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Driving roads near Windhoek
3 great driving roads within 100 miles of Windhoek. The closest is Gamsberg Pass, right on the doorstep. Distances are straight-line, so drive times will vary.
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Spreetshoogte Pass38 mi · 1 h 19 min · 1,822 m summitView the roadbook ›
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Driving near Windhoek: common questions
What is the best driving road near Windhoek?
Spreetshoogte Pass, about 90 miles from Windhoek as the crow flies. The steepest pass in Namibia plunges off the Khomas Highland escarpment into the Namib Desert in savage switchbacks on a gravel road barely two vehicles wide, with views across an infinite plain.
How many great driving roads are within 100 miles of Windhoek?
3 of the roads in our catalogue pass within 100 miles of Windhoek, every one traced from OpenStreetMap.
What is the closest great driving road to Windhoek?
Gamsberg Pass, about 1 mile away. Namibia’s longest mountain pass, 192 km of gravel from Windhoek across the Great Escarpment at nearly 1,900 m, descending through the Kuiseb valley to the edge of the Namib, with no towns and no tarmac.