Midmar Dam Trail
22km intermediate loop around Midmar Dam — Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s popular midlands water resort offers dam shoreline riding with nyala, impala and waterbird sightings through the rolling midlands landscape above Pietermaritzburg.
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Shongweni Resource Reserve Trail
18km intermediate singletrack through Shongweni Resource Reserve — KZN Wildlife’s bushveld reserve close to Durban offers indigenous bush riding with white rhino, nyala and plains game sightings through rolling hinterland terrain accessible from the city.
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Nkandla Forest Trail
22km intermediate forest ride through the Nkandla Forest Reserve — one of KwaZulu-Natal’s largest remaining indigenous forest areas in the Zululand hinterland with towering yellowwoods, dense forest singletrack and a rich forest ecosystem rarely explored by cyclists.
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Drakensberg Boys Choir Trail
18km intermediate gravel and mountain track from the Drakensberg Boys Choir School area through the Champagne Valley foothills — a scenic foothills loop through the valley below the Central Drakensberg escarpment with the choir school’s famous setting as the route backdrop.
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World’s View Lookout Loop
15km intermediate singletrack and gravel loop to World’s View — the famous lookout above Pietermaritzburg rewards the climb with panoramic views across the KZN midlands, the city and the green valleys stretching toward the Drakensberg on the western horizon.
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Zululand Eco-Trail
25km advanced guided eco-trail from Zululand Eco-Lodge — a unique cultural and wildlife MTB experience in the heart of Zululand near Ulundi with the possibility of white rhino, nyala and Zulu cultural site encounters on a guided trail through authentic northern KZN lowveld.
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Howick Highlander Short Loop
20km intermediate gravel and singletrack short loop from Howick — a compact version of the highland circuit accessible to regular intermediate riders, combining Karkloof-area farm roads and trail sections with the Howick Falls as an iconic start and finish landmark.
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Three Tree Hill Lodge Trail
20km intermediate trail from Three Tree Hill Lodge — a luxury lodge experience near Spioenkop Dam with guided MTB rides through northern KZN bushveld, Drakensberg escarpment views and exceptional lodge hospitality in one of KZN’s most scenic areas.
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Tugela Valley Trail
40km advanced gravel and dirt road ride through the Tugela Valley — the upper Tugela River drains the Northern Drakensberg and its valley offers spectacular riding through KZN’s most dramatic mountain river country with Drakensberg escarpment views throughout.
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Umgeni Valley Singletrack
18km intermediate singletrack through Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve — Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s reserve at the Howick Falls gorge offers bush singletrack through the steep-sided valley below the famous falls with exceptional birding and wildlife throughout.