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ACCESS MAP 

ADDRESS

 

The Phatt Chef Roadside Diner and B&B

At The Border Post, Windmill Farm

R74 at the top of Oliviershoek Pass

Harrismith / Bergville Road

rooms@phattchef.co.za

Tel: +(27) 071 696 300

DIRECTIONS

 

DIRECTIONS FROM GAUTENG

Please print this page if you are not familiar with the roads in our area.

 

GPS – Satellite Navigation Enter into your GPS

Please use these co-ordinates:   -28.552894, 29.076667

28° 55′ 28.94″S    29° 07′ 66,67″E

 

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ROUTE FROM GAUTENG

TRAVEL SOUTH ON THE N3 TO HARRISMITH Take Exit 29 towards Bethlehem..

Turn LEFT off the N3 and follow the N5 ROUTE towards BETHLEHEM for 5 km

Turn LEFT onto the R712 towards QWA QWA & Puthadutjaba, travel 8,6 km,

Turn LEFT AGAIN at the R74 OLIVIERSHOEK PASS / BERGVILLE SIGN

Travel for 20km , past the Sterkfontein Dam to our signs "THE BORDER POST, The Phatt Chef Roadside Diner & B&B" and turn in to our resort on the right.

 

 

ROUTE FROM BLOEMFONTEIN

TRAVEL SOUTH ON THE N5 TO HARRISMITH 85 km from Bethlehem (5 km from Harrismith)

Turn RIGHT onto the R712 towards QWA QWA & Puthadutjaba, travel 8,6 km,

Turn LEFT AGAIN at the R74 OLIVIERSHOEK PASS / BERGVILLE SIGN

Travel for 20km , past the Sterkfontein Dam to our signs "THE BORDER POST, The Phatt Chef Roadside Diner & B&B" and turn in to our resort on the right.

 

ROUTE FROM KZN

Take N3 to beyond ESTCOURT 

6km after SHELL ULTRA CITY take LEFT GLIDE OFF – ROUTE R74

Travel to WINTERTON and continue through WINTERTON to BERGVILLE

Travel towards HARRISMITH for 40 km

Travel up the Oliviershoek Pass past Little Switzerland Hotel /

PETROL STATION  4 kms past LITTLE SWITZERLAND HOTEL find us on the left

 

STOP PRESS

AS OF JULY 2022, THE R74

REHABILITATION PAST STERKFONTEIN DAM HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE ROAD IS OPEN. 

 

ROAD WARNINGS...PLEASE NOTE CURRENT AS OF 1 JULY 2022

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES ON OUR BIT OF ROAD

 

OLIVIERSHOEK PASS ROAD UPDATE
 

TRAVELLING SOUTH >>>>
 From HARRISMITH on the R74 past STERKFONTEIN DAM…..Towards Northern Berg Resorts, BERGVILLE, DURBAN

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  • 5 km past the ENTRANCE TO STERKFONTEIN DAM RESORT, SLOW DOWN TO 5 km/h UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE   AND SERIOUS ROAD SUBSIDENCE FOR APPROX 50 M IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE

  • POTHOLES FOR THE NEXT 5 km’s

  • 400m past LITTLE SWITZERLAND HOTEL..SLOW DOWN TO 5 km/h UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE FOR APPROX 50 M...USE THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SHOULDER ON THE RIGHT

  • 4 km past this obstruction there is a major sink hole in the LEFT lane necessitating a single lane of traffic. WATCH FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS YOU NEGOTIATE THIS HAZZARD.

  • 1 km past the BIG NATALHEIM SHED, (after the crossroads),…..SLOW DOWN TO 5 km/h UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE FOR APPROX 50 M.

TRAVELLING NORTH..>>>

Towards CLARENS, HARRISMITH, GAUTENG

  • 1.3 km past the CANAL CROSSING (just past the 1st DRAKENSVILLE ATKV sign), SLOW DOWN TO 5 km/h UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE  AND SERIOUS ROAD SUBSIDENCE FOR APPROX 50m IN THE BOTH LANES

  • 3 km from the CROSSROAD INTERSECTION TO RNNP & BERG RESORTS, there is a major sink hole in the RIGHT lane necessitating a single lane of traffic. WATCH FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS YOU NEGOTIATE THIS HAZZARD.

  • 4.5 km past the sinkhole, SLOW DOWN TO 5 km/h SERIOUS ROAD SUBSIDENCE & UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE FOR APPROX 50m...USE THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SHOULDER ON THE LEFT

  • 400m past THE FIRST STERKFONTEIN DAM VIEW SITE…..SLOW DOWN TO 5 km/h UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE   AND SERIOUS ROAD SUBSIDENCE FOR APPROX 50 M IN THE LEFT LANE

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