Mont Eco Nature Reserve MTB Trail (Closest City/Town: Montagu)
Western Cape - Breede River Valley
Mont Eco Nature ReserveCLOSEST TOWN > Montagu TRAIL DESTINATION > MontEco Private Nature Reserve DISTANCE > up to 90km
GRADING > Intermediate to difficult |
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OVERVIEW Ride your heart out in Mont Eco, a unique private nature reserve located in the mountains between Montagu and Barrydale. The area boasts an extensive network of eco-adventure trails winding through a rugged landscape of soaring rock formations and renosterveld slopes. Varied game and bird life, an abundance of fossils and diverse flora along the rough mountain roads ensure hours of entrancing riding.
On your bike Ride options, mainly along the Mont Eco 4x4 eco-routes, include linear and circular trails up to 90 km in distance. Select your route according to your personal level of fitness and, if you’re up to it, you can pedal from dawn to dusk. Challenging topography, harsh terrain and a range of surfaces from rocks and loose pebbles to sandy river beds will have you going head to head with nature. Extreme summer heat makes way for mud and flooding in winter when some of the steeper descents should be left to experienced riders.
Off the bike Mont Eco offers bird-watching, game-viewing, 4x4 trials, hiking and a tru get-back-to-nature experience within the wide open spaces of the Klein Karoo. Accommodation options include campsites and self catering cottages set within the reserve. The nearby town of Montagu boasts hiking trails, MTB routes, a dried fruit co-op, sumptuous hot springs, great climbing routes, fascinating museums and information on indigenous healing herbs.
CONTACT: Route information: Tom Lewis, Mont Eco Nature Reserve For area information: contact Montagu Tourism, tel: +27 23 614 2471
GPS: 33°43’48.36”S 20°25’37.2”E |
FAST FACTSGRADING: Intermediate to difficult DURATION: 1–8 hours CONFIGURATION : Circular and return options – up to 90km START POINT: MontEco reception TERRAIN: Mostly jeep track and 4X4 routes MAP: From MontEco Nature Reserve; route is marked CELL RECEPTION: None ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Access fee for vehicle FACILITIES: Ablution facilities, camp site, selfcatering cottages BEWARE OF: Extreme heat; dehydration, muddy conditions in winter |
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HOW TO GET THERE
Don’t let the summer sun catch you on your own out there; winter nights are icy. |
