The heart of the Green Kalahari — MTB trails through a lunar landscape of granite gorges, quiver trees and the 60m Augrabies Falls on the Orange River. Host to the annual Trans Augrabies MTB and Gravel Stage Race (172km over 2 days, 300 riders), rated by Rough Guides as a top-10 adventure destination.
Three internationally-acclaimed routes through oak forests, apple orchards, vineyards and mountain fynbos on a 1786-hectare estate in the Elgin Valley — host to ABSA Cape Epic and FNB Wines2Whales, rated 5-star by expert riders, with legendary named sections and a pool restaurant serving bikers breakfast.
35km of sweeping singletrack on the northern slopes of Paarl Mountain — 70 terraced switchbacks descend the Shiraz trail’s eastern face past vineyards and fynbos. Home to award-winning wine and a full estate restaurant for the perfect post-ride recovery.
Four progressive colour-coded loops on the lower slopes of the Helderberg Mountain — from a 4km beginner loop to a black-grade 12km descent with 600m of climbing. Sweeping views over False Bay, Table Mountain and the Stellenbosch Winelands reward the effort.
60km of forest singletrack on the forested slopes above the Elgin Valley near Grabouw — four colour-coded routes from beginner yellow to advanced red weaving through orchards, indigenous forest, fynbos and river crossings. Excellent shade makes this one of the best summer riding options in the Western Cape.
South Africa’s oldest mountain bike singletrack destination — Deon Malherbe built the first trails on his family farm 35 years ago as a 10-year-old. Now 100km+ of hand-built, raw natural singletrack through the Ceres Valley mountains, host to multiple ABSA Cape Epics and rated among the finest singletrack in the country.
Cape Town’s most iconic and accessible MTB hub — the UCT slopes around Rhodes Memorial connect the Constantia Greenbelt, Newlands Forest and Kirstenbosch into one of the largest free urban trail networks in the world, and served as ABSA Cape Epic Prologue terrain multiple times.
240km of gravel and MTB trails across the Langeberg mountains on Route 62 — seven mapped routes from flat Grade 1 family loops to Grade 5 mountain goat epics, plus a network of mountain singletrack in the Montagu Mountain Reserve. Home of the Langeberg GravelGrinder stage race and Cape Classic MTB event.
Community-built singletrack network on the Saasveld campus of the South Cape TVET College in George — flowing trails through indigenous forest and plantation, beloved by the George MTB community and a hidden gem of Garden Route trail riding.
Diverse singletrack through wine farms on the slopes of the iconic Simonsberg mountain — from flowing vineyard contour trails to expert DH lines built by farm owner Jan van Schalkwyk and pro rider Andrew Neethling, with bike hire, shuttles and a trail centre at Muratie Wine Farm.