western Cape, Eastern Cape
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa

Route 62 is a tourist route in South Africa that meanders between Cape Town, Oudtshoorn, the Garden Route, and Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), offering the scenic alternative to the N2 highway. Route 62 is named for the R62 provincial route, which it follows from Montagu to Humansdorp, but the tourist route extends further along other highways to Cape Town and Gqeberha.

Also known as the Wine Route, Route 62 leads through the wine-growing areas of Wellington, Tulbagh, Worcester, Robertson and the Klein Karoo and is thus one of the longest wine routes in the world. Activities along Route 62 include wine tours, safari drives, tribal art, cultural tours, museums, hiking, mountain climbing, 4x4 routes, canoeing, horse riding, ostrich riding, fishing, caving, and even skydiving.

Route 62 spans a distance of 850 km from Cape Town to Gqeberha.

Places of interest

Between Cape Town and Gqeberha you will be able to stop in the following towns:

• Montagu - with its thermal baths and fruit trees
• Barrydale and Ladismith - beautiful towns, extremely popular amongst hikers
• Zoar and Amalienstein - former mission stations
• Calitzdorp - the centre of the South African Port wine production
• Oudtshoorn - South African centre of Ostrich breeding and cave exploring
• Robertson - The valley of wine and roses

External links

• Route 62 tourist route
• Tours and accommodation along Route 62
• Skydive Robertson Website