Stellenbosch Trail Fund – Building & Maintaining Stellenbosch’s Trails

Stellenbosch Trail Fund

Building & Maintaining Stellenbosch’s Trails

What we do

Stewards of Stellenbosch’s Natural Resources

We create, improve and maintain hiking, biking and running trails in and around Stellenbosch.

We help clean and rehabilitate the Eerste River.

Contributors to Our Local Community

We partner with other NGOs to promote Stellenbosch’s green and bicycle economies.

We employ river and trail workers and sponsor mountain-bike guide training for local community members.

Event and Trip Organisers

We host several trail races each year and are planning more for the future.

Our trained guides offer trail rides suitable for all ages, helping you explore our trails safely and comfortably.

2025 Target of R3,000,000

About Us

The Stellenbosch Trail Fund is a community organisation that maintains several of our town’s world class natural resources, including the upper reaches of the Eerste River and hiking, biking and running trails in and around Stellenbosch. Our stewardship is funded by both private and corporate donors and extends beyond the physical landscape, to the facilitation of skills development and creation of economic opportunities in outdoor recreation and tourism for our local communities. 

Donate

You can donate directly into our account by completing the form attached and following the instructions to our payment portal. When you are on the trails, you can also use your Zapper app. For your small change, donations tins can be found at local bike and outdoor shops such as BMT, Ride-ln, Flandria, Masons, Outdoor Escape or Cave-man Cafe.

Stellenbosch Trails

2025 Target of R3,000,000

Get your 2025 Wine Lands Regional Board

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The regional board allows for access to over 700 km of mountain bike trails at the following:

  • Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
  • Banhoek, Boschendal, Plaisir & Franschhoek
  • G-Spot, Eden, Mont Marie, Botmaskop & Idas Valley
  • Paarl & Wellington
  • Stellenzicht, Ernie Els, Dornier & Helderberg
  • Bottelary Hills (new addition to the network!)
  • Grabouw & Elgin Valley (new addition to the network!)
  • Van Loveren (new addition to the network!)

For more on the Wine Lands Regional Board, please click here.