From 1 September 2016, Dirtopia’s Delvera based offering will expand to include the current Simonsberg Cafe and Oakleaf Lodge. Further, Dirtopia’s Fietswinkel (Cycle Shop) operation located at nearby Welgevonden will also move to Delvera. Outdoor event and trail specialists, Dirtopia, has become synonymous with Delvera Farm. Over the past 12 years, the business has attracted 1000’s of visitors to the ...

The third of the Dirtopia 2016 Enduro series offers two days of trail riding this weekend on the well-known Welvanpas trails. The start and finish will be hosted by Val De Charron wine & olive Estate, with wonderful facilities like a restaurant, accommodation and incredible views of the mountains. The Enduro events are geared for real mountain bikers that enjoy ...

Launching a new race is never easy, so having to contend with the devastating Simonsberg fire just 2 weeks before the race certainly tested the organisation to the limit.  90% of the trails constructed over the past 2 years were damaged and the bulk of the forest canopy lost when fires ravaged the Simonsberg Mountain and adjacent wine estates from 19to 22 January. For route ...

Well known race organisers and trail developers, Dirtopia, will head up race management of the event. Dirtopia has spent the last 2 years developing new trails on Uitkyk, Delheim, Knorhoek and Muratie estates and while riders may have had tastes of these routes while participating in the Cape’s major mountain bike classics, no event has really showcased the entire network ...

Die Burger MTB Challenge will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year in Stellenbosch and will once again have more than 4500 riders taking part. The event will take place on Sunday 2 August and start from Eikestad Primary School, but will finish at the Van Der Stel Sportsgrounds. One of South Africa’s largest one-day mountain bike events, it is renowned ...

Die Burger MTB Challenge will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year in Stellenbosch and is expected to hit the record number of more than 5 000 riders. The event will take place on Sunday 2 August and start from Eikestad Primary School, but will finish at the Van Der Stel Sportsgrounds. One of South Africa’s largest one-day mountain bike events, ...

Do you live in the Welgevonden or Nooitgedacht residential areas and love the outdoors? You’ll be elated to know that you can now run and cycle on marked trails from your doorstep. The team from Dirtopia has developed a new trail on L’Avenir and Nooitgedacht Estates that even beginner mountain bikers can enjoy and is the perfect after-work training route ...

The one-day ultra mountain bike marathon in the Swartland, the Amarider 100Miler, will start & finish at the Malmesbury Festival grounds on Saturday 23rd of May this year. However, the route will be more or less the same and the 50Miler option will still start at Delico, Riebeeck Kasteel as it did previous years and finish with the 160km riders ...

Have you heard about Enduro mountain bike events? What is it and can anyone take part? It is geared for real mountain bikers that enjoy singletrack and are fit enough to ride uphills, but more importantly like riding downhills fast! Therefor more adrenalin junkies like downhillers enjoy this discipline of the sport, but the lady participation is growing and young ...