A country notorious for potholes now also has the smoothest ride: South Africa’s Garden Route is the world’s best road trip, according to Auto Trader UK. The 300km stretch from Mossel Bay to Storms River has California’s Pacific Coast Highway, the US’s cross-country Route 66, Italy’s Amalfi Coast and Australia’s Great Ocean Road in its rearview mirror.
And it’s taken along tourism establishments, trade agencies and even South African National Parks as passengers.
The judges considered road quality, traffic levels and overall driving ease along the world’s best routes and gave the Garden Route a chequered flag ahead of roads as different as Spain’s Costa Brava and Canada’s vast…
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