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Spotted! Looks like Santa took to the trails to deliver all the presents 🎅 Perhaps the reindeer needed a holiday too? 🤷‍♀️ Wishing all our trail lovers a festive and safe holiday. May this time with friends and family bring joy and love.

Don't pack those trail shoes away just yet. We've got an epic 2026 lined up.

The Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge is unlike any race out there. A thrilling, rugged adventure through some of South Africa’s most breathtaking mountain terrain.
Expect steep climbs, technical trails, and heart-pounding descents that test your strength and spirit at every turn. This is the perfect way to kickstart your 2026 trail running goals.

Sign up today and make the Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge your ultimate outdoor adventure for the new year. Check out https://www.mountainchallenge.co.za/ to sign up.

2026 is the year for trail 👏 Mark your calendars, enter a race and tag your mates. What race are you entering?

The trails are calling ⛰

What an evening! 😍

96 kids under the age of 17 taking part, making this truly a family affair!
In one case, four generations running 💪

It's a celebration of trail running from ages 6 to 80 - that's the heart beat of the Trail Series Congratulations to all finishers, to the podium athletes and the overall winners of the Super League 2025. FinishTime race and TSSL results: https://www.trailseries.co.za/results2025

Thank you Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden for hosting us again, to aQuellé for their generous supply of VIV!, Petzl for the wonderful headlamp luck draws and to WWF South Africa for their continued support!

See you in 2026.

We're setting up shade, refreshing water stations, Wildrunner merch and gear, On The Day reg and music 🎶 Gearing up for Cape Town's favourite night trail run this Friday 🏃🌙 Have you entered?

End off your week in the Kirstenbosch Gardens trails 🌷
Tickets are selling fast. Make sure to enjoy the last Trail Series event of 2025 with us 🎟

https://www.trailseries.co.za/kirstenbosch2

Light up the night at the Kirstenbosch Gardens Trail 💡 This thrilling night run starts just before dark, so make sure you bring a head torch to navigate the trails safely 🏃 Forgot yours? No worries. Browse through the merch when you buy your race tickets or purchase on the day at the merch stand (subject to availability).

Trails are lit by

We top and tail the TSSL with a second sunset run out into the one and only Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. There is something quite magical about cruising the manicured gardens as the light fades and the owls come out. Check out https://www.trailseries.co.za/kirstenbosch2 to enter today.

Registration: 16:00-18:00am at the start/finish

15km XL
Vertical height gain: +650m
Grading: ORANGE 9B

9.5km LONG
Vertical height gain: +410m
Grading: ORANGE 8B

5.2km SHORT
Vertical height gain: +240m
Grading: YELLOW 7A

Run between the Cape's fynbos and natural gardens 🌸🍃

Kirstenbosch Gardens, 07 November 2025.
Bring your friends and family https://www.trailseries.co.za/kirstenbosch2

Photo by Mark Sampson

Get the whole family moving 🏃 Start your weekend plans with a Kirstenbosch trail run 🎟️

Enter to make family memories. https://www.trailseries.co.za/kirstenbosch2

Let's run trail under the stars ✨ Entries to Kirstenbosch Gardens Night Trail Run are open. Experience the thrill of running through one of Cape Town’s most breathtaking treasures after dark ⛰

Choose your challenge: a 5.2km short sprint, a 9.5km long route, or the epic 15km XL. Each route promises heart-pounding excitement, stunning night-time vistas, and the magic of the botanical gardens.

Tag your friends and challenge them to your favourite trails 🏃 https://www.trailseries.co.za/kirstenbosch2