Glengarry Castle MTB Route

CLOSEST TOWN > Mooi River

TRAIL DESTINATION > The Little Berg mountain range, Glengarry Castle

DISTANCE > 17km or 55km

GRADING > Intermediate to Difficult

OVERVIEW

The Kamberg offers world class mountain biking and races like Joberg2C and Kamberg Karma have put this valley on the MTB map. Thanks to a community with a passion for cycling, the local farmers allow access to their land and have sculpted some of the best tracks around. When road riding on the Kamberg and Giants Castle Roads you will come across many more bikes than vehicles and at 5000ft it is the ideal training destination.

Off the bike

Glengarry Park offers trout fishing in stocked trout dams and in the Little Mooi River runs through the property. There’s river tubing and swimming in the river and a nine-hole golf course and a bowling green for those in pursuit of gentler activities.

CONTACT:

Route information: Rose and Revell Sivright, Glengarry Park

Address: PO Box 11202, Mooi River, 3300

Telephone: (033) 267 7225

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Website: www.glengarry.co.za

GPS: 29°19′23.1″S 029°42′54.4″E

Weather: {weather Mooi River, South Africa}

FAST FACTS

GRADING:

Intermediate to Difficult

DURATION:

Depending on route chosen, 3-5 Hours

CONFIGURATION :

Two routes of 17 km and 55km

START POINT:

At Glengarry Park

TERRAIN:

Single-track, downhills and river crossings

MAP:

Available from Glengarry offices

CELL RECEPTION:

Good cell phone reception.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Self-catering chalets at R130 per person, per night. Camping at R30 per site, and R30 per adult.

FACILITIES:

Camp, caravan or stay in a self-catering chalet at Glengarry Park Resort on the banks of the Little Mooi River.  Self-catering chalets at R130 per person, per night. Camping at R30 per site, and R30 per adult.

Less than 2 hours from Durban and only three-and-a-half hours from Johannesburg, Glengarry is located in the beautiful Kamberg on the Central Drakensberg. It is 30 minutes from Nottingham Road or Mooi River and the road is tarred all the way to our gate.

From Durban

Travel northbound on the N3 and take the Nottingham Road off ramp (exit 132).

Turn right and travel to the village of Nottingham Road. 
Keep right under the railway bridge and continue through village on to Rosetta (R103) 8km away. 
At Rosetta turn left onto the Kamberg Rock Art Centre Rd and travel 31km along this road.
Turn left onto the Glengarry and Highmoor Road and glengarry is immediately on the right.

From Johannesburg

Travel southbound on the N3 until the Mooi River Plaza, pay toll on far left and exit immediately.
Turn right over freeway until T junction, Engen and Wimpy straight ahead. 
Turn left onto Old Main Road (R103) to Rosetta 7km away.
At Rosetta turn right onto the Kamberg Rock Art Centre Rd and travel 31km along this road.
Turn left onto the Glengarry and Highmoor Road and Glengarry immediately on the right.

HOW TO GET THERE

See left.

BEST TIME OF YEAR

Warm during summer.