Kosi Bay to Cape Vidal · iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Where the beach becomes the trail
The tide gives us the time. The open beaches of iSimangaliso give us the place. And because it takes the sun and moon aligning to open that sand at all, the ride itself becomes once in a lifetime.
What we do
Exclusive cycle and surf trips, ridden entirely on the beach
Follow the Tide runs exclusive cycling and surf trips along some of the most pristine and beautiful stretches of beach in the world. On the cycling trips you ride the whole journey on the sand itself, not on a track beside it.
You will see stretches of this coastline that very few people have ever experienced, and fewer still even know exist. Quiet bays opening into long empty beaches. The iconic forested dunes standing behind them. Water clear enough to see straight down onto reefs thick with marine life. It is the kind of journey that brings the adventurer out of you.
Trips are limited. We run only two a month, timed to the spring tides, because that is the only time the sand is firm enough to ride. Our team guides you and handles everything for the whole journey, so the only things you will have to think about are how beautiful the coastline is and having a good time with your friends.
The experience
What it actually looks like
Why there are so few of these
Twenty-two departures a year. One group on each.
The tide only opens this coastline around each spring low, which comes roughly every fortnight. That leaves us twenty-two departures in a year, and a single private group goes out on each one. There is no way to add more. When a date is taken it is gone, and it is just you and your friends out there.
Next spring tide windows
From the people who have ridden it
What riders say
Three ways to do the coast
Two rides. One surf week.
Want to know when new dates open?
We release dates a season at a time and each one takes a single group, so they go quietly. Leave your email and we will tell you when new dates open, before they go on the site.