Wepener Border Trail
28km intermediate gravel trail from Wepener near the Lesotho border — semi-arid southern Free State terrain, Caledon River valley views and the unique border landscape where South Africa’s Highveld meets the Lesotho highlands.
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Winburg Voortrekker Loop
33km intermediate Voortrekker gravel loop from Winburg — one of the oldest towns in South Africa, the first town established by the Voortrekkers in the Free State in 1842, with historic farm roads and open Highveld countryside connecting its pioneer heritage to the present.
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Virginia Mining Trails
28km intermediate gravel loop through Virginia’s goldfields landscape — mine shafts, headgear silhouettes, gold mine dumps and the distinctive industrial-historic character of the Free State goldfields on a unique and atmospheric riding route.
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Van Reenen Pass Descent
25km advanced descent of the Van Reenen Pass from the KwaZulu-Natal escarpment down to the Free State Highveld — a legendary shuttle ride with dramatic views, technical singletrack and gravel descent through one of the N3’s most spectacular mountain passes.
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Ventersburg Challenge Loop
42km intermediate gravel challenge from Ventersburg — a longer loop through the central Free State goldfields margin on open gravel roads with Highveld plains scenery, a solid intermediate effort for gravel cyclists based in the region.
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Viljoenskroon Sunflower Route
35km easy to intermediate sunflower route from Viljoenskroon through the maize and sunflower heartland of the northern Free State — seasonal golden sunflower fields, flat gravel roads and wide Highveld skies on one of the province’s most colourful routes.
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Tafu 22.16 Mile Route
36km intermediate gravel and singletrack loop in the eastern Free State highlands — an off-the-radar Highveld route with mountain views toward the Drakensberg and characteristic eastern Free State farming scenery on quiet gravel roads.
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Thaba Nchu Mountain Loop
22km advanced MTB loop around the Thaba Nchu mountain in Maria Moroka National Park — rocky koppie singletrack with panoramic Free State plains views and game viewing in an undervisited national park east of Bloemfontein.
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Thabo Mofutsanyana Highland Trail
35km advanced highland trail through the Thabo Mofutsanyana District — high-altitude MTB in the Maluti Mountains above QwaQwa with Drakensberg escarpment views, sub-alpine grassland terrain and one of the most spectacular mountain riding environments in South Africa.
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Theunissen Goldfields Ride
32km easy to intermediate gravel ride from Theunissen through the goldfields margin of the central Free State — flat gravel roads through agricultural and mining transition landscape between the wheat belt and the gold mines.