Fitness Level ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Skill level ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

The tour…..

This e-bike tour is a very gentle cruise through the reserve, covering around 30kms, we ride slowly and stop frequently so you can take pictures and rest. We aim to do the 30km in around +/- 3hrs.

If you're a group of 3 or 4, we can change the tour to start and finish at the bird watching hides, this is an out and back ride of around ±40kms.

The terrain has some small rolling hills and some grassy or sand sections, so we recommend that you have a very basic riding skill.

We will pick you up from your hotel or guest house around 08:00 and drive through the winelands or along the coast depending if you are coming from CPT or Stellenbosch, we will then park at the entrance of the reserve and ride the first few km on asphalt, we usually see some buck or Ostrich on this stretch.

We will then head off road on to the old lagoon gravel road, this leads us straight through the flatlands next to the lagoon, again "Hopfully" bird life and animals roaming around.
We will follow the edge of the lagoon for about 20km before crossing over to the Atlantic coast.

On the return we will stop for refreshments & braai (BBQ) before driving back to the lagoon hides where you can either relax, walk, ride some more or watch birds.

We aim to have you back at your accommodation by 17:00

Group of 3 Price - R4200pp, Includes- All transport, Guides, E-bike bike, Park permits, Lunch & snacks
Group of 4 Price – R4000pp Includes- All transport, Guides, E-bike bike, Park permits, Lunch & snacks
Groups of 6 to 10  - Price – R3500pp Includes- All transport, Guides, E-bike bike, Park permits, Lunch & snacks

Fitness Level ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Skill level ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

This tour is for minimum intermediate rides with good fitness and skill level.

We have put together a 5-day cycling package based in Stellenbosch in the heart of the wine region and cycling mecca, utilizing lots of the Cape Epic routes.

The tour will explore some of the most amazing trails and scenery throughout the region; the routes will be tailored to each group’s fitness levels and ability.

With the trails we will be using, riders need to have a minimum of Intermediate level in both skill and fitness. (We can split the group, but it’s not ideal)
Riders would be required to ride 2 - 4 hrs at an easy to moderate pace and be able to handle (minimum) blue/red intermediate trails.

We will have 3 days riding around Stellenbosch trails, 1 day at Oak valley & 1 day at the Wellington trails.

We will have early breakfasts and either ride or shuttle out to the trails, ride for around 4 hrs.  This will include lots of stops, then lunch out, then shuttle or ride back to the accommodation.

We would look to depart around 8am most days and back to the accommodation by 2pm, post lunch. (But this could be potentially earlier if it’s very hot weather)
The reason we try and ride early morning is due to the heat around lunch time, afternoons will be free for exploring or just relaxing.

We will also provide some snacks and drinks pre and post ride.

We will have a list of “optional” extra excursions as afternoon activities. TBA

5 nights’ accommodation – arrive Sunday afternoon, last ride and depart Friday.

The rooms are all doubles or twins, so they would have to be comfortable sharing, preferably booking as couples or friends.

Here is a very basic/brief itinerary –

*Sunday – We will arrange collection from CPT international airport when flights arrive or liaise with clients if already in SA, then taken to accommodation in Stellenbosch, relax and free time.
Meet and greet at accommodation 18:00

*Monday – Bike set up - MTB ride (3-4hrs, this will be an assessment ride to determine -skill, fitness, for the rest of the week)
*Tuesday – MTB ride (3-4hrs depending on group fitness level and ability)
*Wednesday – MTB ride (3-4hrs depending on group fitness level and ability)
*Thursday – MTB ride (3-4hrs depending on group fitness level and ability)
*Friday –MTB ride (3-4 hrs depending on group fitness level and ability)
-Morning ride, then back to hotel/guesthouse for a shower and collection of bags, check out.

Transport

Friday afternoon/evening – drop off at airport.

Guests can obviously choose if they’d like to arrive before the weeks tour OR stay on for a few more days and make their own arrangements or fly directly home.

We’d like to keep the pick up’s and drop off’s to a minimum as we’re an hr. from CPT international

Bikes

We have our own fleet of dual suspension mountain bikes and e-mtb bikes which is part of the package (e-bike supplement), or unless they bring their own bike.

The bikes will be washed and checked over every day to make sure they are in perfect working order for the next day’s riding.

Our only constraint can be bike sizing’s as we do have limited numbers in some sizes of the bikes. (So, the further out the booking can be made, gives us more time to arrange extra sizes)