One of the questions in our annual South African mountain biking survey, presented by Garmin, is ‘Which your favourite local mountain bike trail – the one you ride the most?’ We have compiled the data and this is what we found…
By Sean Badenhorst
A total of 2927 mountain bikers answered this question in December 2024. There were more than 180 trails or routes named. Not everyone lives near an established mountain bike trails park, so there were answers that mentioned this too.
For the sake of simplicity, we have only listed trails with at least 10 responses. With 47.56% of respondents living in Gauteng and 30.34% living in the Western Cape, trails parks in those provinces are obviously more popular. This isn’t necessarily a ranking, but really a reflection of the range of mountain bike trails parks frequented by South African mountain bikers.
The most popular mountain bike trails parks are close to cities or towns, which makes them highly convenient. If your local/favourite trail isn’t here, then it’s likely because it had fewer than 10 mentions from our survey takers. Below is a list of 52 mountain bike trails parks that were most mentioned by South African mountain bikers in our survey.
