I am touring the Western Cape Mountain Bike trails...
Closed:
Dissapointing that so many are closed
- Paul Cluver Mountainbike trails are Closed from 31 December 2020 until further notice
- Koeberg Trails - closed due to Eskom Keoberg being a national key point (scamdemic)
Open:
- Oak Valley MTB
- Lebanon - free trails
- Grabouw Forest Trail Network - free trails - 78km
- Franschhoek Wine Valley Trails
- Tulbagh MTB Trails - 115km from blouberg
- Paarl Adventure Trails - Rhebokskloof 60km from blouberg
- Sani Pass
Climbs:
- Montagu Pass George
- R339 Knysna
- Gamkaskloof
- [Sani Pass]
Going
West coast:
- namaqua national park (524km 5.5 hours)
- goekap nature reserve - sprinkbok (553km)
too far - have not gone
- cederburg wilderness area (169km - 2 hours)
- piket-bo-berg (short) (121km)
Cederburg has a dirt road ride from Clanwilliam to Algeria. A big climb on the way. The road is a bit corregated so ensure you have shocks on your mtb. The ride is 60 - 72 km long depending on route and reminds me of Suikerbosrant in Gauteng. Piket-bo-berg is a tarred climb - but has 2 way traffic and not much space for cyclings - too dangerous to attempt.
Namaqua and Goekap were too far from where I was based.
central:
- tulbagh MTB trails (115km 1.5 hours) - Voelvlei
- Eselfontein (Ceres) (153km 2 hours)
- Paarl adventure trails (53km 50 mins)
do tulbagh, Eselfontein and Paarl together
- tokai (done)
- table mountain national park (done)
South:
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boshendal (60km 1 hour)
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bottelary hills (38km 40 mins)
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jonkershoek trails (65km 1.2 hours)
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franshoek wine vallery trails (80km 1.1 hours)
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grabouw forest trails (76km 1.1 hours)
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helderburg trails (done)
do jonkershoek and franschoek together
- hermanus trails (116km 1.4 hours)
- greyton mtb trails and gravel (150km 2 hours)
- vadersburg (170km 2.5 hours) - skip
- klipspringer MTB (gansbaai) (170km)
- potberg trail network (246km 3 hours)
- heidelberg (grootvaderbosch) (280km 3.15 hours)
- George (436km 4.4 hours)
- Garden route national park - very long trails and lots (500km 5 hours)