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Town Small Patensie

ID: w152848 View large map

Located in South Africa :: Eastern Cape  :: Patensie
Category: Places :: Town Small

Booking

Patensie is the last stop before entering the Baviaanskloof Wilderness area. This small town's activities revolve around the citrus farming industry. A couple of shops, restaurants, fuel-stops, banks, doctors and a tourist information office.

Contact
Address :  Tolbos Information Centre, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Contact :  Tolbos Information Centre
Tel :  +27(0)42 283 0437
Cellphone Reception :  Good Main Cellular Network :  MTN. Vodacom & CellC

Destination Information
Police Doctor Tourist Information Office Petrol Diesel Gas Refill Shops Shopping Centre Bank ATM Lodging Butchery Liquor Restaurant Tyre Repair Tyre Sales Mechanical Repair Towing Service
Police Telephone :  +27(0)42 283 8429
Doctor Telephone :  +27(0)83 666 1615
Tourist Information Telephone :  +27(0)42 283 0437
Petrol Type :  ULP/LRP

Activities
Game Viewing Game Drives 4WD Trails Tours and Excursions Hiking Trails Mountain Biking Fishing Swimming Bird Watching Stargazing
Picnics, Golf, Surfing, Sea_Kayaking

Travelling Information

Self Drive Access :  Yes
Vehicle Type :  ALL

Patensie is about 35 minutes' drive from the nearest hospital. Ambulance telephone number: 083 578 7556. Doctors' surgery has a dispensary.

Gas stations closed from 7pm-7am.

Travelling on the R332 from Patensie to Willowmore via the Baviaanskloof: There are a few paved river crossings, which travellers have reported as being from 20cm deep to 70cm deep on different occasions. Possibly passable with a 2WD vehicle if the water is not deep. Note that the water levels change drastically when it rains. If the water level is a problem East Cape Nature will not allow any vehicle through.
Officially it is recommended to use a 4x4 to travel through the Baviaanskloof, but parts of it can be done with a normal car. But only 4x4 is allowed in the last part of the Baviaanskloof.
The trip is approx 210km long and 60km of it rather difficult driving. Very steep and narrow tracks. But the landscape is beautiful. There is a farmstall. Railway Station available.


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