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Cycling Tours in South Africa: Our 15, in Order

39 tours  ·  from $34

South African days out are rarely priced the way they are described. These 15 cycling tours are set side by side on cost, running time and who they actually suit, strongest first.

Stellenbosch: Historical Bike Tour & Wine Tasting - Stellenbosch town, history, and university lanes
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Stellenbosch: Historical Bike Tour & Wine Tasting

1.Historical Bike Tour & Wine Tasting

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

Ride through Stellenbosch, its university, and the Jonkershoek Valley with an English-speaking guide such as Marshall, Sevi, or Tayne. Visit two wine estates for tastings, a private cellar tour, and wine paired with chocolate. Choose a standard bike or book an e-bike for R250 extra.

“Our guide Michel was very informative. It was a very hot day and he made sure we had regular stops in the shade on our way round Stellenbosch.”

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Cape Town City Cycling Tour - Bo-Kaap and Chiappini Street
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Cape Town City Cycling Tour

2.Cape Town City Cycling Tour

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

Ride through central Cape Town with a local guide and a maximum of eight people. You’ll visit Company’s Gardens, colorful Chiappini Street in Bo-Kaap, Green Point Biodiversity Garden, St Georges Mall, and the Castle of Good Hope. Guides such as Mike, Gareth, Luke, and Vincent share history, safety tips, and local suggestions during this three-hour tour.

“What a great experience cycling through Cape Town. I found the tour guide, Peter, to be very knowledgeable, giving an impartial perspective to the history of Cape Town. It was quite safe, but would recommend for Sundays as the town is quieter, and less cars and crazy mafia taxis on the road”

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Cape Town: Guided Bike Tour - From the V&A Waterfront into central Cape Town
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Cape Town: Guided Bike Tour

3.Guided Bike Tour

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

Ride from the V&A Waterfront into central Cape Town with a guide such as Lucas, Gareth, or Bradley. You’ll see the Castle of Good Hope, Adderley Street, Bo-Kaap, Company Gardens, St. George’s Mall, Green Point Stadium, and South Africa’s oldest working lighthouse. Choose a private or small-group tour, with English, German, or French guiding.

“Had a great time on the AWOL 3 hour bike tour of Cape Town! It was a cool way to see the city and I learned a lot from my tour guide Eric! Had some nice Cape Malay food as well. Overall I really enjoyed this tour and would recommend it to everyone! Thanks Eric for a fantastic tour:)”

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Soweto: Bike Tour with a Local Tour Guide - Starting behind Hector Pieterson Museum
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Soweto: Bike Tour with a Local Tour Guide

4.Bike Tour with a Local Tour Guide

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

Join an English-speaking guide such as Pule for a two-hour small-group bike ride through Orlando West. See Hector Pieterson Memorial, Vilakazi Street, Orlando Stadium, and the former homes of Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. You will hear about the 1976 student uprising, meet local people, and support small businesses along the way.

“The tour was great! It was interesting to see the different parts of Soweto and listen to the stories of the guide. Thank you Pule for the nice experience 😁.”

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Franschhoek: E-Bike Guided Winery Tour - Meeting at 9 Fabriek Street
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Franschhoek: E-Bike Guided Winery Tour

5.E-Bike Guided Winery Tour

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

Ride an easy-to-handle e-bike through Franschhoek’s vineyards with a guide such as Prince or Ash, stopping at two wineries for optional tastings. Expect mountain views, local history, photo stops, and a small group capped at eight. Tastings and food cost extra.

“Ash made the tour a great experience!!! 100% worth it!!!”

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Stellenbosch: Wine Farm E-Bike Guided Tour - Starting at Lanzerac and entering Jonkershoek Valley
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Stellenbosch: Wine Farm E-Bike Guided Tour

6.Wine Farm E-Bike Guided Tour

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

Join an English-speaking guide for a 210-minute e-bike ride from Lanzerac Wine Estate through the Jonkershoek Valley. You’ll cycle past farms and rivers, stop at two wine farms for tastings and shopping, and ride in a small group of up to eight. Guide Renaldo is noted for his friendly, reassuring approach.

“Tour war gut, doch wurde aufgrund Platzmangel nur ein von zwei Weingütern besucht. Dies hätte man vorher durchaus besser organisieren können. Sonst war es jedoch eine super Tour mit einem guten freundlichen Guide und eine super Gruppe.”

