20km intermediate gravel and bush track loop through the Bojanala Bushveld — a longer, more varied exploration of the mopane and mixed Bushveld surrounding the platinum city of Rustenburg and the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, with more wildlife encounters and terrain variety than the 10km option.
Easy 18km gravel loop at Boskop Dam Nature Reserve near Potchefstroom — a well-used recreational dam reserve south of the university town on the Mooi River offers flat, accessible gravel road riding alongside the dam with waterbird viewing and the open Highveld grassland character of the western North West Province.
Easy 30km savanna loop from Amalia in the western North West Province — gravel farm roads through the dry thornveld savanna of the western province on flat terrain with the characteristic wide-open Kalahari-fringe landscapes and big sky of this remote corner of North West.
8km intermediate mountain loop at Bergheim Resort in the Magaliesberg — the sa-venues listing describes this as 8km requiring reasonable fitness because of the climb, set in the beautiful Magaliesberg mountain environment near Rustenburg.
25km intermediate forest loop through the Wolkberg plantation forests — Komati’s extensive SAPPI plantation forests in the Wolkberg above Tzaneen offer forest road riding where access is permitted, through some of the highest-elevation plantation terrain in Limpopo with Escarpment views and the lush character of the high-rainfall Wolkberg.
20km expert wilderness descent from the Wolkberg — the Wolkberg Wilderness Area on the Limpopo Escarpment above Tzaneen offers one of the province’s most dramatic descent rides, dropping from the high Wolkberg plateau through indigenous forest and technical mountain terrain to the Tzaneen valley below.
15km intermediate loop from Zwakala — South Africa’s northernmost craft brewery sits in a beautiful river retreat near Haenertsburg and provides the perfect start and finish point for a Magoebaskloof riding loop, with a well-earned craft beer at the river retreat as the post-ride reward.
Easy 15km gravel spa trail from Forever Resorts Warmbaths — the legendary Limpopo hot springs resort at Bela-Bela offers gravel road riding through the Bushveld resort grounds and surrounding farm terrain with the hot mineral spring pools as the definitive post-ride recovery reward.
38km expert Lunsklip Loop from Thabaphaswa — the longest trail in the sanctuary’s network follows rural dirt roads to Ga-Mashashane and the Percy Fyfe Game Reserve and back in a full-day expert circuit through the wild Waterberg Bushveld terrain around the iconic Thabaphaswa Mountain.
20km intermediate gravel loop from Thabazimbi — the small Waterberg iron-ore mining town between Northam and Marakele National Park is surrounded by productive Bushveld with the Marakele National Park to the north and the western Waterberg landscape offering relaxed intermediate gravel riding.