We are excited to announce a new venue for the Milky Way Marathon in 2024. We were looking for a venue closer to Cape Town with similar dark skies to that of Sutherland and found the perfect site. At an altitude of 1100m, Leeuwenboschfontein offers an extraordinary view of the night sky that is nearly free from light pollution. […]
The Franschhoek Mountains in July can be covered in snow. The rivers are scenic yet cold. This Trail Running adventure sells out every year, numbers are limited. You are assured of a wild time, wet feet and rewarding OBS, served by French Maids. All Routes have changed !! This Trail Run will be different from […]
This year you can look forward to running completely new routes from previous years. With the format of the Mountain Bike event and the Trail Run event happening over the same weekend, this year, the trail running routes will follow similar routes to the mountain bike routes from the previous day. Expect to be treated […]
Kingdom Trails, a sprawling 15,000-hectare game farm nestled in the Olifants River Valley, embodies raw, untamed beauty. The IQ route, known for its technical prowess and unforgiving nature, takes racers on a challenging journey, descending into the valley eight times over treacherous, rocky terrain, often necessitating boulder hopping. Two river crossings await at the low-level […]
BACKYARD ULTRA The backyard ultra is a form of ultra-marathon race where competitors must consecutively run a 6.706 km lap in less than one hour. These laps are repeated on the hour, every hour. When each lap is completed, the remaining time within that hour is used to recover, rest, eat before the start of […]
Brought to you by NO FRILLS.NO FUSS: An iconic single day Trail Run around the stunning country town, Montagu. This Montagu Trails Network takes you to the big mountains, big climbs, superb trails and raw beautiful landscapes. Make your weekend getaway to Montagu and escape with us.
The Ingeli Forest Trail 2024 is set to bring you the absolute, raw, unspoilt natural beauty of our awesome countryside alive. You will delve deep into age old indigenous forests and scale heights where the views are expansive all while traversing this corner of the earth with us.
Embrace all 53km and 1900m vert of South Africa’s iconic – and aptly named – five-day Whale Trail hiking route in one tremendous effort. Fast flowing footpaths through spectacular mountain fynbos give way to technical rocky coastline ridges, calf killing sandy beaches and onto undulating coastal paths. The entire route is in the De Hoop […]
Yes, we’re half way through 2024 already! Have you stayed fit for the first six months of the year? Well, keep on going or start all over… Muratie is the base for some of the most beautiful trail systems in the Western Cape at the foot of Simonsberg. Routes are changed up for some entertaining […]
There will be mud, there will be sweat and there will be beers. Each person over the age of 18 will receive a beer when they cross the finish line. Life is too short to be clean everyday. The muddiest trail runner wins a prize!
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