This thrilling tour of 150 minutes starts in Swellendam and ends after a 223km drive in Oudtshoorn. You can enjoy it for a mere $ 9.99

Route 62 cuts through dramatic landscapes, where folded sandstone mountains frame a semi-arid valley steeped in Khoikhoi history, colonial ambition, and unexpected humour. On this self-guided driving tour, you'll trace the Little Karoo from a former colonial magistracy to the world's ostrich capital, uncovering the stories of road builders, missionaries, merchants, and farmers who shaped this extraordinary region.

Pack a curiosity for geology, mythology, flora and Karoo life – this tour rewards the unhurried traveller with stories at every bend.

The tour begins at the Drostdy Museum in Swellendam. This former magistracy briefly became the seat of a rebel republic in 1795, before its citizens swiftly switched allegiance to the British. From here you'll climb the breathtaking Tradouw Pass – meaning Woman's Pass in the language of the indigenous Khoikhoi – engineered by legendary road builder Thomas Bain using convict labour in the 1870s. You'll pass through the missionary village of Suurbraak before the pass reaches the Little Karoo. Now you follow the popular Route 62. You'll discover the story of Barrydale, pass the Country Pumpkin, stop at the infamous Ronnie's Sex Shop pub, hear the story of the Towerkop climb and wind through Ladismith, where a light powered by a bicycle dynamo and a mountain stream has burned on the cliffs of Elandsberg since 1963.

Following the Huisrivier Pass, you will visit the missionary villages of Amalienstein and Zoar, and eventually reach the wine and brandy town of Calitzdorp, where a Dutch Reformed Church organ with nearly 1,500 pipes was imported from Hamburg. Before arriving in Oudtshoorn you will enjoy a brief lesson about Afrikaans and Voortrekker. Here, in Oudtshoorn, known for its “Feather Palaces” and the Cango Caves, the ostrich feather boom of the late 1800s attracted many Lithuanian Jewish traders which briefly earned the town the nickname of “Little Jerusalem”.

The tour ends at the C.P. Nel Museum, one of the architect Bullock's finest architectural achievements.

Route 62 is a self-guided audio tour, which means you can start and stop it whenever you like, and listen to it as many times as you like. The tour is GPS-triggered, so the stories will play automatically as you drive along the route. You can also read the stories on the app's map, and see photos of the places you'll visit.

On this tour you'll walk along St George’s Mall, once known as Venus Street, to Greenmarket Square. A long time ago, seafarers would have wandered here in search of a tavern or boarding house. Wealthy burghers, whose elegant homes lined the street, would have sent their slaves off to Greenmarket Square to restock the larder, and a dentist would have fitted you with a set of wooden teeth... Or you could have engaged in a friendly chat with Baroness von Ludwig in her tobacco shop.

Bishop Robert Gray may not have approved of smoking and imbibing, but he too ambled down St. George’s Mall. And much later, so did Cecil John Rhodes. More recently you might have had the fortune to shake hands with Nelson Mandela, as he wound his way from the Mandela Rhodes Building to St. George’s Cathedral.

Ah yes, and today? You'll be able to mingle with the crowds, browse the souvenir and food stalls, cafes and restaurants, and admire some of the remarkable architecture of the boisterous Greenmarket Square. Here you can join in with the holiday mood, tap your feet, or even dance a little to the spirited tunes of cheerful singers and drummers.

Cape Town on Foot: Castle to Slave Lodge - imagine the throngs of slaves that have walked this route, taken off the ships near the Castle and led in irons to the slave lodge; think of the settlers, adventurers, missionaries and soldiers disembarking near the Parade; imagine doffing your hat to the governor as he leaves the Castle on his way to the Company's Garden; picture brawling seamen and soldiers, public executions outside the Castle walls; imagine mingling with the crowds on the Grand Parade when Princess Elisabeth arrived at the City Hall or when Nelson Mandela spoke from its balcony; imagine also the soccer fanatics gathering on the Grand Parade for public viewing in 2010; visualize the eager crowds when the postal ships arrived; imagine, meeting famous visitors, such as David Livingstone on Church Square, or famous residents such as Anreith the sculptor; Schutte, the builder; Thibault and Sir Herbert Baker, the architects; or Jan Smuts, the President. Add your own footprint to the tens of thousands that have walked this route, brimming with history, from the Castle to the former Slave Lodge.

Cape Town on Foot: From the Slave Lodge to Bo-Kaap - This walk uncovers the story behind the oldest, but not exclusive, Muslim area in Cape Town. The Bo-Kaap is a vast area stretching from Buitengracht Street to the slopes of Signal Hill, and from Strand Street towards Table Mountain. Its residents embrace a diversity of cultures and religions.