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Exploring Pondoland with Wild Child Africa

Sep 29, 2020
2 min

Exploring Pondoland with Wild Child Africa

Trails: 7/10 Facilities: 8/10 Pondoland, and the Transkei in general, is one of the most beautiful, raw ad wild parts of South Africa, but is often forgotten in favour of more high profile destinations. Perhaps that is part of its allure, but for the communities of the area, tourism represents an opportunity to find jobs and sustain themselves, whilst maintaining the natural beauty of the fauna and flora of the area, both land and sea. Matt and his team from Wild Child Afr

Crackin' on in Karkloof

Aug 17, 2020
1 min

Crackin' on in Karkloof

Trails: 9/10 Facilities: 8/10 It’s an exciting time to be a mountain biker in the Karkloof area at the moment. While they used to be separate, the Howick and Karkloof trail networks have merged to form one large riding area. Secondly, SA’s first black-owned trail building business, Nguni Trails, is being incubated in the area and are working on the trails, and lastly, Pyga bikes, who has their base in Howick, is now producing their new aluminium bikes right down the road i

Bike touring the Mighty Drakensberg

Jun 24, 2020
1 min

Bike touring the Mighty Drakensberg

Trails: 7/10 Facilities: 8/10 We learn some bicycle touring lessons from, Ron Rutland, bike touring legend who has spent the last 4 years cycling around various parts of the globe. We head out from Nottingham Road, with just a backpack and a rough plan, and spend the night at the amazing Glen Garry in the Kamberg area, before heading back to Notties the next day. Thanks to @glengarry for hosting us. MASSIVE thanks to @jasureinsurance for the support and helping us spread t

Exploring Jonkershoek

Feb 19, 2020
1 min

Exploring Jonkershoek

Trails: 10/10 Facilities: 5/10 Jonkershoek has long been synonymous with great mountain biking, but it was only in the last 10 years that it started to morph into the world-class trail riding destination it is today. For me, to return to the place where I discovered mountain bikes 25 years ago, to see how it has evolved, has been an amazing journey. Without the vision, dedication and funding from passionate individuals, companies, trail builders and land owners, this singl

Rock of Execution- eSwatini (Swaziland)

Nov 30, 2019
3 min

Rock of Execution- eSwatini (Swaziland)

Trails: 7/10 Facilities: 8/10 eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), is an often forgotten, land-locked neighbour, but if you ride mountain bikes and like exploring, you should place it at the top of your bucket list. There is a weird thing about borders. Although you only travel a few meters, maybe 100 at best, so many things seem to change. Food, roads, language, culture, these are not small things, but they all seem to change when you cross a border and this was our experience

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Sani Pass, Himeville, Kzn

Oct 1, 2018
2 min

Sani Pass, Himeville, Kzn

Trails: 6/10 Facilities: 5/10 Sani Pass is undoubtedly the best known pass in South Africa, when it comes to off-roading. In the past, it was a real 4x4 challenge, but over the years it has been "dumbed down" quite a bit. The attraction now is when it snows, because it can become a winter wonderland with stunning scenary. We had been waiting and watching thr weather for several weeks, just waiting for a good snowfall to make the trek up the pass, and then ride down on our

Sani Spoors, Underberg, Kzn

Jul 30, 2018
2 min

Sani Spoors, Underberg, Kzn

Trails: 9/10 Facilities: 9/10 Sani Spoors, as the name suggests, is in the Southern Drakensburg town of Underberg, near Sani Pass. A few enthusiastic farmers got together a few years ago to start building trails for themsleves to ride, and this has now become a larger trail network, with 60 km of trail along the Mzimkulu river and into the surrounding hills on pristine dairy farms, pine and wattle plantations and beef country. “Its really just about riding bikes you know,

Glen Garry, Kamberg, Kwazulu

Mar 1, 2018
2 min

Glen Garry, Kamberg, Kwazulu

Riding experience: 9/10 Facilities: 10/10 “We moved back here from Australia to raise a family and help the folks out with running the place. I got into mountain biking through my dad and started building a few trails, and now we have a cool network of trails for people to ride.”- Gareth Sivright Epic sunrises, cosy accommodation & endless singletrack. A truly worthwhile weekend getaway, Glengarry Kamberg offers a complete experience! We recently visited with Gareth Siv