Has anyone travelled on the R75 from Despatch(Kariega) to Graaf Reinet recently. If what are the road conditions like ?

Thanks.

Hi Brian, are you requesting the road through Jansenville to Graaff-Reinet?

If so, my brother went from Graaff-Reinet to PE and back +/- 3x years ago and according to him the road is acceptable although it is a single road for vehicles heading South = 1x lane and for vehicles heading North = 1x lane each.

Currently I do not not know the road condition between PE through Cookhouse towards Graaff-Reinet.

Dennis, yes the road through Jansenville. Want to use it on Friday from Jeffreys Bay.

I still wanted to mention: I used to stay in Despatch in Sarel Cilliers street.

The Cookhouse route is 100km longer 

We used to use the road through Jansenville.

Yes, the Cookhouse road is quite "Boring".

It is like the road between Modimolle to Thabazimbi and back - "Never ending, only straight".

If you choose the road through Jansenville, you will pass my father's farm on the left +/- 10km before the Adendorp offturn.

If you want to, you can always turn left into Adendorp and ask where are the Richardsons (Spyker and Verronica) stay and enjoy a real Karoo Boere Koffie.

In Adendorp Village, they own the only Cafe, Postoffice and Butcher shop.

They are my uncle & aunt.

My niece is the supervisor of the golf course and her brother, also Dennis has a mechanic workshop in Graaff-Reinet.

The elder brother - Hans vd Mescht has a restaurant in Graaff-Reinet.

According news: He closed doors during COVID.

Just a matter of fact.

Peter & Graham Pollock (Cricket players) grew up in Jansenville and is far family from my mother.

According to knowledge, my mother and their parents were cousins.

I do not know if the family on my mother's side was their mother or father.

I know I reported this on my other thread (On the road again 2025) where I was asked about it but thought it pertinent to place it here as well.

The road from Jeffreys Bay to Despatch after exiting the N2 is very narrow, no shoulder with a drop off from the tar and bumby with some potholes. From Despatch up to Jansenville it is also narrow and bumpy with quite a few potholes and the road edge is collapsing with sudden holes on the edge was quite tense along trying to avoid them with the caravan. With the wider caravan on the narrow roads it can become quite hairy with these abnormal trucks coming towards you sometimes I don‘t think there is more than 500mm gap between us. Along this section we just took it very easy.

From Jansenville it improves quite nicely and become wider. About 50km from Graaf Reinet it really improves and from there gets a small shoulder.

Very glad we arrived at Camdeboo safely.