25km intermediate forest loop through the Wolkberg plantation forests — Komati’s extensive SAPPI plantation forests in the Wolkberg above Tzaneen offer forest road riding where access is permitted, through some of the highest-elevation plantation terrain in Limpopo with Escarpment views and the lush character of the high-rainfall Wolkberg.
20km expert wilderness descent from the Wolkberg — the Wolkberg Wilderness Area on the Limpopo Escarpment above Tzaneen offers one of the province’s most dramatic descent rides, dropping from the high Wolkberg plateau through indigenous forest and technical mountain terrain to the Tzaneen valley below.
15km intermediate loop from Zwakala — South Africa’s northernmost craft brewery sits in a beautiful river retreat near Haenertsburg and provides the perfect start and finish point for a Magoebaskloof riding loop, with a well-earned craft beer at the river retreat as the post-ride reward.
Easy 15km gravel spa trail from Forever Resorts Warmbaths — the legendary Limpopo hot springs resort at Bela-Bela offers gravel road riding through the Bushveld resort grounds and surrounding farm terrain with the hot mineral spring pools as the definitive post-ride recovery reward.
38km expert Lunsklip Loop from Thabaphaswa — the longest trail in the sanctuary’s network follows rural dirt roads to Ga-Mashashane and the Percy Fyfe Game Reserve and back in a full-day expert circuit through the wild Waterberg Bushveld terrain around the iconic Thabaphaswa Mountain.
Easy 20km gravel dam ride from Tzaneen — the lush Tzaneen Valley’s central water body offers flat dam shoreline riding through one of Limpopo’s most productive subtropical farming areas with avocado orchards, mango farms and the beautiful green hills of the Wolkberg foothills as a backdrop.
25km intermediate gravel loop from Vaalwater — the central hub town of the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve offers gravel road riding through the characteristic red sandstone and mixed Bushveld of the Waterberg’s most densely populated game and lodge area.
18km intermediate gravel and forest track ride from Vuwani through the subtropical forest country of northern Limpopo — a rural ride through the green Venda cultural landscape with indigenous forest patches, subtropical fruit farms and the warmth and lushness characteristic of the far north.
30km advanced singletrack at Summerplace Game Reserve — the venue for the Glacier Waterberg Traverse stage race with over 40 mammal species including giraffe, kudu, sable and leopard and purpose-built singletrack that uses the Waterberg’s natural features to create flow across one of Limpopo’s most acclaimed MTB destinations.
22km intermediate gravel and bush track loop through the Waterberg thorn Bushveld — the characteristic taaibos (thorn bush) terrain of the central Waterberg offers typical Bushveld riding through the mixed acacia and mopane vegetation with the Waterberg’s red sandstone ridgelines as a constant backdrop.