Top Mountain Bike Trails in the Cape Province [Book Review]

Another one of MapStudio’s popular titles, Top MTB Trails covers the best mountain bike trails, routes and rides in the three Cape provinces. It gives up-to-date route information, great photographs and excellent, detailed maps.

If you would like the freedom to do what you want, when you want to, you might want to consider car hire Cape Town for your transportation needs.


Cover of the Top Mountain Bike Trails

Just like the More Top MTB Trails, Top Mountain Bike Trails makes the perfect companion for experienced as well as aspiring mountain biking enthusiasts.

This handy guide doesn’t only give you the top South African mountain bike regions to explore in the Western Cape, Northern Cape & Eastern Cape, there is also a comprehensive list of trails to experience in six other provinces, including a directory of bike shops and a handy atlas of the areas at the back of the book.

Detailed riding routes & maps come with all the information you need to take on this kind of adventure  – whether you are riding to race, touring or just riding for fun. Each region has a trail overview and rating system used to highlights the hot spots.

The trails come with descriptions of the surface of the different routes, temperature and safety ratings that were shared with hikers. Also listed are the following:

  • Access point
  • Maps
  • GPS
  • Websites and contact details
  • Distance and length of time it takes to trail as well as the terrain.
  • Fast facts
  • Trail facts
  • A rating from IMBA
  • The route informationThis 216 page – soft cover, travel book is enough to get you to take on some or all the destinations provided. 

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