Day 2: Middelwater to Sutherland
Distance 300km Allow 5 hours From Middelwater, head back north to Carnarvon and take the Tiervlei gravel road south-west to Fraserburg. Continue southwest on the AP2259 and, as you join the R356 ‘ thoroughfare’ to Sutherland (still dirt), look west for your first glimpse of the South African Astronomical Observatory (3) on the high plateau ahead. Drive the last few kilometres of tar to Sterland Caravan Park (4). No time to cook and visit the observatory? Grab a burger at The Whitehouse Inn (5) en route.