Depart for South Africa on one of the many overnight flights arriving the next day in Johannesburg.

• Meals: Dinner

After meeting your local Skedaddle guiding team in Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport you will head off on your transfer to Waterberg in the Limpopo region of South Africa. Just 3.5 hour’s drive from the city of Jo‘berg, the Waterberg is a pristine rugged wilderness boasting mountains, savannah and dense forests.

Having stopped for lunch en-route and checked in to Summerplace Farm we are set to get on our bikes for an afternoon exploring an amazing network of single track. We’ll return for sundowners and dinner at the farm house.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After a good night’s rest, we wake up to freshly brewed coffee, rusks and fruits. We depart on our bikes and cycle through the farm on a combination of rough single track and farm roads. We arrive at Ant’s Nest in time to feed the Rhino’s and enjoy a full English breakfast while cherishing the movements of these prehistoric and endangered animals.

We return to our bikes and explore more of Ant’s Nest reserve – home to giraffe, zebra, kudu, buffalo, and rhino. We climb uphill before arriving at Zip-line Adventures for lunch overlooking the Waterberg gorge.

After a light afternoon lunch, we ride down the mountain on a newly designed single track back to the farm house for sundowners and dinner.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

We’ll take an early breakfast before we depart for Leshiba. We unload our bikes at the base of the Soutpansberg Mountains – this where the real challenges begin. We have a tough rocky climb (approx. 10km/6Miles) before we enter the reserve and cycling on to our accommodation. After check-in at Luvhondo Camp, we can choose between a short afternoon ride or an afternoon at leisure. We’ll have dinner in the boma (camp enclosure).

Situated high on the plateau of the Soutpansberg mountains in the Limpopo Province, this reserve has one of South Africa’s highest biodiversity of flora and fauna with unrivalled scenery, unspoilt nature, a rich variety of endemic wildlife species.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After a light breakfast, a full morning is taken to explore Leshiba by bike, with a mixture of brilliant single track and jeep trails. En route we’ll stop for a late morning picnic brunch in the reserve. We’ll cycle to Noria’s gallery where you will be staying for the night. A game drive is offered in the afternoon with a chance to view Leshiba’s wildlife from the comfort of a game viewing vehicle. Spend the afternoon enjoying the beautiful views from Leshiba’s Venda Village and dip in the swimming pool, or for those feeling energetic, a short cycle or trail run.

Noria Mabasa, an internationally renowned local artist, has created the authentic Venda Village and sculpted a wonderland of artworks that seamlessly blend art and living spaces.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After a leisurely breakfast, we head down the mountain and off to our Game Reserve in the Northern Tuli, Botswana. We’ll stop for a break and snack en-route before arriving at the Platjan Border Post at around midday. After border formalities we unload the bikes and ride out into the wild African bush along ancient elephant paths and some jeep tracks.

Wildlife includes impala, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, eland, elephant, lion, leopard and black-backed jackal. The 2 hour ride ends at a rustic wilderness camp where luggage awaits alongside comfortable meru-style stand up tents. It is a temporary, low-impact, fully-equipped camp where you can enjoy hot bucket showers, ice-cold drinks and meals cooked over an open fire.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

As dawn’s colours touch the horizon, you awaken to freshly brewed coffee and a light breakfast.

We set off for unchartered landscapes, discovering new skills and testing biking abilities on a 30km/20Mile route with a mix of rocky outcrops, sandy river beds and smooth flowing single track. A morning will be spent exploring a beautiful reserve, home to a variety of big game viewed at a leisurely pace as you ride. The mid-morning tea/coffee break will be at one of the many scenic picnic spots en route, and after a bit more exploring we arrive at the camp where we will be staying for the night on the banks of the Limpopo river (overnight in dome tents). We can spend a lazy afternoon at leisure before riding or walking to a nearby sundowner point. We’ll enjoy dinner around the camp-fire, accompanied by the night sounds of the wild.

• Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After a light breakfast, we depart with an energetic cycle towards the next camp – testing terrain and changing landscapes making for a great ride. Eventually we reach camp, an open-aired boma and traditional meeting place, under majestic Mashatu trees. After a delicious lunch and shower, spend the afternoon relaxing in the shade of the giant trees. Take a short drive to a nearby high view point for sundowners before returning to Limpopo River Lodge for dinner and a good night’s rest in the comfortable chalets.

• Meals: Breakfast

After a last breakfast, take an (optional) final ride back to the Border Post, or transfer by vehicle, arriving around 10am. After clearing customs and immigration, we head back to Johannesburg and O.R. Tambo International Airport for homebound evening flights.