Lowveld Botanical Garden / Riverside loops — Houtbos River Gravel Route
Moderate
gravel
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Elevation profile
Min 1035m · Max 1133m · Gain 243m · 19 km
Route stats
- Distance
- 19 km
- Elevation gain
- 240 m
- −240 m descent
- Max grade
- 5.3%
- 1.3% avg
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Surface
- Gravel
- Route type
- Loop
About this route
Mixed tar and gravel circuit tracing tributaries of the Houtbos River valley with moderate climbing through indigenous forest. Technical gravel sections demand bike handling skill but reward with river crossings and forest canopy relief.