Hit the trail for the first time this weekend after being off my bike for 7 weeks due to broken arm, indeed the trail is not very technical but hell, for R40 its well worth it. I started off with the yellow route, but 10km in i realized that i was going to battle a bit as my fitness level has for obvious reasons taken a back seat i continued with the green markers. Did a total of 23km and although nothing to rant home about i was super impresses with the set-up. Nice parking facilities, coffee caravan on site (Got my fix right before starting) which Rietvlei usually only opens later (restaurant) I would actually compare Modder more to something like Thaba Trail but without the steep and sometimes technical runs. Obviously being winter up in the high veld its a little dry and dusty at the moment, but if thats going to bother you perhaps you should take up play station instead? I do not believe these 2 trails can be compared to one another as they are very different in many aspects, but yet both really do bring something special to the table. I had a great time and more importantly a great workout, just need to get the fitness back up to acceptable levels and i am sure i will be conquering Modderfontein very soon. One small draw back but nothing too hectic is the fact that you are often passing oncoming traffic due to the various loops and this often happens on single jeep track, perhaps we can have the opened up a bit to assist with this? Anyway, great track (and more importantly its fantastic that we East Randers finally have some place to call home right in our own backyard)
