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Patensie
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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.
| Address : | Tolbos Information Centre, Eastern Cape, South Africa | ||
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| Contact : | Tolbos Information Centre | ||
| Tel : | +27(0)42 283 0437 | ||
| Cellphone Reception : | Good | Main Cellular Network : | MTN. Vodacom & CellC |
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| Police Telephone : | +27(0)42 283 8429 |
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| Doctor Telephone : | +27(0)83 666 1615 |
| Tourist Information Telephone : | +27(0)42 283 0437 |
| Petrol Type : | ULP/LRP |
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| Picnics, Golf, Surfing, Sea_Kayaking |
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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