Gauteng 4×4 Trails
Gauteng have the most Four Wheel Drive vehicles per square km, and also most likely more 4×4’s than any other province too. Luckily for the local community, Gauteng 4×4 Trails are plentiful and all within an hour of two’s drive. The quality of trails and facilities are of a high standard too. However, us low range dirt pilots are always on the look for a new challenge. Please contact us with any corrections to existing trails and add more to the list. We welcome all trails; be it commercially operated paid trails, a scenic dirt road or a few bog holes… Follow this link to contact us.
4×4@Kungwini
Closest Town/s: Bronkhorstpruit, 12 km
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 4
Type of Terrain: Obstacle course with side slopes, “see-saw”, sand, mud, rocks, logs, water crossings, and steep gradients.
Distance (total): 1.4 km and 8 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2+ hours
Contact: Hugo / MelaniePrinsloo
Telephone: 082 494 0950
Email: info@4x4kungwini.co.za
Website: http://www.4x4kungwini.co.za/
4×4 @ Kungwini Ruins Tracks + Trails (Eco Trail)
Closest Town/s: Bronkhorstspruit, 24 km
Grade (1 – 5): N/A
Type of Terrain: Steep-ish rocky tracks through koppies, some mud during wet conditions.
Distance: 8 km
Driving Time (estimated): App.2 hours
Contact: Johan Klopper
Telephone: 083 2774648
Email: johan@4x4kungwini.co.za
Website: http://www.4x4kungwini.co.za/
Bass Lake Adventures
Closest Town/s: Johannesburg, 45 km / Henley on Klip, 10km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Steep gradients, water crossings, mud. Escape routes are available. Trail is closed during and after heavy rain
Distance: 17 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 – 4 hours
Contact: Alan & Karen Pepper
Telephone: 016 366 1127/8 / 016 366 1130
Email: info@basslake.co.za
Website: www.basslake.co.za
Berakah 4×4 Eco Trail
Closest Town/s: Parys, 14 km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Mud, steep gradients, riverbeds, mountain tracks, rocks, sand and water crossings.
Distance: 15 km
Driving Time (estimated): 1 – 2 days
Contact: Lenie & Andre Pretorius
Telephone: 056 818 1313 / 082 339 9177
Email: berakah@absamail.co.za
Website: www.berakah.co.za
Berg en Rivier Farm Retreat
Closest Town/s: Callinan, 42 km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Trail has app. 100 obstacles including water crossings, rocky sections, sand, mud, and steep gradients. Accommodation available.
Distance: Trail meanders through 20 hectares of spectacular scenery.
Driving Time (estimated): 4 – 6 hours
Contact: Johan 083 490 1710
Telephone: 072 872 2203
Email: bergenrivier@gmail.com
Website: http://www.bergenrivier.co.za/
Bosvark 4×4 Adventures
Closest Town/s: Krugersdorp, 15 km
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 5
Type of Terrain: Variety of trails including an 18-obstacle action trail with mud, rocky sections, axle twisters, steep gradients, and vertical rock faces. Also available is a quad bike track for children under 12.
Distance: 20+ km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 – 3 hours
Contact: Jan (Bosvark) Killian
Telephone: 082 321 9981
Email: bosvarkgp@gmail.com
Website: http://hilux4x4.co.za/bosvark4x4/
Bundi 4×4
Closest Town/s: Four Ways, 15 km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Artificial obstacle course, steep gradients, water crossings, mud, sand.
Distance: 3 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 Hours
Contact: Frenchie
Telephone: 083 409 9109
Email: n/a
Website: n/a
RdW Bundu Trail
Closest Town/s: Pretoria/Rust-de-Winter
Grade (1 – 5): 3 – 4
Type of Terrain: Rocks, steep mountain tracks, gorges, very steep gradients, tight corners/bends. Guidance requires on some sections. Trail not recommended for novice drivers.
