LuckyStriker
Bachelor Dog
Here is a list of places I compiled in March 2005 for the HorizonsUnlimited forums. Updated June 2011.
Hopefully some of you will be kind enough to add to the list.
By visiting the South African National Parks website at www.sanparks.co.za and phoning every single one listed I was able to compile the following list on their policy on allowing motorcycles.
It is worth noting that parks that do allow bikes reserve the right to turn you away if you look like a troublemaker!!
Likewise I have found that some parks that normally refuse bikes may allow you in if you phone ahead and ask the park manager nicely.
If you phone, don't just talk to the person answering the phone (they are idiots), always ask for the manager or his/her secretary
South African National Parks (SANParks)
Addo Elephant National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)42 233 0556/7
Reason given: "Elephants sir! big elephants"
:thumleft: Agulhas National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 (0)28 435 6222
Augrabies Falls National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)54 452 9200
Motorcycles previously not allowed. Reason given: "Motorcycles are not allowed, it's our policy"
Bontebok National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)28 514 2735
Motorcycles previously not allowed. Reason given: "Bikers are hooligans!" (can you believe someone said that?)
:thumleft: Cape Peninsula National Park - Motorcycle friendly
021 701 8692
De Hoop Nature Reserve - Motorcycles allowed
0861 227 362 8873
:thumleft: Golden Gate Highlands National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 (0)58 255 0012
Karoo National Park - Motorcycles allowed after prior arrangement
+27 (0)23 415 2828 / 9
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+ 27 (0) 54 561 2000
Reason given: "We have lions sir, lots of hungry ones!"
Knysna National Lake Area - Motorcycle friendly
+27 (0)44 382 2095
Kruger National Park - Motorcycles not allowed (Although BMW SA organises special trips now and again)
+27 (0)13 735 4000
Reason given: "Due to the risk associated with wild animals such as..." blah blah blah...
Mapungubwe National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)15 534 2014
Reason given: "...because we have dangerous animals sir; we have giraffe, cheetah and elephants"
Marakele National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)14 777 1745
Reason given: "No, it is the policy of national parks not to allow motorcycles" (If it's national policy then why do some of of the other parks say it's okay mmm?)
:angryfire: Mountain Zebra National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)48 881 2427 or 3434
Reason given: "No! *click* - No Reason given. slammed down the phone
Namaqua National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)27 672 1948
Richtersveld National Park - Motorcycles generally not allowed
+27 (0)27 831 1506
Reason given: "Motorcycles are too noisy. They disturb the peace and quiet" (There are positive reports of bikes being let in from time to time
:-[ Table Mountain National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
021 701 8692
Reason given: "The mountain is inaccessible to all vehicles" (good luck trying to get your bike up there anyway hehehe)
Tankwa Karoo National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)27 341-2389
:thumleft: Tsitsikamma National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 42 281 1607
Vaalbos National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)53 561 0088
Reason given: "...unsafe due to Rhino and buffalo"
West Coast National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 22 772-2144/5
Wilderness National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)44 877 1197
CapeNature
Anysberg Nature Reserve (Cape Karoo) - No data
Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Bird Island Nature Reserve (West Coast) - No data
Boosmansbos Wilderness Area (Overberg) - No data
:thumleft: Cederberg Nature Reserve (Cederberg) - Motorcycle friendly (main roads only)
Reported by LuckyStriker
De Hoop Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
De Mond Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Gamkaberg Nature Reserve (Cape Karoo) - No data
Goukamma Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area (West Coast) - No data
Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Keurbooms River Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Kogelberg Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Limietberg Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Marloth Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
:thumleft: Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve (Cederberg) - Motorcycle friendly (main roads only)
Reported by LuckyStriker
Outeniqua Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Robberg Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Rocherpan Nature Reserve (West Coast) - No data
