Heading home after completing the inaugural Freedom Challenge East Griqualand Meander, I find myself reflecting on five days spent pedalling through what must be some of the most spectacular countryside in the country. To be fair, South Africa has no shortage of spectacular scenery. I suspect my impressions of what East Griqualand had to offer were shaped by my low expectations of southern KwaZulu-Natal and the northern Eastern Cape. Whatever the reason, the landscape was a r

Video compiled by Desi Doran from their recent Karoo Meander Ride.

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