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Harkerville Mtb Trail

Name: Harkerville Mtb Trail
Address: N2 N2, Plettenberg Bay, WC, ZA

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Diane

July 29, 2018

So many different trails

Michele

October 3, 2022

The Petrus-se-Brand mountain bike trail: A great ride through the Knysna forest with exhilarating downhills, streams to refill your water and great scenery. It is a one-way trail and can be done from either the Diepwalle Forest Station or Garden of Eden on the N2 between Knysna & Plettenberg Bay. Diepwalle Forest station is the highest point on the route which means more downhills and thus better suited to the beginner mountain biker, the route markers are also more visible from this side. Starting from Diepwalle, go down the access road to the forests station back to the R339 (Knysna - Uniondale road), follow this road towards Knysna to a point were the trail forks off to the left past a gate, +-2.8km from the start. For about a kilometer the trail follows the contoured bed of the old narrow-gauge forest railway that use to run here. When you reach a T-junction, turn left and from here it is a +-2.5km downhill till you reach the Petrus-se-brand river (a small stream). This is the start of an easy uphill to where one momentarily leaves the forest at a place called 'Kleineiland'. From here another decent into the Kleineiland river valley and then across a low-water bridge over the Kleineiland river, the lowest point on the route. Upstream from this bridge there are some good swimming holes for a refreshing dip. Then quite a steep climb, rising 190m in 4km. At +-17.6km the trail meets the Fisanthoek road (public road), turn right here. Alternatively, +-1.2km after reaching the T-junction, there is a turnoff to the left, this about 3.4km of mostly single track and is the most exhilarating part of the course. This also comes out on the N2 between Knysna and Garden of Eden(turn left to Garden of Eden) and continue until you take a left turn into Fisanthoek Rd. Distance: 22.4km, 2-3hours. Difficulty: Moderate to hard Permit & Costs: Permits available from Thesen Island Office or the Diepwalle Forestry Station.