Trails Africa & Beyond

Africa & Beyond

Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Kenya & beyond — riding the continent

26 Trails
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MTB

Arusha MTB Trails — Mount Meru Foothills

Arusha city (25km) | Kilimanjaro International Airport (50km)

MTB on the slopes of Africa's most perfect volcanic cone — 45km of trail through Mount Meru's coffee and banana…

45km
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Brandberg Mountain Desert Gravel

Uis (25km) | Swakopmund (190km)

Gravel riding through Africa's most ancient mountains — the Brandberg massif rises 2,573m from the Namib desert floor. Challenging gravel…

65km
Hard
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Congo Nile Trail — Rwanda

Rubavu/Gisenyi (northern start) | Rusizi/Cyangugu (southern end)

One of Africa's great gravel epics — 227km along Lake Kivu's shoreline and the volcanic ridges of western Rwanda, from…

227km
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Karura Forest MTB Trails — Nairobi

Nairobi CBD (8km)

World-class urban forest riding in the heart of Nairobi — 45km of singletrack through Karura's indigenous forest canopy, minutes from…

45km
Hard
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MTB

Livingstone MTB Trails — Zambia

Livingstone town centre (5km)

The Zambia side of Victoria Falls delivers some of southern Africa's most dramatic MTB — gorge singletrack above the Batoka,…

55km
Hard
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MTB

Lüderitz Desert MTB Festival Trails

Lüderitz town centre (2km)

Otherworldly riding through Namibia's Diamond Coast — singletrack past the famous Kolmanskop ghost town, over Atlantic-facing desert ridges and through…

28km
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Mabira Forest MTB — Uganda

Lugazi (10km) | Kampala (54km) | Jinja (26km)

East Africa's finest forest MTB — 60km of singletrack through Mabira's primeval rainforest canopy, 54km from Kampala. Chimpanzee calls, 300…

60km
Hard
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Machame MTB Trails — Kilimanjaro Foothills

Moshi (25km) | Arusha (80km)

Singletrack on the slopes of the world's highest freestanding mountain — 38km of trail rising through Kilimanjaro's rainforest zone and…

38km
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Gravel

Maluti Mountain Gravel Routes

Mokhotlong (45km) | Underberg KZN South Africa (30km from pass bottom)

High-altitude gravel riding in the Mountain Kingdom — Lesotho's Maluti Mountains offer dramatic basalt plateau gravel routes above 3,000m, crowned…

80km
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Marrakech Palmeraie Desert Gravel

Marrakech Medina (8km)

Gravel riding through the Marrakech Palmeraie into the pre-Saharan foothills — 40km of piste threading through ancient palm groves, berber…

40km
Easy
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MTB

Mashatu Game Reserve MTB Safari — Botswana

Pont Drift (Limpopo River border

Big 5 MTB safari in the private Mashatu Game Reserve of Botswana's Tuli Block — guided riding through ancient baobab…

30km
Easy
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Matobo Hills Mountain Bike Trails

Bulawayo (35km)

Ancient granite boulderscapes meet wildlife and San rock art in Zimbabwe's most storied national park — 40km of trails threading…

40km
Hard
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