Variety of trails suitable to a range of skills.
Accessible and located within an easy half-hour drive from most metros.
Unique game experience within a nature conservancy.
Gauteng’s Witwatersrand is both the most densely populated and geographically smallest region in South Africa. As such, accessing sprawling vistas and remote mountains for mountain biking can be challenging in Gauteng.
Challenging but not impossible. A Gauteng mountain bike gem, Thaba Trails, provides a diverse trove of mountain biking to satisfy most peddlers dirt appetites. Just 8km south of Johannesburg’s CBD, Thaba is a local trail favourite and contrastingly, also underrated for its workout potential, at 1500m above sea level.
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