Caspersnek Pass is an untarred Drakensberg

Drakensberg

The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in Southern Africa, rising to in height. In Zulu, it is referred to as uKhahlamba , and in Sesotho as Maluti...

 pass that straddles the border between the Limpopo

Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...

 and Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...

 provinces of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, to connect the Ohrigstad

Ohrigstad River

Ohrigstad River is located in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The Ohrigstad River joins the Blyde River at the BlydeRivierpoort Dam in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve...

 and Blyde

Blyde River

The Blyde River , or Motlatse River , is a river in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. It has a northwards course in steep-sided valleys and ravines of the Mpumalanga Drakensberg, before it enters the lowveld region of the Limpopo province...

 valleys.

It offers a shortcut from the town of Ohrigstad

Ohrigstad

Ohrigstad is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa. A fort was established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter with the help of a Dutch merchant Gregorius Ohrig. The settlers arrived in 1845 and were soon afterwards...

 to the resort area of Bourke's Luck, and rises to an altitude of 4600 feet (1,402.1 m), where it also provides access to the Morgenzon conservation area. It is to the north of the Robbers

Robbers Pass

Robbers Pass, Is situated in the Mpumalanga province, on the R533, road between Ohrigstad and Pilgrims Rest ....

 and Long Tom Pass

Long Tom Pass

Long Tom Pass, Is situated in the Mpumalanga province, on the Regional Road R37, road between Lydenburg and Sabie .A monument commemorating the last use of the Boer 155 mm Creusot Long Tom guns during the Second Boer War is located in the pass, about from Sabie....

, and passes between the Mapasebone (6093 feet (1,857.1 m)) and Lehwiting (5472 feet (1,667.9 m)) heights of the Drakensberg.

See also

• Mpumalanga Passes
  Mpumalanga Passes
  This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa.See Mountain Passes of South Africa...