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Cape Town: E-Bike City Tour - Starting at 55 Somerset Road
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Cape Town: E-Bike City Tour

7.E-Bike City Tour

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

Ride an electric bicycle through Cape Town with a live English-speaking guide, visiting Green Point, the V&A Waterfront, Bo-Kaap, Signal Hill, Camps Bay, Clifton, and Sea Point. William is a popular guide, while Max also leads tours. Expect strong hill assistance, ocean views, city history, and a small group of up to 10 people.

“I had a great cycle tour, the guide Willam was very knowledgeable and gave us information and history of Capetown on our stops around the city. We cycled around the coastline and saw the lovely beaches, then rode up towards table mountain. The E bikes were superb, easy to handle and assited me in riding up the hills. A great 3.5 hour cycle tour.”

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Cape Town: Guided eBike Tour with Signal Hill and Clifton … - The V&A Waterfront, a polished contrast
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Cape Town: Guided eBike Tour with Signal Hill and Clifton …

8.Guided eBike Tour with Signal Hill and Clifton …

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

This 210-minute small-group eBike tour begins at Cycling Friends Shop on Somerset Road. You’ll ride with a live English or German-speaking guide through Green Point, the V&A Waterfront, Bo-Kaap, Signal Hill, Camps Bay, Clifton, and Sea Point. Modern eBikes help with the hills, while William is one guide praised for clear local commentary.

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

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Guided Bike Tour of Stellenbosch - Starting at Adventure Shop Stellenbosch at 9:00 am
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Guided Bike Tour of Stellenbosch

9.Guided Bike Tour of Stellenbosch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 68 reviews · from $73

Start at Adventure Shop Stellenbosch for a 4 to 5-hour guided ride through the historic town, university, botanical gardens, Eerste River routes, and Jonkershoek valley. Your guide leads you to Lanzerac for a cellar tour with chocolate and wine, then Stark-Condé for another tasting. Bikes and helmets are included.

“A very enjoyable tour. Tayne was very informative on the history of Stellenbosch and also, all the delicious wines we tasted. The bike ride not too strenuous the perfect way to see Stellenbosch.”

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Cape Town: E-Bike Cape Peninsula Tour - From hotel pickup to the Cape Peninsula
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Cape Town: E-Bike Cape Peninsula Tour

10.E-Bike Cape Peninsula Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 54 reviews · from $170

You’ll ride an electric bike through the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, past ocean views, wildlife, and Cape Point’s lighthouse. Guide Byron adapts the pace to your cycling ability and leads a roughly 30-kilometer route, with hotel pickup, water, helmets, and an optional visit to Boulders Beach penguins.

“Byron picked us up from our accommodation 8.30am and dropped us back just before 6pm. We have had the most amazing day with him as our guide - he is extremely professional, friendly, engaging and his knowledge of South Africa and its history, culture, wildlife and biodiversity is just astounding. He made sure we were all comfortable and felt safe with our e-bikes before we set off, and kept an eye on us the whole day, allowing us to go fast when it was safe to do so but also advising us to get off and push on a steep t-junction to keep us safe. We biked apx 30km round…”

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Soweto Food & Beer Bike Tour - Vilakazi Street: beer, breakfast and a serious beginning
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Soweto Food & Beer Bike Tour

11.Soweto Food & Beer Bike Tour

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

Spend four hours cycling from Vilakazi Street through Orlando West and East with a Soweto-born guide such as Lwazi, Wandi, Razi or Mpumi. Expect traditional beer, amagwinya, a Kota, local taverns, street-food stops, apartheid history and friendly conversations. The route is gently hilly, family-friendly and includes bikes, helmets, water, two meals and two beer stops.

“Very interesting afternoon. I feel like it showed me a different side from Johannesburg and Soweto, that I otherwise never would have seen. And the food was definitely an experience as well! Highly recommend this tour!”

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Cape Town: Half-Day e-Bike City Tour - Starting with Cape Town’s museums and Bo-Kaap
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Cape Town: Half-Day e-Bike City Tour

12.Half-Day e-Bike City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 35 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $100

Ride an electric bike through Cape Town with a qualified English or French-speaking guide. You’ll visit Bo-Kaap, the V&A Waterfront, Sea Point, Green Point Gardens, Camps Bay, Table Mountain, the South African Museum, and the Nelson Mandela Jetty 1 Museum. Guides such as Byron, Denni, and Danny are praised for clear history and photo stops, though helmet quality and traffic handling vary.

