35km intermediate gravel grind from Uitenhage through the Sunday’s River Valley — citrus orchards, the productive agricultural landscapes of one of the Eastern Cape’s most fertile river valleys and the characteristic dry Valley Bushveld scenery between Gqeberha and Addo.
35km intermediate gravel loop from Queenstown through the Karoo-edge plains of the central Eastern Cape — a wide-open semi-arid landscape with distant koppies, sparse Karoo scrub and the vast sky characteristic of the Great Karoo’s eastern margin.
25km advanced descent from the Drakensberg escarpment toward Rhodes village — the Eastern Cape’s highest settlement offers a legendary shuttle descent from the Naude’s Nek plateau on one of the most dramatic mountain roads in South Africa.
30km intermediate gravel outride through the Sarah Baartman District — the heartland of the 1820 Settler country with farm roads through the Eastern Cape’s historic midlands, rolling terrain and the landscape that shaped a pivotal chapter in South African history.
Easy 15km canal and coastal ride at St Francis Bay — the iconic whitewashed canal village offers cycling along the Kromme River canal system and ocean beach between St Francis and Cape St Francis on a relaxed coastal ride.
25km intermediate valley loop from Sterkspruit through the Telle River valley near the Lesotho border — gravel roads through high-altitude river valley terrain with Lesotho highland views and the remote, authentic character of the Joe Gqabi District.
22km intermediate coastal singletrack through the Tsitsikamma National Park — coastal fynbos and indigenous forest above the dramatic Storms River gorge with Indian Ocean cliffside views and the extraordinary natural character of one of South Africa’s finest national parks.
14km intermediate fynbos singletrack at Misty Mountain Reserve — the yellow route adds variety to the reserve’s trail system with a different circuit of the Ibika plateau’s fynbos and forest terrain.
16km intermediate coastal loop from Morgan’s Bay — one of the Wild Coast’s most beautiful resort villages offers clifftop singletrack, lagoon paths and Indian Ocean views between the Morgan’s Bay lagoon and the Kei River mouth.
22km intermediate forest ride from Mount Frere through the indigenous coastal forests of the upper Wild Coast hinterland — forest tracks and gravel roads through subtropical forest in the high-rainfall zone above the Pondoland Coast.