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Berakah MTB Trail (Closest City/Town: Potchefstroom)

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Berakah MTB Trail

CLOSEST TOWN > Parys

TRAIL DESTINATION > Vredefort dome

DISTANCE > 14km

GRADING > Intermediate to Difficult

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OVERVIEW

The Berakah 4x4, mountain bike, quad bike and hiking trail set in the Vredefort dome just 14 km outside Parys, offers one day or a weekend getaway filled with endless fun, challenge, thrill and nerve wracking experiences.

On your bike

The extremely rugged Berakah MTB trail is one of several in the Dome Bergland, all of which are worthy of trying if you are the adventurous type. Distances vary with choice of route. Berakah and Morala are separate properties with interconnected trails, near the main Potch tarred road but deep in mountain kloofs. Boplaas is a farm on top of the Bergland with paths connecting to some lower routes.

The Berakah trail has been used for MTB races but is generally fine for intermediate riders. Berakah is a famous 4x4 and quad bike route with some paths suiting mainly mountain bikes. Steep, rock-strewn tracks alternate with jeep tracks and in the lowlands there are dongas and scary log bridges. Not for the faint-hearted, this trail offers a bit of danger and a lot of sweat but persistence will earn you fantastic views of the rocky hill country of the Vredefort crater rim.

Off the bike

Trade your bike for a quad or a 4x4 and hit the dirt. Or hoof it.

CONTACT:

Route information: Berakah Adventures

Address: PO Box 1649, Parys 9585

Telephone: 056 818 1313 or 082 339 9177 (Carl Pretorius)

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Website: www.berakah.co.za

GPS: S26 49' 25" E27 22' 20"

Weather: {weather Parys, South Africa}

FAST FACTS

GRADING:

Intermediate to Difficult

DURATION:

2-3 Hours

CONFIGURATION :

6km to 14km circular route

START POINT:

At Berakah Camp

TERRAIN:

Jeep tracks, rocky

MAP:

Trails maps available at Berakah reception or contact Otters’ Haunt for info and guiding

CELL RECEPTION:

None

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

R30 per bike

FACILITIES:

Toilet at start. Berakah has a beautiful camp on top of the mountain where there is a water point.

BEWARE OF:

Summer heat.

How to get there:

  • Follow the concrete highway N1 Johannesburg - Cape Town.
  • Take the Sasolburg / Parys off ramp.
  • Turn right and take road into Parys.
  • Follow the "S" road through Parys to robot - Potchefstroom / Fochville signboard. Turn right at robot.
  • Cross the Vaal river bridge. Follow Berakah signs and turn left to Potchefstroom (2nd road).
  • Follow road over the mountain to next Berakah signboard turning left into dirt road.
  • Follow dirt road for ±2km to Berakah Adventures signs.
  • Follow Berakah Adventures signs.

 

HOW TO GET THERE

See left.


BEST TIME OF YEAR

Summer hot can be hot.