81 Trails in Africa

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Zuikerboschhoek Single Track difficulty 6.0 Dullstroom
Yellow trail (Thaba Trails) difficulty 6.0 Johannesburg
Wolwespruit Bike Park difficulty 13 Pretoria
Wolesley 50km Race difficulty 34.0 Breede River DC
White Route difficulty 19.0 Wellington
Wannabees difficulty 40.0 Somerset West
Tygerberg Mountain Bike Club Klipheuwel Trail difficulty 8.1 Fisantekraal
Tokai Forest Intermediate difficulty 8.0 ***** Constantia, Cape Town
Tierpoort Adventure Farm Advanced difficulty 19 **** Pretoria
Thaba Trails difficulty 10.0 Johannesburg
Sun City 33K difficulty 21.0 Sun City
Sugar Rush Park Beginner difficulty 19.0 *** Ballito
Slipperfields MTB Trails difficulty 35.0 Port Elizabeth
Sky Trails Plettenberg Bay difficulty 0
Rietvlei Farm Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Johannesburg South
Rhodes Memorial difficulty 5.0 Cape Town
Red Route difficulty 22.0 Grabouw
Red Barn Intermediate difficulty 16.0 ***** Olifantsfontein
Pilansberg national park Beginner difficulty 30.0 **** Sun city
Phezulu Estate difficulty 7.0 Outer West Durban
Paradyskloof Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Stellenbosch
Orange Trail (Thaba Trails) difficulty 6.0 Johannesburg
Northern Farms Intermediate difficulty 35.0 **** Diepsloot
Napier Patat Festival difficulty 36.0 Napier
Modderfontein Reserve / Taroko MTB Beginner difficulty 13 ***** Johannesburg
Middelbergfarm Advanced difficulty 34 **** De Doorns
Meerendal Mountain Bike Trail Advanced difficulty 12.0 ** Durbanville, Cape Town
Maseru Urban 20k difficulty 13.0 Maseru
Maseru Urban 12k difficulty 8.0 Maseru
Maseru North difficulty 13.0 Maseru
Lions Head difficulty 9.0 Cape Town
Lebanon Red trail difficulty 27.0 Grabouw
Koeberg Power Station difficulty 12.0 Cape Town
Knysna Oyster Fest 50 difficulty 31.0 Knysna
Kliprivier Network Intermediate difficulty 25.0 **** Johannesburg South
Karkloof to Howick and back difficulty 34 Howick
Karkloof 30km Intermediate difficulty 27.0 *** Howick
Jonkershoek Intermediate difficulty 20.0 ***** Stellenbosch
Impala Ranch MTB Trails Intermediate difficulty 17.0 ***** Jeffreys Bay
Huddle Park Golf & Recreation Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Johannesburg
Howick to Karkloof easy 47km difficulty 29.0 Howick
Hoogekraal Mountain Bike Trail Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Cape Town
Hillside Mountainbike Trail difficulty 2.0 Pretoria
Hillside Dams Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Bulawayo
Hilcrest difficulty 5.0 Cape Town
Hemel en Aarde Blue route difficulty 15.0 Hermanus
Hemel en Aarde Blue route difficulty 15.0 Hermanus
Helderberg Trails Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Somerset West
Heia Safari difficulty 18.0 Johannesburg
Hazeldean difficulty 19.0 Pretoria

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