79 Trails in South Africa

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Hartspad difficulty 14.0 Potchefstroom
2. Hemel en Aarde Blue route difficulty 15.0 Hermanus
3. Hemel en Aarde Blue route difficulty 15.0 Hermanus
4. Phezulu Estate difficulty 7.0 Outer West Durban
5. Gustaf Klingbiel Lydenburg difficulty 30.0 Lydenburg
6. Wannabees difficulty 40.0 Somerset West
7. Maseru North difficulty 13.0 Maseru
8. 3Rivers Trails difficulty 20.0 Thornhill
9. Hillside Mountainbike Trail difficulty 2.0 Pretoria
10. Green Route difficulty 5.0 Durban
11. Tygerberg Mountain Bike Club Klipheuwel Trail difficulty 8.1 Fisantekraal
12. Sky Trails Plettenberg Bay difficulty 0
13. Bottelary Hills Renosterveld Conservancy (BHRC) difficulty 26 Stellenbosch
14. Maseru Urban 12k difficulty 8.0 Maseru
15. Yellow trail (Thaba Trails) difficulty 6.0 Johannesburg
16. Slipperfields MTB Trails difficulty 35.0 Port Elizabeth
17. Sun City 33K difficulty 21.0 Sun City
18. Harkerville Red Route difficulty 14.0 Knysna
19. Black Dragon Slayer difficulty 10.0 Phuthaditjhaba
20. Black Hill MTB trail difficulty 3.0 Cape Town
21. Contermanskloof difficulty 30.0 Cape Town
22. Zuikerboschhoek Single Track difficulty 6.0 Dullstroom
23. Maseru Urban 20k difficulty 13.0 Maseru
24. Orange Trail (Thaba Trails) difficulty 6.0 Johannesburg
25. Karkloof to Howick and back difficulty 34 Howick
26. Thaba Trails difficulty 10.0 Johannesburg
27. Wolesley 50km Race difficulty 34.0 Breede River DC
28. Napier Patat Festival difficulty 36.0 Napier
29. Dr Evil Day 3 difficulty 22.0 Plettenberg Bay
30. BielieMielie Fiets difficulty 50.0 Reitz
31. Howick to Karkloof easy 47km difficulty 29.0 Howick
32. Lebanon Red trail difficulty 27.0 Grabouw
33. Hazeldean difficulty 19.0 Pretoria
34. 45K Roundabout difficulty 45.0 Magaliesburg
35. 30km and 45km loops difficulty 28.0 Howick
36. Firehut Trail (Jonkershoek) difficulty 6.0 Stellenbosch
37. Hilcrest difficulty 5.0 Cape Town
38. Koeberg Power Station difficulty 12.0 Cape Town
39. Contermanskloof difficulty 10.0 Durbanville, Cape Town
40. White Route difficulty 19.0 Wellington
41. Heia Safari difficulty 18.0 Johannesburg
42. Dragon peaks difficulty 25.0 Cathkin Park
43. Knysna Oyster Fest 50 difficulty 31.0 Knysna
44. Lions Head difficulty 9.0 Cape Town
45. Boschendal difficulty 15.0 Stellenbosch
46. Red Route difficulty 22.0 Grabouw
47. Wolwespruit Bike Park difficulty 13 Pretoria
48. Delheim difficulty 8.0 Simonsberg Conservatory
49. Dir Burger MTB Challenge 50km route difficulty 31.0 Stellenbosch
50. Anysberg Nature Reserve Trails Intermediate difficulty 0 ****

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