Namaqua Quest 2025

Namaqua Quest 2025 is a mountain bike cycling event category stage race in South Africa, province Northern Cape. The edition Namaqua Quest 2025 will take place on Friday 12 September 2025 with departure in Springbok, distrik Namakwa, Northern Cape.

Namaqua Quest is offering 2 routes (175, 90 km) for mountain bike

Organizer: The Namaqua Quest 3 day Trail Run and Mountain Bike events takes place in the famous Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. Namaqualand is known for flower covered valleys, rugged mountains, ancient canyons carved by the hands of time and plains with grazing Gemsbok, Zebra and Springbok. Experience natures’ magical show of colour and beauty during the world’s largest and most spectacular natural flower show in beginning September in Namaqualand, Northern Cape.

You will cycle or run in 3 different areas over the 3 days, over private property, game reserves and communal farms. Day 1 will be amongst the Copper mountains, covered with flowers and along the copper trail outside the small town of Okiep, a town rich in history on the copper mines. The next day you will cycle or run inside Goegap Nature Reserve where you will be able to see some Gemsbok, Springbok, Eland, Ostriches and other smaller antelopes. The last day you will cycle or run over a private farm just outside Springbok and experience the famous granite koppies (small hills) of Namaqualand with patches of various colour of flowers in between the koppies as if different colour of paints were dropped from the heavens.