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GPS data for Bollard Pass, Garden Castle, Southern Drakensberg. This pass is not marked on the hiking maps and is named after The Bollard Peak, which it is closely associated with. Includes tracks for the walk up the Mashai valley, waypoints for Sleeping Beauty Cave, Engagement Cave and Stealth's Cave, summit waypoint and some waypoints important for navigation.

GPS data for the Bell Traverse, Cathedral Peak, Northern Drakensberg. Contains tracks starting from Bugger Gully through to the junction with Mlambonja Pass near the summit, as well as tracks for reaching Twins Annexe Cave. Includes waypoints for Bell Cave, the flip-over to the northern side of the range, the switch-backs near The Sisters, Twins Cave, the Annexe Cave, and the junction with Mlambonja Pass.

NOTE: GPS track quality not good due to bad satellite reception at the time. A more accurate version will be published when available.

GPS data for Keartland's Pass, Monk's Cowl, Central Drakensberg. Features tracks starting from the Monk's Cowl Reception and summitting at junction M3a. Note: this is a Littte Berg pass.

GPS data for Saddle Neck Pass, Bushman's Neck, Southern Drakensberg. Though not officially marked as a pass, the feature is clearly labelled on the hiking maps. Features a track for both the South African side (starting from a fairly arbitary point in the contour zone) and the Lesotho side (starting from a kraal). Note that on the South African side, a route variation exists halfway up, on either side of the small buttress.

GPS data for Ngwangwane Pass (also known as Bushman's Pass), Bushman's Neck, Southern Drakensberg. Features tracks ascending from Bushman's Cave along the Bushman's River to the summit defined by it's source - as suggested by the map. Note that due to the broad, grassy slope shaping the escarpment in this area, there is no clearly defined route or summit waypoint.

GPS data for Knuckles Pass North, Bushman's Neck, Southern Drakensberg. Features tracks ascending from the Eastern South African side and descending on the Western Lesotho side; starting point of the gully where the climb begins from the Knuckles Traverse path; the summit waypoint; and two kraals on the Lesotho side. For more detail on the traverse path, please see Knuckles Traverse Pass GPS data.

GPS data for the traverse below the Devil's Knuckles, Bushman's Neck, Southern Drakensberg. Features tracks; the starting point ( where the border fence of Sehlabathebe ends); and the summit waypoint near the base of Senotlolong Peak, which, though not marked on the maps, is a legitimate pass. Note that the path is difficult to follow at times.

GPS data for Smugglers Pass, Cathedral Peak, Northern Drakensberg, which is an unmarked pass used heavily by the smugglers. This data should be used in conjunction with Thuthumi Pass GPS data and  Organ Pipes Thuthumi Route GPS data, since it intersects the two by traversing Thuthumi Ridge. Features tracks, summit waypoint, viewpoint and junctions with the above-mentioned passes.

GPS data for Thuthumi Pass, Cathedral Peak, Northern Drakensberg. Features tracks, summit waypoint, starting point at The Neck, junction with Smuggler's Pass, and associated caves such as the two Lower Ndumeni Caves and Roland's Cave. This route follows the path which the smugglers have created. The minor trail indicated on the map is not accurate and certainly does not originate at junction C12.

GPS data for Mlahlangubo Pass, Vergelegen, Southern Drakensberg: features tracks, summit waypoint and junction C6. This route follows the obvious gully, roughly as indicated on the maps, though there is no path. The smugglers have created a new route which approaches from the Hlatimba valley.

GPS data for Mangaun Pass, Vergelegen, Southern Drakensberg: features tracks, summit waypoint and junction C22 marking the start of the climb.

GPS data for Leslies Pass, Injasuthi, Central Drakensberg: features tracks from Marble Baths, waypoints of the Marble Baths Caves and campsite, summit waypoint, 3 different campsites at the base of the pass, and 2 important waypoints where care should be taken not to deviate from the trail, especially on a descent.

GPS data for Thamathu Pass, Bushman's Neck, Southern Drakensberg: tracks from Bushman's Neck Border Post via Thamathu Cave to the summit.

GPS data for Cathkin Mountain Pass (Ship's Prow North Fork), Monk's Cowl, Central Drakensberg: tracks from junction M6, two main campsites in the river bed, two variations of junction M32 (the split between the South Fork and the North Fork), and on to the summit waypoint.

GPS data for Amakehla Pass, Cobham, Southern Drakensberg: tracks from Pholela Cave heading up-river, roughly as indicated on map. Includes waypoints indicating where one can leave the valley and gain the ridge, though these are arbitrary since there is no path until the top of the ridge. The pass may also be approached from Lakes Cave, and the entire ridge can also be traversed.