Gravel grind routes in and around Cape Town

[NC_lurker]

OK, my bad, no idea how I got there then.

I know at one stage there was a very open & inviting looking access road at the back of the Constantia Nek parking lot. Don't know if they ever actually put a gate on it.

[Kranswurm]

OK, my bad, no idea how I got there then.

You have been a naughty boy....its been a restricted conservation area as far back as I can remember with permits issued two weeks in advance to restricted numbers of hikers

[sluiper]

You have been a naughty boy....its been a restricted conservation area as far back as I can remember with permits issued two weeks in advance to restricted numbers of hikers

 

Probably guilty as charged, but as far as I remember the track was a very wide, level track (not even a jeep track) which is why I thought of it when OP asked for gravel track recommendations.

 

Look at the satellite image here: https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.0074259,18.3964771,572m/data=!3m1!1e3 and you'll see it's quite a big road. I can't imagine that specific stretch would be much fun to hike.

 

Anyways, I still think the Nek to Newlands forest track would be good for a gravel bike (seeing as that's what OP was asking for ).

 

To be honest (as Jewbacca mentioned), most of the "mountain bike" tracks around Table Mountain have very few technical sections and could quite easily be done with a gravel bike with wide-ish tyres. 

 

I also think most of the Tokai main routes are pretty doable with a gravel bike, including the Mast and Silvermine. I've ridden all of the above on a hybrid with no suspension, so can vouch for the fact that it can be done.