MINI MUNGA SERIES
6 EVENTS, FREE TO RIDE, NIGHT RIDE AND DAY RIDES
110-170 km
Distance
6
Events
6-10 hrs
where the Munga journey begins.
The Mini Munga exists for one reason. To get you ready.
Six free community ride events spread throughout the year, open to every rider at every level. Train for your first Grit. Prepare for the full Munga. Or simply come out and ride with the community that makes these events what they are.
No entry fee. No barriers. Just the road and the people who love it.
Six events. All free. All yours.
six rides. two landscapes. two formats.
Six free community rides spread across Gauteng and the Western Cape throughout the year. Day rides and night rides. Red dust roads and misty mountain passes. Early morning starts and headlights in the dark. Each one a different experience, each one bringing the same community together around the same shared love for riding.
Some rides take you out into wide open Gauteng farmland where the horizon goes on forever. Others wind through the Western Cape with mountains above you and vineyards either side. The night rides give you a taste of something the Munga knows well — what it feels like to keep going when the sun goes down and only your front light shows you the way.

Gauteng #1 | 15 August 2026
Cradle of humanhind· August 2026
Start: Cirqlar Bidon
Time: 6am

Gauteng #2 Night Ride | 18 September 2026
Cradle of human kind · September 2026
Start: Kloofzicht (THE BIKE SHED)
Time: 11pm

Gauteng #3 | 24 October 2026
Cradle of humanhind· October 2026
Start: Cirqlar Bidon
Time: 6am

Western Cape #1 | 15 August 2026
Paarl· August 2026
Start: Doolhof wine estate
Time: 6am

Western Cape #2 Night Ride | 18 September 2026
Paarl · Septeber 2026
Start: Sadie Coffee
Time: 11pm

Western Cape #3 | 17 October 2026
Paarl· August 2026
Start: Doolhof wine estate
Time: 6am
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