🚵 KZN MOUNTAIN BIKING

Trail Parks, Singletrack & Races

KZN's mountain-biking playground — Giba Gorge and Cascades trail parks, the Karkloof mist-belt network, Durban's EMBA city trails, North Coast flow at Holla Trails, and marquee races like sani2c. Parks, trails, clubs, shops and events, filterable by region and type.

💡 Most trail parks and networks sell day permits or need club membership (Giba Gorge, Karkloof, Holla Trails, EMBA) — buy access before you ride and check trail-status updates after rain. Carry water; many trails are exposed and summer afternoons are hot.

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Amanzimtoti Bush Trails — Amanzimtoti. Coastal-bush singletrack around Amanzimtoti south of Durban, offering short flowing forest loops popular with local…
Beachwood & Springfield Trails — Durban Central. River-corridor and bush singletrack near the Umgeni River in central Durban, maintained by EMBA. Suited to XC and…
Berg & Bush — Winterton. Multi-day mountain-bike stage race in the northern Drakensberg foothills around Winterton and Bergville, offering…
Bisley Valley Nature Reserve — Pietermaritzburg. Municipal nature reserve south of Pietermaritzburg with grassland singletrack and game such as giraffe and zebra. Used…
Cascades MTB Park — Pietermaritzburg. Established trail network in Town Bush Valley north of Pietermaritzburg with a wide range of singletrack for XC, trail…
Cycle Lab Cornubia Megastore — Umhlanga. Large cycling megastore at Cornubia near Umhlanga stocking MTB and road brands with workshop and fitting services. Part…
Darvill Resource Reserve — Pietermaritzburg. Wetland and grassland reserve on the eastern edge of Pietermaritzburg with flat, flowing XC loops popular for training…
Detour Trails — Hillcrest. Durban-based guided mountain-bike tour and skills operator running rides across KZN's bike parks and trail networks for…
Dlinza Forest & Eshowe Trails — Eshowe. Indigenous mistbelt forest and surrounding trails at Eshowe in Zululand, offering shaded riding and walking with an…
eThekwini Mountain Bike Association (EMBA) — Durban Central. Volunteer association that builds and maintains Durban's urban MTB trail network (Virginia, Hawaan, Shongweni…
Giba Gorge MTB Park — Kloof. Durban's flagship privately-run MTB park in the Giba Gorge valley near Kloof, with a large graded network from green…
Hawaan Forest Trails — Umhlanga. Singletrack through the indigenous Hawaan Forest and surrounds at Umhlanga, part of EMBA's North Coast trail cluster.…
Hazelmere Dam Trails — Tongaat. MTB and trail routes around Hazelmere Dam and Nature Reserve near Verulam and Tongaat, managed as an Msinsi resort.…
Hilton College Trails — Hilton. Extensive singletrack across the Hilton College estate and its nature reserve near Hilton, used for XC riding and…
Holla Trails — Salt Rock. North Coast trail network across sugarcane and coastal bush around Salt Rock, Sheffield Beach and Ballito, offering…
Illovo Eston MTB & Trail Challenge — Richmond. Long-running one-day MTB and trail event on farmland around Eston, south-west of Pietermaritzburg, with route options…
KAP sani2c — Underberg. Iconic three-day MTB stage race running from the southern Drakensberg near Underberg down to the coast at Scottburgh…
Karkloof (Bill Barnes) Country Club Trails — Howick. Extensive Karkloof mistbelt forest and plantation trail network managed by Karkloof Country Club, north of Howick. Day…
KZN Mountain Biking (KZNMTB) — Pietermaritzburg. KZN mountain-biking community platform listing regional trails, park info and event calendars across the province
Lake Eland Game Reserve — Port Shepstone. Game reserve above Oribi Gorge inland of Port Shepstone with marked MTB trails among plains game, plus a zip line and…
Newcastle MTB Trails — Newcastle. Grassland and plantation MTB routes around Newcastle and the Ncandu and Ingagane areas of northern KZN, ridden by the…
Richards Bay MTB — Richards Bay. Local mountain-biking community around Richards Bay and Empangeni running coastal and plantation rides and events in…
Sani Pass MTB Route — Himeville. Legendary gravel MTB ride up the switchbacks of Sani Pass from Himeville and Underberg toward the Lesotho border, a…
Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival — Howick. Annual multi-discipline MTB and trail-run festival on the Karkloof trails, run by Karkloof Country Club and has hosted…
Shongweni Trails — Shongweni. Trail network around Shongweni Dam and gorge west of Hillcrest, maintained within the EMBA system, mixing open…
Sugar Rush Park — Ballito. Family adventure and bike park at Ballito with pump tracks, skills areas and MTB trails alongside other activities.…
uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve — Howick. WESSA-run reserve on the Umgeni River gorge at Howick, offering scenic trails through grassland and bush used for MTB…
Virginia Bush Trails — Durban North. Coastal-forest singletrack loops in Virginia Bush, Durban North, maintained within the eThekwini Mountain Bike…