Distance: 80 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 days
Contact: Peter Claasen
Telephone: 012 379 1715/ 082 558 6184
Email: admin@4x4atv.org
Website: www.4x4atv.org
De Wildt 4×4 Game Park
Closest Town/s: Hartbeespoort, 13 km / Pretoria, 20 km
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 5
Type of Terrain: Rugged mountain tracks with steep gradients, some sand, minor rocks, stepped rock slabs, easy water crossings and is suitable for novice drivers and soft roaders in dry conditions. In wet conditions, the trail turns into a highly technical grade five trail, and is NOT recommended for inexperienced drivers or softroaders. All obstacles are provided with escape routes. Camping available.
Distance: 15 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 – 3 hours
Contact: Sandra
Telephone: 083 268 8185 / 083 253 4641
Email: info@dewildt4x4.co.za
Website: www.dewildt4x4.co.za
Diggers Hole Trail
Closest Town/s: Pretoria, 18km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Potentially dangerous deep-water crossings after rain, mud pits, steep gradients. Diff lock recommended in wet conditions. Camping available.
Distance: Approxamately 10 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 hours
Contact: Herman
Telephone: 079 855 9196 / 082-5605845 / 0822918316
Email: herman@vmstech.co.za
Website: N/A
Groenkloof 4×4 Nature Trail
Closest Town/s: Pretoria / Sandton
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 2
Type of Terrain: Potentially deep-water crossings after rain, steep gradients, rocky patches, axle twisters. Escape routes available.
Distance: App. 15 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2-3 hours
Contact: David Boschoff
Telephone: 012 440 8316/012 341 0591
Email: groenkloofnaturereserve@tshwane.gov.za
Website: www.tshwane.gov.za/groenkloof.cfm
Heidelberg 4×4 (Lammergeyer Farm)
Closest Town/s: Heidelberg, 4 km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 5
Type of Terrain: Selection of trails. Sand, mud, water crossings, steep gradients, mountain tracks, rocks.
4×4 Trail Distance: Various distances-depends on chosen track, or combination of tracks. Camping available.
Driving Time (estimated): 6+ hours
Contact: Henry de Witt
Telephone:0721429685
Email: hedwitt@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/LammergeierFarm
Hennops Off-road Trail
Closest Town/s: Sandton / Pretoria, 25 km
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Steep gradients, rocks, mud, water crossings, sand, and axle-twisting dongas. Low range and high ground clearance are recommended, but escape routes are available. Camping available.
Distance: 9 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 – 4 hours
Contact: Hubert
Telephone: 082 825 9205 / 082 572 9005 / 086 650 7184
Email: info@hennops.co.za / hubert@hennops.co.za
Website: http://www.hennops.co.za/Home.aspx
KwaNdaba Game Lodge
Closest Town/s: Pretoria
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 2
Type of Terrain: Mud, deep sand, “see-saw”, artificial obstacle course with steep inclines and axle twisters. Accommodation available.
Distance (total): N/A
Driving Time (estimated): App. 2 hours, but depends on skill level.
Contact: Willem Basson
Telephone: 012 723 1707/082 445 3933
Email: info@kwandaba.co.za
Website: http://www.kwandaba.co.za
LA Sport 4WD Action Track & Adventures
Closest Town/s: Pretoria
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Rocky, Obstacle Course, Steep Gradients
Distance: Various
Driving Time (estimated): Various
Contact: Dawie
Telephone: 012 808 9951
Email: dawie@lasport.co.za
Website: www.lasport.co.za/
Land Rover Experience Gerotek
Closest Town/s: Pretoria, 7 km
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 4
Type of Terrain: Artificial obstacle course, steep gradients, water crossings, mud, sand.
Distance: 1 – 30 km
Driving Time (estimated): Up to 8 hours (instructed)
Contact: Cora
Telephone: (012) 371 2027
Email: gerotek@landroverexperience.co.za
Website: http://www.landroverexperience.co.za/contact/
Land Rover Experience Kyalami
Closest Town/s: Sandton, 2 km from Monte Casino
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 4
Type of Terrain: Steep slippery gradients, extreme suspension articulation tracks, ruts, and deep water crossings. Instructed trail only.
