The heart of the Tygerberg MTB network — the Bloemendal Trail Park is home to a pump track, the legendary Bloemendaaler (rated 4.9/5), beginner purpose-built singletrack and the café-bar that has fuelled Cape Town MTB culture for years.
A single well-marked 10km circular loop on the beautiful Dornier Wine Estate — mostly singletrack through fynbos, vineyard and forest with berms and river sections, connecting to neighbouring farms Stellenzicht and beyond for longer rides.
A demanding 25km loop over the Noordhoek Peak on the Cape Peninsula’s wild Atlantic-facing slopes — gravel tracks and natural paths through open fynbos with views across Noordhoek Beach, the Atlantic Ocean and Chapman’s Peak.
A classic Cape Peninsula mountain traverse from Ou Wapad to the Silvermine Reservoir — open jeep tracks across the exposed Constantiaberg plateau with views of both the Atlantic and False Bay, popular as a one-way shuttle ride or an out-and-back challenge.
Remote multi-day MTB touring through the Cederberg Wilderness — dramatic sandstone rock formations, ancient cedar forests, crystal-clear mountain streams and the Sneeuberg peak at 2,027m. One of South Africa’s most spectacular wilderness riding environments.
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.
130km of trails across 20 private wine farms in the Bottelary Hills outside Stellenbosch — winding through vineyards, renosterveld and farmland with colour-coded routes from beginner orange loops to challenging red descents. Funds conservation of critically endangered Renosterveld fynbos.
South Africa’s largest MTB trail network by membership — 182km across 15 farms in the Durbanville Hills, managed by the world’s largest MTB club with over 6,000 members. Multiple trail hubs from beginner flows to XCO-specific race trails, all within 25 minutes of Cape Town.
South Africa’s premier MTB trail network with 69 trails and 122km of combined singletrack and jeep track in the Jonkershoek Valley — from beginner green loops to gnarly black diamond descents that hosted the UCI XCO World Cup.
Cape Town’s world-class trail network inside Table Mountain National Park — from beginner jeep tracks to legendary black diamond DH lines including The Snakes, all with sweeping views from the Constantiaberg plateau.