Salmonsdam Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Swartberg Nature Reserve (Cape Karoo) - No data
Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Walker Bay Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Parks
Amatigulu Nature Reserve - No data
Beachwood Mangroves - No data
Blinkwater Nature Reserve - No data
Bluff Nature Reserve - No data
Cape Vidal State Forest - No data
Cathedral Peak - No data
Chelmsford - No data
Coastal Forest Reserve - No data
Cobham Reserve - No data
Dlinza Forest - No data
Eastern Shores State Forest - No data
Emakhosini Ophathe Heritage Park - No data
Enseleni Nature Reserve - No data
Entumeni Forest - No data
False Bay Park - No data
Garden Castle - No data
Harold Johnson Nature Reserve - No data
Highmoor Nature Reserve - No data
Himeville Nature Reserve - No data
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve - No data
Impendle Nature Reserve - No data
Ithala Game Reserve - No data
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve - No data
Krantzkloof Nature Reserve - No data
Lake Sibayi Freshwater Reserve - No data
Lotheni Reserve - No data
Mapelane Nature Reserve - No data
Maputaland Marine Reserve - No data
Midmar Dam Nature Reserve - No data
Mkhomazi Reserve - No data
Mkhuze Game Reserve - No data
Monks Cowl - No data
Mount Currie - No data
Mpenjati Nature Reserve - No data
Ndumo Game Reserve - No data
Nkandla Forest - No data
North Park Nature Reserve - No data
Nyalazi State Forest - No data
Ongoye Forest - No data
Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve -No data
Phongolo Nature Reserve - No data
Royal Natal National Park - No data
Skyline Nature Reserve - No data
Sodwana Bay National Park - No data
Sodwana State Forest - No data
Spioenkop Game Reserve - No data
St Lucia Game Reserve - No data
St Lucia Park - No data
St Lucia Marine Reserve - No data
Tembe Elephant Park - No data
Umhlanga Lagoon - No data
Umkhuze Game Reserve - No data
Umlalazi Nature Reserve - Motorcycle friendly
Reported by GundaGunda
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve - No data
Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve - No data
Vryheid Hill Nature Reserve - No data
Wagendrift Nature Reserve - No data
Weenen Game Reserve - No data
Queen Elizabeth Park Nature Reserve - No data
Municipal & Private Reserves
Reins Nature Reserve (near Gouritz / Struisbaai) - Motorcycles not allowedReported by Trailrider
Hopefully some of you will be kind enough to add to the list.
By visiting the South African National Parks website at www.sanparks.co.za and phoning every single one listed I was able to compile the following list on their policy on allowing motorcycles.
It is worth noting that parks that do allow bikes reserve the right to turn you away if you look like a troublemaker!!
Likewise I have found that some parks that normally refuse bikes may allow you in if you phone ahead and ask the park manager nicely.
If you phone, don't just talk to the person answering the phone (they are idiots), always ask for the manager or his/her secretary
South African National Parks (SANParks)
Addo Elephant National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)42 233 0556/7
Reason given: "Elephants sir! big elephants"
:thumleft: Agulhas National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 (0)28 435 6222
Augrabies Falls National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)54 452 9200
Motorcycles previously not allowed. Reason given: "Motorcycles are not allowed, it's our policy"
Bontebok National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)28 514 2735
Motorcycles previously not allowed. Reason given: "Bikers are hooligans!" (can you believe someone said that?)
:thumleft: Cape Peninsula National Park - Motorcycle friendly
021 701 8692
De Hoop Nature Reserve - Motorcycles allowed
0861 227 362 8873
:thumleft: Golden Gate Highlands National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 (0)58 255 0012
Karoo National Park - Motorcycles allowed after prior arrangement
+27 (0)23 415 2828 / 9
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+ 27 (0) 54 561 2000
Reason given: "We have lions sir, lots of hungry ones!"
Knysna National Lake Area - Motorcycle friendly
+27 (0)44 382 2095
Kruger National Park - Motorcycles not allowed (Although BMW SA organises special trips now and again)
+27 (0)13 735 4000
Reason given: "Due to the risk associated with wild animals such as..." blah blah blah...
Mapungubwe National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)15 534 2014
Reason given: "...because we have dangerous animals sir; we have giraffe, cheetah and elephants"
Marakele National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)14 777 1745
Reason given: "No, it is the policy of national parks not to allow motorcycles" (If it's national policy then why do some of of the other parks say it's okay mmm?)
