Easy 30km grassland gravel ride from Ermelo through the rolling Mpumalanga Highveld grassland — one of South Africa’s most expansive grassland landscapes offers open, relaxed farm road riding with big skies and the characteristic openness of the Mpumalanga-KwaZulu-Natal Highveld plateau.
18km intermediate singletrack at Buffalo Gorge MTB Park near Dullstroom — one of Mpumalanga’s most scenic trail venues in the Dullstroom Highlands offers flowing grassland and forest singletrack with the highland landscape, trout stream crossings and the cool misty character of the Escarpment.
25km advanced singletrack at Buffalo Gorge — the most demanding trail at this Dullstroom highland venue dips into the buffalo gorge itself with technical rocky sections, demanding climbs and the full physical challenge of the Escarpment’s more extreme terrain.
Easy 8km beginner singletrack at Buffalo Gorge — the entry-level white trail introduces newcomers to the Dullstroom highland singletrack experience on smooth, well-built trails through grassland with accessible terrain suitable for all ages and abilities.
14km intermediate singletrack at Buffalo Gorge — the yellow trail sits between the white and blue options at this Dullstroom highland venue, offering a satisfying intermediate loop through highland grassland and forest with more variety than the beginner trail.
32km advanced rocky boot camp loop from Carolina — the Escarpment edge terrain around this small Mpumalanga town delivers seriously technical rocky singletrack, demanding climbing and the rugged highland character of the Escarpment’s eastern edge.
Easy 35km gravel farm ride from Bethal through the Mpumalanga Highveld’s productive agricultural landscape — flat to gently rolling maize and sunflower farm roads across the open Highveld plateau with big skies and the working agricultural character of one of South Africa’s most productive farming districts.
10km intermediate loop on the rim of the Blyde River Canyon — the world’s third-deepest canyon and Mpumalanga’s most spectacular natural feature offers gravel track riding with breathtaking canyon views from the rim at over 800m above the canyon floor.
20km advanced canyon rim challenge at the Blyde River Canyon — the extended loop covers more of the canyon’s most dramatic rim terrain with technical rocky sections, sustained elevation change and multiple world-class viewpoints over one of the world’s deepest river gorges.
25km intermediate valley loop from Badplaas through the Lowveld hills of the southern Escarpment — farm roads and valley tracks through lush subtropical terrain near the famous Badplaas hot springs resort in one of Mpumalanga’s most scenic valley systems.