Adventure Riding Experience Soutpansberg and Venda

13 – 16 June 2026

4 Days, 3 Nights
Estimated cost: R4 200 – 5 200 per person

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We meet in a place called Vivo, ride the Soutpansberg and see where its name is derived from. We travel through beautiful Venda’s sacred forests and Lakes, passing massive Tea plantations. This is Baobab country, and we see lots of them, including the 1,200-year-old Sagole Big Tree!

Second evening, we sleep in raised tents at a venue next to the Kruger National Park, where only the fire has signal.

We ride Tared, Gravel with forest roads.
Gravel Road Gradings, Green to Orange 2

Day 1

Your Adventure ride starts as you are traveling to Vivo, you will see the Blouberg and the Soutpansberg looming in front of you – what a view! Soutpansberg was named by the Boers due to the saltpans found and still mined on the northwestern side of the mountain.

At 15:00, we meet at the local meeting place in Vivo, get to know each other, mingle with the locals, discuss the next day’s Adventurous ride, and leave at 16:30 for our overnight lodging.

Day 2

After an early possible breakfast, we leave at 07:00 and ride along the Northern side of the Soutpansberg. We join the N1 highway through the tunnels and ride a twisty mountainous road to Louis Trichardt, We shop for the evening’s braai ( please take your braai tools and a small cooler bag). We take dirt roads traversing planted and natural/ indigenous areas. Area’s you would rarely see and some not accessible to the public.

You will find stunning views and, beautiful trees. We are entering the mystical land of the Venda people. Passing Venda’s sacred forests and lakes. We find lunch, do final shopping, and refuel. On our way to the evening’s River camp, we traverse from sub-tropical to dry, arid areas with massive Baobab trees.

Although our river camp offers tented tree accommodation with no electricity, it is next to the Kruger National Park on the Mutale River. That evening with a fire that is the only signal on a river we braai! ,
Afterward we sit and ponder the flames, whilst reminiscing about, our Adventurous day and discussing the next day’s adventure awaiting us.

Day 3

Baobab Day! Our Adventure riding head to the Sagole Big Tree “Boabab” (entrance fee payable – own account), carbon dated as 1,200 years old. We ride through a baobab forest and continue over the mountain to the sub-tropical side, where we find massive tea plantations. Riding on to our last night’s accommodation at a lodge near Louis Trichardt.

Day 4

We return to Louis Trichardt, possibly have breakfast, then ride home.

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