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Plantation run from Adamel Wild Camp to Heidelberg

Western Cape

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Routekeepers · 2 guides up

Grade 2ADVMTBE-bike
Distance
19 km
Climb
373 m
On the bike
~20m
Best season
Any

Last confirmed 21 September 2026

Where it goes

The route of Plantation run from Adamel Wild Camp to Heidelberg

Elevation

18.94 km distance↑ 373 m gain↓ 428 m descent125–447 m elevation
447 m125 m
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What this is

This route links Adamel Wild Camp to Heidelberg along a gravel mountain ridge, passing through a plantation on the way. At grade 1-2/5, depending if it’s dry versus muddy, it's not technically demanding, but the setting does the work — wide jeep-track roads that feel lightly used, with the kind of open, remote quality that gravel highways rarely deliver. A good one to do loaded, as an arrival or…

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