The Kalahari Mountain Bike Traverse Tour

Kalahari MTB Traverse Tours

5 Day Kalahari Mountain Bike Traverse Tour

The Kalahari MTB Traverse is a new mountain bike tour in the Kalahari (Northern Cape) where you will cycle from lodge to lodge while your gear is transferred by Trisport staff. You will cycle on hard surfaces each day (no sand). On one day you will cycle for 10km over a hard saltpan. You will cycle through an area that they call the Lost city of the Kalahari and each night you will stay at a lodge and 1 night at a luxury tented camp. This area of the Kalahari is known for its red dunes and you will have a sundowner each night on top of a sand dune or overlooking a salt pan.

Dates: Please see 2025 dates on our website

Start of the tour - Molopo Lodge (near Askham) in the Northern Cape

Cost
R16 900.00 Sharing
R20 900.00 Single

ENTRY LIMIT - 18 entries

Distances
Day 1: 73km of a very quiet tar road: elevation: 100 meter. Although this is a long day, the elevation is very little.
Day 2: 77km, elevation 300m
Day 3: 48km: elevation 150m
Day 4: 47km elevation 50m
Day 5: 60 km elevation 200m

Entry fee includes
-5 Days of MTB Riding;
-6 Nights accommodation
-All meals from dinner day 1 to dinner the last nights
-Transport of your gear;
-Cycle through the private farms
-Cycle over Saltpans
-The farm’s permits and cost
-Permits and cost for cycling over the pans
-Experience the beautiful sunsets over the saltpans
-All the Game drives
-The Vulture Restaurant (if available)
-All the Guides
-A backup vehicle
-Sundowner transport
-Sundowner drinks and Game Drive at Kgalagadi-Lodge
-All permissions of private Game owners.
-All Tourist levies

Schedule

Day 1
13:00 Arrive at Molopo Lodge, leave your bike at Molopo safely in a lock-up store for the night
14:00 Drive in convoy to Kgalagadi Lodge, check-in and relax
18:00Meet at the bar
19:00 Dinner

Day 2:
7:00 Breakfast.
08:00 Transfer by us to Molopo Lodge
8.30 Cycle to Rietfontein, cycle over the famous Haksteen pan where the Bloodhound speed record was set.
13:00 Check in.
17:00 Sundowners overlooking the Namibia border.
18: Dinner.

Day 3
6:30 Breakfast.
7:30 Cycle to Koppieskraal via hakskeen pan
Experience the Lost City, cycle on jeep tracks, flat pans, and jeep roads.
12:00 Lunch at Koppieskraal.
14:00 Cycle to Loch Maree and Zoutpans, Check-in.
17:30 Sundowners over the Red Dunes.
18:00 Dinner.

Day 4:
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Cycle to Molopo Lodge, via Askham, visit the town
13:00 Check-in at Molopo Lodge
18:00 Sundowners on a red dune
19:00 Dinner

Day 5 (chill day)
7:00 Breakfast
9:00 Cycle 17 km to Dreghorn Game Reserve. Check in, relax, and enjoy the pool overlooking the red dunes
13:00 Lunch at Dreghorn.
16: 00 Game drive, Sundowners on a Red Dune overlooking Botswana.
18:30 Dinner.

Day 6:
7:00 Breakfast:
8:00 Cycle to Kgalagadi Lodge, on the border of SA and Botswana, 4km from Kgalagadi National Park
14:00 Check-in and relax
16:00 Sundowners in Kgalagadi – Lodge Game Reserve
19.30 Dinner

Day 7:
07:00 Breakfast (for your own account)
08:00 Goodbyes