Your guide
Meet Lihle Ngidi
Registered tourist guide, six-time ABSA Cape Epic finisher, and the rider at the front of every Guided MTB Tours by Lihle adventure.
Kusaselihle "Lihle" Ngidi has spent years riding and racing the trails around Stellenbosch — the same singletrack, mountain climbs and Cape Winelands farm roads you'll ride on tour. Six ABSA Cape Epic finishes have taught him the terrain, the weather, the pacing and the small details that turn a hard week on the bike into an unforgettable one.
As a registered South African tourist guide, Lihle brings more than trail knowledge: he knows the region, its people and its stories. Every ride is briefed properly, paced to the group and adjusted on the fly, so beginners feel supported and strong riders still get the challenge they came for.
Groups stay small on purpose. You ride with a local who knows which line to take, which viewpoint is worth the extra climb, and where the best coffee in town is waiting afterwards.
Credentials
Why ride with him
Registered tourist guide
South African registered guide
ABSA Cape Epic x6
Six-time finisher of the Untamed African MTB Race
Local to Stellenbosch
Rides these trail networks year-round
English & isiZulu
Guiding in multiple languages
Racing pedigree
Six times through the Untamed
The ABSA Cape Epic is one of the hardest mountain bike stage races on earth — eight days, thousands of metres of climbing, and much of it on the very trails around Stellenbosch.
That experience shows up in how the week is guided: sensible pacing, sound nutrition and hydration advice, quick trailside mechanical help and routes that build across the seven days rather than blowing you up on day one.
Ride. Explore. Experience.
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