The bike routes

A good physical condition is helpful and leads to a higher effect. However, everybody finds his own challenge with tours between 20 and 80 kilometres. There are no tarred streets, so you should be familiar with the basic skills of mountain biking.

We have put together for you 11 routes which result in a network of over 800 mountain bike kilometres. Mtae and Mambo are the most northern points in the Usambara mountains. The views from the Pare mountains to Kilimanjaro are inspiring. By combination of different routes the whole western and eastern Usambara mountains can be crossed in an adventurous trip with destination Muheza.

GPS dates and machines are provided for all routes. You can undertake individual or team tours.
If requested, specially-trained guides will of course accompany you.

BigLoop

A big round in the northern part of the Usambara mountains. I recommend 2 days, because after half of the kilometres the night can be spent in the Mambo Lodge rather comfortably. From Mullers Lodge on the wide dust runway to Magamba and shortly after that turn left to the Magamba Shume primeval forest. Shortly before you reach the first settlements on the left to the viewpoint Shume. On the scenic runway, which is reached shortly behind Manolo, further to Mambo and up to the Lodge. Over Mtae and Shunga on precipitous runways we reach the main route over Lukosi back to Mullers .
143 kilometres. 2764 metres height to be crossed.

BigLoopSouth

After crossing the Magamba Shume primeval forest and the important stop with Shume view we quickly go back and shorten the distance over Viti to the main route Lukosi. Through this road again back to Mullers.

BigLoopVari

If you don`t turn left in Manolo, but go straight on, you have missed a very nice mountain bike segment. However, the distance of the Big Loog shortens about 40 kilometres and meets the main route Lukosi at Shunga and returns with it to Mullers.

BigLoopNorth

With Rudi and jeep on the main route Lukosi up to the crossroad Mlalo. Over Shunga to Mtae and to the Mambo Lodge. Scenic runway to Manolo and from there to the starting point.

Mlalo

Marvellous tour through villages and typical agriculture. After initial Up and Down on a wide runway everything becomes increasingly quiet and sleepy. The Col before Mlalo wakes us up again, and the rapid downhill passage has everything that makes the mountain biker's heart makes beat faster. Mlalo is worth a visit. After a long rise we reach the main route from Lukosi.
77 kilometres. 1688 metres of height to be crossed.

Lukosi

We begin in direction Mlalo on the route, however, shorten this round. At Kwemakame we turn left in a very original rural scenery. The villages are small and life goes its way beyond all external influences. Nice Singletrails lead up to the departure to Lukosi. After a stop at the market we go back to Mullers.
52 kilometres. 1180 metres of height to be crossed.

Glasses

A tour which can be easily divided into a morning and an afternoon share, and the lunch at Mullers completes this really active but also restful day. We begin on the wide runway in the direction of the route Mlalo, however, after 6 kilometres we turn right and pass a stimulating mixture of mountain rain forests, eucalyptuses and banana plantations, in the direction of Mkuzu Resort. A Catholic Secondary School in an impressive position creates its own atmosphere high above a valley. On the return journey a stop at the waterfall is followed after just 20 mountain- bike- kilometres by a deserving lunch at Muller's. In the afternoon the round of the "glasses" leads to nice viewpoints near the Lodge over Magamba, a football pitch of the special kind, and nice mountain farms and back to Muller's again.
A total of 36 kilometres. 1080 metres height to be crossed.

Irente 1

On the wide runway to Lushoto and from there steeply uphill and by great scenery to Irente View Point. 1000 metres lower lies the Massaisteppe in the glowing sun. We, as mountain bikers, enjoy a few degrees less uo here. On a hard Singletrail we surround the area and those, who haven`t found any real cheese in Africa yet, will not forget the Irente farm with its excellent products...
25 kilometres. 700 metres of height to be crossed.

IrenteLoop

A first-class round tour around Lushoto with the IrenteView as a highlight. The Singletrails, constant Ups and Downs and the view points make this round a real must for every mountain biker, who wants to learn more about this region.
38 kilometres. 1277 metres of height to be crossed.

Magoma

The tour of the superlatives. Tea plantations, rice fields, primeval forest, coloured villages and everything, the western Usambaras have to offer. You should be quite fit to take this tour. In the combination with the route "Muheza" you cross almost the whole western and eastern Usambara Mountains. Plan your overnight stop or the back transport together with Rudi Muller.
109 kilometres. 1200 metres of height to be crossed. 2600 metres of downhill.

Muheza

The crossing of the eastern Usambara Mountains is wild and original. The often intact primeval forest provides for some interesting road guidance. The encounter of nice people, the views up to the Indian ocean and last but not least the unique vegetation, make this tour very charming. The vist at Sigi´s, a former railway station repays for the visit of this region. Arriving in the valley one feels the tropical climate, and some one will succumb to the temptation to cycle up to the Indian ocean. Ask Rudi.
97 kilometres. In 2087 metres of height to be crossed.