Closest Town: Cape Town
Grading: Easy
Duration: 30 minutes
Location (Area/Province): Peninsula and Winelands and Western Cape
Configuration: One-way – 2km
Start Point: Signal Hill parking lot
Access: Public Access; MTB cluster on Wild Card
Beware of: Irrigation ruts and loose gravel; kids and dogs in Bo-Kaap streets
Facilities: Safe parking
Cell Reception: 100% coverage
Take in one of Cape Town’s classic viewpoints…
On your bike
Blast off from the metal boom – 500m before you reach the Signal Hill parking-lot – onto a seriously steep jeep track dipping towards the City Bowl. Access is also possible from other points along the tarmac road. Approximately 2km of gnarly downhill awaits, switch-backing along rock-shocked dirt tracks before banging onto the stairwells and alleyways of Bo-Kaap.
Off the bike
Hike up Platteklip Gorge to the top of Table Mountain and do a death-defying abseil with Abseil Africa; check out the pubs, clubs and restaurants in Long Street and Cape Town Waterfront.
GPS: 33º55’3.98” S 18º24’10.14” E
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