Wild Things Roam Free
We strive to deliver high-quality trail and MTB events focused on participant experience, safety, and nature.
We protect our environment, welcome all, and create adventures that inspire community and a lifelong love for the outdoors.
Rosendal Social MTB Weekend
Cosmos Edition
20 - 22 MARCH 2026
(peak cosmos flower time)
Two days of riding through the breathtaking Eastern Free State, great accommodation, delicious food, and loads of fun with like-minded riders.
Bring your bike, your friends, and your sense of adventure — this is what small-town mountain-biking magic is all about!
Entry Fee:
R3950 per rider sharing
R4950 per rider NOT sharing
R3700 per non-rider/supporter/spouse sharing
Included in the entry fee:
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2 Days of riding on gravel roads and farm roads around Rosendal (50km and 30km route options on Day 1 and 25km on Day 2). Longer route options are also available for those wanting to do a longer ride.
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2 Nights luxury accommodation in a selection of guesthouses in Rosendal. Please note that you may share a house with other riders but you will always have your own bedroom and private bathroom. So only communal areas like a lounge and kitchen may be shared.
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5 Mouth-watering meals from Friday dinner to Sunday brunch at various restaurants in town.
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Event specific, high quality t-shirt
Designed for maximum fun
Friday, 20 March
14h00 to 19h00 - Check-in at accommodation places
17h00 to19h00 - Registrations and goodie bag collection at Die Rooitamatie
19h00 - 3 Course dinner by well-know chef Renette Vosloo at Rooitamatie
Saturday, 21 March
6h30 to 7h30 - Breakfast at MoCo
7h30 - Start of ride
12h00 - Brunch/Lunch at Rosendal Handelshuis
14h00 - 19h00 - lazing around
19h00 - Supper at Yollas
Sunday, 22 March
7h30 - Start of ride
10h00 - Brunch at The Rosendal Handelshuis
ROUTE & DISTANCE OPTIONS
All riding will be on gravel roads and jeep track in the Rosendal countryside. There will be no technical riding.
The gravel roads are not regularly graded and maintained so using gravel bikes are not not advised.
The routes are self-navigation so GPX route files will be send to all participants prior to event weekend.
If you don't have a GPS device you can use the free app, GPX Viewer, on your mobile phone.
ROUTE PROFILES COMING SOON
Saturday:
30km & 50km (longer options are available on request)
Sunday:
Everyone is doing a 25km route
ROUTE FILES
The route GPX files will be send to all per e-mail closer to the event date.
MORE EVENTS COMING UP