Distance: 2.5 km
Driving Time (estimated): 3 hours
Contact: Sean Renton
Telephone: 011 465 1883
Email: bookings@4x4experience.co.za
Website: http://www.4x4experience.co.za/contact.htm
McCarthy 4×4 Club (Rhino Park 4×4 trail)
Closest Town/s: Rayton, 11 km / Pretoria 35 km
Grade (1 – 5): 4
Type of Terrain: Steep gradients, gravel surfaces, some mud. Guided trail only.
Distance: 12 km
Driving Time (estimated): App. 3 hours
Contact: Thinus Breitenbach
Telephone: (012) 567 9623/ 082 928 7702/ 082 834 2186
Email: mc4x4club@mcmotor.co.za
Website: http://www.mccarthy4x4.co.za/
Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve (Protea Eco Adventures)
Closest Town/s: Krugersdorp
Grade (1 – 5): 2 – 3. (Diff lock required)
Type of Terrain: Mud, water crossings, rocks, side slopes, dongas, steep gradients. Escape routes available for the challenging sections.
Distance: 25 km
Driving Time (estimated): 5 hours
Contact: Jannie Rykaart
Telephone: 083 268 0566
Email: info@passport2adventure.co.za/ info@afribush.co.za
Website: www.passport2adventure.co.za / http://www.protea4x4.co.za/allmakes.html# / http://rhinolion.co.za/4×4-adventures/
Sandwani Adventure
Closest Town/s: Cullinan, 15 km
Grade (1 – 5): 1 – 3
Type of Terrain: Complex of three separate trails that consists of mud patches, slippery clay soils, water crossings, and steep gradients.
Distance: 10 km
Driving Time (estimated): 2 – 4 hours
Contact: Lana
Telephone: 082 782-1045
Email: info@sandwani.co.za/lana@sandwani.co.za
Website: http://www.sandwani.co.za
Four-Wheel driving in Gauteng
Although Gauteng has isolated pockets of stunningly beautiful scenery, and arguably more 4×4 vehicles on its roads than any other province, this diminutive province does not have much to offer the off-road tourist in the way of off-road driving opportunities. Its small surface area, high level of economic development, and high population density does not allow for the huge open areas needed for 4×4 trails, or other off-road tourism activities, apart from barely a handful of official off-road trails: one in Pretoria at Groenkloof, one very good one at Henley-on-Klip, and a few at Bronkhorstspruit in the far north, which is in a particularly scenic area. Nor does Gauteng have a significant network of dirt and gravel roads: in fact, apart from a few farm roads that are frequently monitored and patrolled for security reasons, Gauteng has virtually no dirt roads that connect one point to any other point, except for those in a few nature reserves.
However, the few off-road trails that Gauteng does possess have it all: thick, loose sand, wet clayey soils, lots of mud, rocky areas, and a few water crossings with mud and/or sandy bottoms, gravel, steep gradients and in one case, a grade four rating.
Southern Gauteng
The 14 km-long trail at Henley-on-Klip is best described as challenging, as it has a grade four rating with extremely difficult rocky sections, deep-ish water crossings, deep ruts, and narrow muddy tracks between large trees, steep rocky and muddy gradients, and a few sand sections. However, the most difficult parts of the trail have escape routes for less experienced drivers. A full day off-road driving training course is also available.
Northern Gauteng
Set in the Groenkloof Nature reserve, this 14 km-long circular is not particularly challenging, and takes barely two hours to complete, even though it has some shallow water crossings, a few steep gradients, and a little mud. However, what it lacks in obstacles it makes up for with the striking mountainous scenery.
Far Northern Gauteng
The area around Bronkhorstspruit in the far north offers off-road training on a complex of 12 obstacles courses through the very scenic eastern-most parts of the Magaliesberg range on trails varying from 1.4km to 8kms in length. However, these trails are only for proper 4×4’s with low range and good ground clearance. Some of the obstacles here include 300 hill starts, narrow log bridges, side slopes, sand, mud, deep ruts and gullies, water crossings, and steep gradients on a variety of surfaces. More on Gauteng tourism for the off-road traveler >>
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