:angryfire: Mountain Zebra National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)48 881 2427 or 3434
Reason given: "No! *click* - No Reason given. slammed down the phone
Namaqua National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)27 672 1948
Richtersveld National Park - Motorcycles generally not allowed
+27 (0)27 831 1506
Reason given: "Motorcycles are too noisy. They disturb the peace and quiet" (There are positive reports of bikes being let in from time to time
:-[ Table Mountain National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
021 701 8692
Reason given: "The mountain is inaccessible to all vehicles" (good luck trying to get your bike up there anyway hehehe)
Tankwa Karoo National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)27 341-2389
:thumleft: Tsitsikamma National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 42 281 1607
Vaalbos National Park - Motorcycles not allowed
+27 (0)53 561 0088
Reason given: "...unsafe due to Rhino and buffalo"
West Coast National Park - Motorcycle friendly
+27 22 772-2144/5
Wilderness National Park - Motorcycles allowed
+27 (0)44 877 1197
CapeNature
Anysberg Nature Reserve (Cape Karoo) - No data
Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Bird Island Nature Reserve (West Coast) - No data
Boosmansbos Wilderness Area (Overberg) - No data
:thumleft: Cederberg Nature Reserve (Cederberg) - Motorcycle friendly (main roads only)
Reported by LuckyStriker
De Hoop Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
De Mond Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Gamkaberg Nature Reserve (Cape Karoo) - No data
Goukamma Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area (West Coast) - No data
Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Keurbooms River Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Kogelberg Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Limietberg Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Marloth Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
:thumleft: Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve (Cederberg) - Motorcycle friendly (main roads only)
Reported by LuckyStriker
Outeniqua Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Robberg Nature Reserve (Garden Route and Little Karoo) - No data
Rocherpan Nature Reserve (West Coast) - No data
Salmonsdam Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Swartberg Nature Reserve (Cape Karoo) - No data
Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve (Winelands) - No data
Walker Bay Nature Reserve (Overberg) - No data
Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Parks
Amatigulu Nature Reserve - No data
Beachwood Mangroves - No data
Blinkwater Nature Reserve - No data
Bluff Nature Reserve - No data
Cape Vidal State Forest - No data
Cathedral Peak - No data
Chelmsford - No data
Coastal Forest Reserve - No data
Cobham Reserve - No data
Dlinza Forest - No data
Eastern Shores State Forest - No data
Emakhosini Ophathe Heritage Park - No data
Enseleni Nature Reserve - No data
Entumeni Forest - No data
False Bay Park - No data
Garden Castle - No data
Harold Johnson Nature Reserve - No data
Highmoor Nature Reserve - No data
Himeville Nature Reserve - No data
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve - No data
Impendle Nature Reserve - No data
Ithala Game Reserve - No data
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve - No data
Krantzkloof Nature Reserve - No data
Lake Sibayi Freshwater Reserve - No data
Lotheni Reserve - No data
Mapelane Nature Reserve - No data
Maputaland Marine Reserve - No data
Midmar Dam Nature Reserve - No data
Mkhomazi Reserve - No data
Mkhuze Game Reserve - No data
Monks Cowl - No data
Mount Currie - No data
Mpenjati Nature Reserve - No data
Ndumo Game Reserve - No data
Nkandla Forest - No data
North Park Nature Reserve - No data
Nyalazi State Forest - No data
Ongoye Forest - No data
Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve -No data
Phongolo Nature Reserve - No data
Royal Natal National Park - No data
Skyline Nature Reserve - No data
Sodwana Bay National Park - No data
Sodwana State Forest - No data
Spioenkop Game Reserve - No data
St Lucia Game Reserve - No data
St Lucia Park - No data
St Lucia Marine Reserve - No data
Tembe Elephant Park - No data
Umhlanga Lagoon - No data
Umkhuze Game Reserve - No data
Umlalazi Nature Reserve - Motorcycle friendly
Reported by GundaGunda
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve - No data
Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve - No data
Vryheid Hill Nature Reserve - No data
Wagendrift Nature Reserve - No data
Weenen Game Reserve - No data
Queen Elizabeth Park Nature Reserve - No data
Municipal & Private Reserves
Reins Nature Reserve (near Gouritz / Struisbaai) - Motorcycles not allowedReported by Trailrider