WILDLANDS, a program of the WILDTRUST is a portfolio of terrestrial conservation and sustainable community development projects. Through the various projects, WILDLANDS supports its conservation partners in enabling them to conserve the wildlife and unique landscapes which the WILDSERIES participants support through entering the events.
A WILDLANDS initiative, the WILDSERIES was established to profile South Africa’s spectacular natural heritage while raising funds for key conservation projects. These events provide participants with the opportunity of running or mountain biking through some of our most beautiful, wildness location and have raised millions for conservation in the process. From protecting the African Wild Dog and the Bearded Vulture to incredible adventures through awe-inspiring landscapes – the WILDSERIES challenges are about more than just sports.
Taking place in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State, this multi day staged event explores some of the country’s most beautiful mountain landscape; traversing restricted areas of the Park which are rarely open to the public. The event poses a serious challenge to the participants but just as the effort will take from you, so will the experience give back. The rewards of running through this stunning environment are magnified by the very tangible sense of accomplishment achieved by taking on a challenge of this magnitude.
Dear WILD Runners,
We hope you are healthy, fit and staying running sane in these challenging times that we face. For all of us, we wish 2020 started on a more positive note without the turbulence we have experienced, but as Gandalf said, “so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
