Hopewell MTB Trails

CLOSEST TOWN > Port Elizabeth

TRAIL DESTINATION > Circular route - Hopewell Conservation Estate

DISTANCE > 5, 12 and 35km

GRADING > Intermediate

OVERVIEW

Hopewell Conservation Estate just outside PE on R102. 35km of purpose built singletrack and more to come.

Off the bike

Nice Trail Centre where drinks can be bought.

CONTACT:

Route Information: Lex Holmes

Tel: 0833428306

Tel: 041 584 0021

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Website: www.hopewellconservation.co.za

GPS: 33°53′30.2″S 025°22′27.0″E

Weather:{weather Port Elizabeth, South Africa}

FAST FACTS

GRADING:

Intermediate

DURATION:

2 hours for the 35km

CONFIGURATION :

Lots of singletrack. Singletrack is wide and easy to ride.

START POINT:

House and stable. The stable is the trail head.

TERRAIN:

Rocky with lots of hills.

MAP:

Availible at reception.

CELL RECEPTION:

Patchty

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

R30 per rider

FACILITIES:

Drinks are available as well as ablution facilities.

BEWARE OF:

Wild animals

HOW TO GET THERE

Drive out of PE on the R102 (old Cape Road) and 3km after passing the Wedgewood gate you will find a gravel road to the right marked Bethelsdorp. Follow the gravel road for about 2km. You will see a house and stable with an entrance gate to the left, which is the Trail head.

BEST TIME OF YEAR

The weather here is as friendly as the city. Summer can be very hot.