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Holla Trails

Ballito - KwaZulu-Natal

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Trails: 9
Total Distance: 330Km
eBikes: Yes
Shuttle-friendly: No
Cost: R83 per adult R50 for youth (12-18 years) and pensioners free for under-12s and over-70s
Security Rating: 4/5
Nearest City/Town: Ballito

Trail Park Summary

Country Trail

More information:

https://www.hollatrails.co.za/

Trailforks Information:

https://www.trailforks.com/region/holla-trails/

Security rating:

4/5

Websites:

Holla Trails

Holla Mountain Bike Trails, located in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, is one of the best mountain bike trails to experience in SA.

Best suited for: 

Beginner, Intermediate and Experienced riders.

What we love about it:  

Two things stand out for us at Holla Trails, variety and vibe. With over 300km of marked, maintained trails, Holla is the most extensive mountain bike trails park in South Africa. It’s also one of the biggest in the world. It would be easier to have three or four routes, which would be just as appreciated, but no, the Holla crew has created 10 courses! Some tracks head southwest from the trailhead. While the rest head west, mostly in out-and-back loops, all of them stimulating. With the hilly terrain, you can rack up some decent climbing and distance if you’re into that kind of riding. Although the longest route, the Black, is 85km long, it’s a challenging 85 that will leave you spent, no matter your condition. But the most popular routes are shorter and offer a combination of factors that make you want to holla. That’s where the name came from. They use the more formal sugar cane farm roads to gain elevation and then bring you back down via superbly crafted, flowy singletrack descents through lush coastal vegetation ravines or river banks.

The vibe? We have ridden most bike parks in South Africa and have never sensed the same general pre-ride energy and post-ride chatter level as we have at Holla. It’s quite extraordinary.

 

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Additional Trail Facts

Signage

The signage is generally good. We like how they change the signage slightly so that you know you’re on your way back on your chosen route; and they include distance-to-finish kilometres on almost every sign! With that vast trail network you can imagine how many signs there are, so don’t be too upset if one is ‘missing’. It’s likely been knocked over by a sugar cane vehicle as the trails are all mostly on working sugar cane farms. They have all the routes in Garmin files that you can download from their website.

Grading

As with many South African trails parks, the trails aren’t graded according to IMBA’s skill level grading system. Holla Trails is listed on Trailforks though, where it’s trails are rate mostly Blue and Green.

Off the bike

There’s a very established trailhead which sells good coffee and light meals and snacks. Over the years, the trailhead venue, known as Sugar Rush Park, has developed into a destination for families with loads of kids’ indoor and outdoor activities, a full restaurant and a small bike shop too.

Trails

There are a total of 10 trails as follows:

  • Green Route: 16km
  • Silver Route: 14km
  • Blue Route: 16km
  • Purple Route: 26km
  • Pink Route: 29km
  • Red Route: 28km
  • Yellow Route: 49km
  • Gold Route: 49km
  • Black Route: 85km GPS only
  • Short gravel 30km GPS only
  • Long gravel 60km GPS only

Summary

Holla Trails is one of the original South African mountain bike trails parks. With driven staff, Holla Trails has always shown resourcefulness and ambition that’s resulted in a vast network of reliably stimulating trails for all levels of mountain biker.

Cost

R83 per adult; R50 for youth (12-18 years) and pensioners; free for under-12s and over-70s.

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Trail Reviews
Joanne Badenhorst
27 May 2024
A great network of SingleTrack trails knitted together by farm roads.
Rudi Kruger
27 May 2024
Fantastic trails that will keep you busy. Some nice technical riding, wonderful bridges, beautiful landscape, some serious climbs and fantastic downhills.
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Paul Alwar
30 March 2022
Excellent Trails with a Superb Team at the counter!
Hamish
10 March 2022
Lots of trail but nothing really memorable. Some nice tracks along forested steams, but otherwise quite featureless. Most of the riding is on existing cane roads. Almost no built trail features aside from wooden bridges. A good place if you haven’t ridden before.
Nolene
23 February 2022
Vast trails. Challenging climbs and forest sections. Lots of scenic jeep track to get to single tracks.
Team Tread
30 June 2020

With a network of over 300km of marked, maintained trails, Holla is the largest mountain bike trails park in South Africa and one of the biggest in the world. It would be easier to just have three or four routes, which would be just as appreciated, but no, the Holla crew has created 10 routes! Some routes head southwest from the trailhead, while the rest head west, mostly in out-and-back loops, all of them stimulating. With the hilly terrain, you can rack up some decent climbing and distance if you’re into that kind of riding.

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