Cape Town Trip Overview
Mountain biking along the slopes of one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World and enjoying some scenic Mountain biking through the top parts of Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens as well as the Constantia valley.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Cape Town, South Africa
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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Mountain biking along the slopes of one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World and enjoying some scenic Mountain biking through the top parts of Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens as well as the Constantia valley.
Itinerary
Our half day mountain bike tour start at Table Mountain lower cable car station, heading East of Table Mountain linking the existing Table Mountain trails around Rhodes Memorial to Constantia Neck.The first 3km of our ride is on tar along a very scenic road at the based of Table Mountain perfect to get use to your mountain bike. The ride start with some rocky jeep track down toward Newlands forest. From here there are a combination of jeep tracks and single tracks through forest areas follow by a gradual ascent towards Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.You will be mountain biking above the garden follow by some more climbs and interesting technical sections to keep you focus. Kirstenbosch have put in some serious work to the trails traversing the upper part of the gardens, there are bridges and some part of the trails are bedded with wood chips.There are some very steep sections before reaching our mid point turn around for a coffee break at Constantia neck. Our ride back to Cape Town take us along the lower base of Table Mountain with a good mixed of Jeep tracks, singles and some tar section to come.
Stop At:
• Table Mountain National Park 8001 South Africa
• Constantia Valley, Constantia 7806 South Africa
• Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Rhodes Drive, Newlands 7735 South Africa
