RMB Ultra-trail® Drakensberg is a festival of trail running with events of 160km, 100km, 65km, 36km and 25km. All events take place within the Southern area of the internationally renowned Maloti Drakensberg World Heritage Site and large swathes of this iconic wilderness are traversed.

Incorporating and skirting some of the legendary features of the Southern Drakensberg such as Sani Pass, Twelve Apostles, Khanti Ridge, Hodgson’s Peaks, Garden Castle, Rhino Peak and Langalibalele’s Pass, participants in RMB Ultra-trail® Drakensberg will experience mountain running at its very finest.

The highlights reel for the new courses:

UTD Miler Skirting escarpment, ridgeline running in Lesotho, transnational loops, tagging Hodgsons’ Peak and farmland running through the night before joining the company of the other races. The majority of the Giant’s Cup Trail is the jewel of the trail, 60km of flowing terrain. The course turns at Stromness, before heading down towards Glencairn Farm. One hundred miles of pure mountain views.

UTD100 Starting at Silverstreams, the course undertakes the full Giant’s Cup Trail, featuring more mountain running than previous years. Runners climb the Twelve Apostles, along Khanti Ridge and down past Salt and Pepper Aid Station before making their way down to Glencairn Farm.

GCU65 The Race Start at Silverstreams sends runners onto the famous Giant’s Cup Trail. Panoramic views, flowing trails over & through high mountains with valleys featuring streams and pools and weathered rock formations await on this world-renowned trail. The trail turns off at Stromness Trail, heading down towards the finish at Glencairn farm.

SDR36 A start at Castleburn, the race is a sunset chase over the striking second half of the Giant’s Cup Trail, turning off at Stromness, navigating down, skipping the Gorge, setting this one up as a furiously fast and flowing race.

DRJ25 Starting at the Premier Resort Hotel, the first climb up takes runners past the Salt and Pepper Aid Station on their way to the Waterfall. A sting of an ascent awaits, sending them over Stromness, through Sani Valley Gate and onto the finish line.

RMB UTD is based at Glencairn Farm on Sani Pass road and will take place on 25 – 27 April 2025.

To learn more, visit our website:

https://www.ultratraildrakensberg.com/