The 15 Cycling Tours in South Africa That Earn Their Place on the Itinerary

1.Quad biking Atlantis Dunes Cape Town & Photo Shoot

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 393 reviews · from $28Our pick

Ride a quad bike across Cape Town’s Atlantis Dunes with a guide, safety gear, small groups, scenic photo stops, and a separate entry permit fee.

“Please don’t book quad biking online. Go onsite you will get great service providers with good bikes. Poor service, attitude, old bikes. Mine had smoke and I could not breathe the second one got stuck on the hills. I lost money for 3 reservations R1800. This is a scam and tRead more”

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2.Historical Bike Tour & Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 248 reviews · 4h 30m · from $92

Cycle through historic Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek Valley, and two wine estates with tastings, chocolate pairing, and a cellar tour.

“Thoroughly enjoyed our bike tour of Stenenbosch and the wine tour, and Marshal our guide was informative, fun and most caring.”

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3.Cape Town City Cycling Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 199 reviews · from $77Top rated

Cycle Cape Town’s historic center, Bo-Kaap, Company’s Garden, Green Point, and Castle of Good Hope with a local guide.

“Lucas was our guide. Friendly and knowledgeable. Learnt loads of history about Cape Town. Would highly recommend .”

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4.Guided Bike Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 193 reviews · 3 hours · from $100

Cycle Cape Town’s historic center, Bo-Kaap, Company Gardens, and Green Point with a friendly local guide on this 3-hour tour.

“Excellent tour. Knowledgable and relaxed tourguide. Beautifull city. What a way to get to know the city and see so much while biking. We can recommend this to everyone.”

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5.Bike Tour with a Local Tour Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 114 reviews · 2 hours · from $34

Cycle through Soweto with a local guide, visit Hector Pieterson Memorial, Vilakazi Street, Mandela’s home, and Orlando West for $34.

“Our guide Pule was fantastic. Very informative tour. Well planned.”

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6.Cape Town Quad Biking Atlantis Sand Dunes

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 110 reviews · from $28

Ride Cape Town’s white Atlantis Dunes by quad bike with a guide, safety gear, photos, and practical tips on fees, timing, and group size.

“They don’t tell you that you must be 30min early. You pay 250pp if you’re “late”. The ride is not an hour long, it’s about 40min Their quad bikes are old and so may break at any point of your ride. Worst experience If you can, book this with a different operator.”

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7.E-Bike Guided Winery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 96 reviews · 3h 30m · from $89

Cycle Franschhoek’s vineyards by e-bike, visit two wineries, taste local wines, and enjoy mountain views with a small-group guide.

“There are guides who follow a script and then there are those who are innovative, adaptable, and knowledgable across a broad range of topics. Ash was one of the latter. He made the experience memorable. If you do anything when in Franschhoek, book this activity. You will love it. Philip and Rosie (Ireland)”

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8.Wine Farm E-Bike Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 88 reviews · 3h 30m · from $82

Cycle through Stellenbosch’s Jonkershoek Valley by e-bike, visit two wine farms, taste local wines, and enjoy a small-group guided tour.

“An absolutely lovely morning spent around Stellenbosch, the vineyards visited were beautiful and Renaldo was so helpful and friendly he made us feel totally comfortable - memorable experience and we loved it. Thank you!”

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9.E-Bike City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 76 reviews · 3h 30m · from $93

Ride Cape Town by e-bike from the Waterfront to Signal Hill, Camps Bay, and Bo-Kaap with a small group guide.

“Guide was informative and interesting. The bikes were of very high quality making the ride a real pleasure even for us 60 year olds!”

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10.Guided eBike Tour with Signal Hill and Clifton …

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 71 reviews · 3h 30m · from $93

Ride Cape Town by eBike from Green Point to Signal Hill, Camps Bay, and Clifton with a small group guide in 210 scenic minutes.

“Entspannte Tour mit einigen schönen Foto Stopps. Verkehr teilweise herausfordernd”

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11.Quad Biking Tour , Atlantis dunes Capetown

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 70 reviews · 1 hour · from $37

Ride quad bikes across Cape Town’s Atlantis Dunes with guides, photos, safety training, and a small group, while planning for the extra R250 permit.

“I had so much fun. The guides were great, polite and so helpful. I am definitely coming back for the experience.”

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12.1 Hour Quad Biking with Quadzilla at the Dunes in Atlantis

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 70 reviews · from $54

Ride a quad through the towering Atlantis Dunes near Cape Town, with guides, photos, safety gear, and a small group capped at eight.

“We really had a good time very cool area our instructor was very gentle . Everything patience . Really helpful … Will definitely be going back .”

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13.Guided Bike Tour of Stellenbosch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 68 reviews · from $73

Cycle through historic Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek, and two wine estates with tastings, chocolate pairing, and a small-group local guide.

“Great tour of Stellenbosch. We enjoyed the history and both winery visits. The first winery stop included a wonderful chocolate pairing with the wines - who doesn’t enjoy chocolate and wine for breakfast?! Kyle was a great guide.”

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14.Soweto Food & Beer Bike Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 40 reviews · 4 hours · from $49

Cycle through Soweto with local guides, tasting amagwinya, Kota, beer and powerful stories across Vilakazi Street and Orlando East.

“We had such an amazing time with Razi & Wandi. Learning about the history of Soweto and how life is lived then and now, was incredibly insightful and also devastating. Soweto really gets a bad rep, but I felt safer there than I did in Joburg. We got to try three different beers, and multiple different tasty foods. I was definitely full and feeling the beer. I think the Soweto Gold had to have been my favorite because I had two. The biking wasn’t terribly difficult, coming from someone that doesn’t have the best stamina. We were able to take a tour into one of the townships too, to learn…”

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15.Franschhoek E-Bike Wine Tour (Half Day)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $69

Pedal Franschhoek’s vineyards by e-bike on a small-group tour with scenic rides, 2 to 3 wine estates, and tastings at your own cost.

“Really well organised Relaxed Guide (Prince) was fantastic and made it a really special day A different way to experience the wine estates but also to seethe amazing scenery”

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