Sani Spoors Mountain Biking Trails

At the heart of Sani Spoors is a bunch of local farmers who are passionate about mountain biking and about the beautiful area that they live in. They want locals and riders from all over the country to be able to come, experience, share and enjoy what they have here in the Underberg area.

The pristine dairy farms dotted along the Umzimkulu River and its tributaries with the cows feeding in the green pastures and with the backdrop of the Ukhahlamba Mountains and the surrounding World Heritage site is just a spectacular and magnificent setting to be out in the crisp fresh air riding on a mountain bike.

The vision is therefore to create a system of trails on the working farms, catering for all skills levels, that will allow riders to enjoy and “share” the area, while co-existing with the on-going farming operations. This co-existence places responsibilities on both the farmers and the riders and hence no riding can take place without a rider indemnity having been signed and the requisite fee having been paid. Whilst Sani Spoors is not a commercial operation as such – the rider revenues are needed to help subsidise the substantial on-going maintenance of the bridges and trails.

So, just over five years ago, the farmers who owned the land started the Sani Spoors trails from the site of what is now known as The Olde Duck (was the Duck and Dolittle and then the Duck and Spoors) – which is situated about 7kms out of Underberg (2kms on the Drakensberg Gardens road).