14km intermediate singletrack at Buffalo Gorge — the yellow trail sits between the white and blue options at this Dullstroom highland venue, offering a satisfying intermediate loop through highland grassland and forest with more variety than the beginner trail.
32km advanced rocky boot camp loop from Carolina — the Escarpment edge terrain around this small Mpumalanga town delivers seriously technical rocky singletrack, demanding climbing and the rugged highland character of the Escarpment’s eastern edge.
Easy 35km gravel farm ride from Bethal through the Mpumalanga Highveld’s productive agricultural landscape — flat to gently rolling maize and sunflower farm roads across the open Highveld plateau with big skies and the working agricultural character of one of South Africa’s most productive farming districts.
25km intermediate valley loop from Badplaas through the Lowveld hills of the southern Escarpment — farm roads and valley tracks through lush subtropical terrain near the famous Badplaas hot springs resort in one of Mpumalanga’s most scenic valley systems.
30km advanced rocky mountain route through the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains — arguably the world’s oldest exposed geological formation (3.5 billion years old), now a UNESCO World Heritage Site with remarkable mountain scenery and technically demanding rocky riding on ancient greenstone terrain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.