Trails Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

Transkei Wild Coast gravel, Karoo desert loops & Hogsback singletrack

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Queenstown Karoo Plains

Queenstown / Komani (start/finish)

35km intermediate gravel loop from Queenstown through the Karoo-edge plains of the central Eastern Cape — a wide-open semi-arid landscape…

35km
Moderate
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Rhodes Drakensberg Descent

Rhodes (start/finish for shuttle)

25km advanced descent from the Drakensberg escarpment toward Rhodes village — the Eastern Cape's highest settlement offers a legendary shuttle…

25km
Moderate
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Sarah Baartman 30km Outride

Makhanda (start/finish) | Gqeberha (115km)

30km intermediate gravel outride through the Sarah Baartman District — the heartland of the 1820 Settler country with farm roads…

30km
Moderate
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St Francis Bay Canal Ride

St Francis Bay (start/finish)

Easy 15km canal and coastal ride at St Francis Bay — the iconic whitewashed canal village offers cycling along the…

15km
Easy
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Sterkspruit Valley Loop

Sterkspruit (start/finish) | Aliwal North (50km)

25km intermediate valley loop from Sterkspruit through the Telle River valley near the Lesotho border — gravel roads through high-altitude…

25km
Moderate
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Storms River 22km Coastal Route

Storms River Village (2km) | Humansdorp (40km)

22km intermediate coastal singletrack through the Tsitsikamma National Park — coastal fynbos and indigenous forest above the dramatic Storms River…

22km
Moderate
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Stutterheim Forest Loop

Stutterheim (start/finish)

28km intermediate forest loop from Stutterheim through one of the Eastern Cape's most productive timber and indigenous forest areas —…

28km
Moderate
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Tarkastad Rocky Outcrop

Tarkastad (start/finish) | Cradock (70km)

22km intermediate rocky singletrack loop from Tarkastad — characteristic Central Karoo koppie terrain with rocky outcrops, sparse vegetation and the…

22km
Moderate
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Tsitsikamma Forest Trail

Storms River Village (2km) | Humansdorp (40km)

35km advanced singletrack through the full depth of Tsitsikamma's ancient indigenous forest — technical forest riding through towering yellowwoods and…

35km
Moderate
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Uitenhage Gravel Grind

Uitenhage (start/finish) | Gqeberha (35km)

35km intermediate gravel grind from Uitenhage through the Sunday's River Valley — citrus orchards, the productive agricultural landscapes of one…

35km
Moderate
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Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve Trail

Gqeberha (30km) | Van Stadens (at reserve)

15km intermediate fynbos singletrack through the Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve — South Africa's finest endemic wildflower reserve protects a remarkable…

15km
Moderate
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Wild Coast 40km Challenge

Coffee Bay (start/finish for loop | or Coffee Bay to Hole in the Wall point-to-point)

40km advanced Wild Coast epic — the full challenge of South Africa's most spectacular unspoiled coastline on a sustained clifftop…

40km
Moderate
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