MUNGA DATES: Are you looking to do the Toughest Race on Earth?
Then here are all the versions below. From the mini MUNGA training rides up through the shorter and 1 day and 24hrs and 50hrs GRIT events to the main MUNGA and relay Equipe at year end. Now you have no more excuses no to take part. Or buy spacers and handlebars and lights. But is it really the toughest race on earth? No. Even though participants like the sound of it. Here is another way to see it, as told by founder Alex Harris:
“At the Munga we celebrate what it is to be human. We know the fight. We know what it means to grovel, and grind, and crawl in desperation to the light at the end of the tunnel. We know what it’s like to hang on to a thread, but claw and pull it back till it’s a tight rope, and walk that thin line, balancing the life and death of dreams, till at last we lean forward and the momentum of action carries us inexorably towards our destiny! At the Munga, we know what it’s like to live, but really live”
Irrespective, it is a journey that leaves you wanting to come back for more. And here are the MUNGA dates.
When is the MUNGA?
- The MUNGA date is 25-30 November 2026
- The Equipe is also 25-30 November 2026
- This is main event, at the end of the year
When is the GRIT?
- Trans Xhariep: 20-22 March 2026
- Le DUR (Namibia): 8-10 May 2026
- USA, Texas: 11-12 April 2026
- USA, Michigan: in September 2026
- North-West: 28-30 August 2026
- Tankwa: 2027 dates to be confirmed
- The half distance MUNGA dates
The SWORDS series?
- Pretoria East: 14-15 February 2026
- Waterberg: 26-27 September 2026
- These are the 24hr MUNGA dates
The SQUAD series?
- Middelburg: 23 May 2026
- This is the one day event
And the MUNGA Trails & Tours?
- The tour: 3-9 October 2026
- The trails: 29 November 2026
- The tour is at your own pace. The trail is on foot.
When are the Mini MUNGAS?
- Cradle of Humankind – coming soon
- Pretoria – coming soon
- Mini MUNGA dates and free to ride
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