“We really enjoyed our tour with Denni, he is very friendly and knowledgeable, it was our first day in South Africa. He answered all our questions, stopped to take some wonderful photos and told us some interesting history facts.”

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Franschhoek E-Bike Wine Tour (Half Day) - Riding through vineyards and working farms
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Franschhoek E-Bike Wine Tour (Half Day)

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $69

You’ll ride an electric bike through Franschhoek’s vineyards and working farms, avoiding the main roads while visiting two or three wine estates. Guide Prince helps with bike setup and shares local stories. Wine tastings and food cost extra, and the three-and-a-half-hour tour returns to its meeting point.

“Great experience to see the region, relaxed and active the same time. Enthusiastic guide in a wonderful environment.”

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Franschhoek: E-bike Tour with Wine Tasting and Lunch - Riding the Banhoek Conservancy
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Franschhoek: E-bike Tour with Wine Tasting and Lunch

14.E-bike Tour with Wine Tasting and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 30 reviews · 6 hours · from $202

You’ll ride about 45 kilometers from Stellenbosch to Franschhoek, mainly on jeep tracks and mountain-bike trails, with around 680 meters of climbing. Your English-speaking guide leads the way through Banhoek Conservancy, past mission stations, streams, and wineries. After a wine tasting and light lunch, a vehicle returns you to Stellenbosch. Intermediate off-road skills are required.

“Nice bike tour on easy trails (even single tracks are on beginners level). Some parts on traffic roads but well secured by the broom wagon. Crossing a few hidden and beautiful wineries using the backdoors. The guide provided interesting information about the wine industry. The long ride to Franschhoek leads through a remote and picturesque landscape. All in all, a nice experience and absolutely recommended.”

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Cape Town Guided City Cycling Heritage Tour - Private Tour - Starting at the Waterfront and heading toward the sea
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Cape Town Guided City Cycling Heritage Tour – Private Tour

15.Cape Town Guided City Cycling Heritage Tour – Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 27 reviews · 3 hours · from $67

This three-hour private bike tour links Cape Town’s best-known sights by bike and on foot. Start at the Radisson Collection Hotel, ride the Sea Point Promenade and Green Point, visit Greenmarket Square, Company Gardens, Bo-Kaap, and the V&A Waterfront, and stop for coffee, cake, and a traditional snack. Guides speak English and Afrikaans.

“Brilliant tour, thoroughly recommend for both the novice and experienced cyclist if you want to see the best of Cape Town with Skizo as your guide! The tour started along the beach front which was the perfect way for me to get used to my bike. We then took a trip to Mouille Point and to Green Point Lighthouse before taking a tree tunnel route through Green Point Park, a really lovely park, then onto The Waterkant taking in all of the lovely coloured houses and then through the CBD where we stopped to do some shopping at Greenmarket Square - of course I bought some African skirts! Throughout all…”

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New in Cycling Tours

★ 5.0Private Cycling Tour of The Cape Peninsula from Cape TownFrom $28214 reviews
★ 5.0Cape Peninsula E-bike Cycle with Vehicle – Private TourFrom $2393 reviews
★ 5.0Cape Peninsula Cycle TourFrom $1496 reviews
★ 5.0E-Bike Stellenbosch Winelands – Full Day Private TourFrom $1456 reviews
★ 5.0Stellenbosch E-Bike & Wine Tour (Shared Tour)From $1189 reviews
★ 5.0Stellenbosch Private E-Bike & Wine TourFrom $1865 reviews
★ 5.0E-Bike in the wild with game near Jo’burgFrom $1026 reviews
★ 4.2Half-Day Winelands E-Bike Tour with Wine TastingFrom $11013 reviews
★ 4.6Full-Day Winelands E-Bike Tour with Wine Tasting & LunchFrom $1884 reviews
★ 5.0Explore The Valley Of Dreams With E-BikesFrom $597 reviews
★ 4.9Franschhoek Vineyards Bike Tour with LunchFrom $1176 reviews
★ 5.0E-Bike & Wine Tour (Shared Tour)From $10810 reviews
★ 5.0Private E-bike Ride & Wine ExperienceFrom $2126 reviews
★ 5.0E-Bike & Hike JonkershoekFrom $9212 reviews
★ 5.0Peninsula Private Mountain Bike Tour with Ex-ProFrom $953 reviews

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