{"id":20836,"date":"2014-10-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/10\/10\/isimangaliso-wetland-park-mtb-r1706\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:51:13","slug":"isimangaliso-wetland-park-mtb-r1706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/isimangaliso-wetland-park-mtb-r1706\/","title":{"rendered":"iSimangaliso Wetland Park MTB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The iSimangaliso Wetland Park MTB 4-Day, which took place at the end of August, was an unforgettable experience for participants.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eI6AtkBZJ_8?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The route took 280 riders from mountain to sea and across eight eco-systems. Among the myriad of features that turned the MTB into a one-of-a-kind event were the animal sightings, plant and bird species that peppered each day\u2019s ride \u2013 with the sighting of breaching whales on the final day an undisputed highlight for the happily exhausted riders.<\/p>\n<p>The ride raised just over a quarter of a million rand towards one of iSimangaliso\u2019s conservation goals this year \u2013 the re-introduction of eland into the Park. Eland are the last of the historically occurring species to be re-introduced into this World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bPlease keep in mind the dates for next year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isimangaliso-mtb.co.za\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iSimangaliso MTB 4 Day<\/a> &#8211; 20 to\u200b23 August 2015\u200b. \u200bI\u200bt&#8217;s a wonderful opportunity for all levels of cyclists, \u200band an eco-\u200badventure sport and travel \u200bexperience through a World Heritage Site \u200bat its very best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iSimangaliso Wetland Park MTB 4-Day, which took place at the end of August, was an unforgettable experience for participants. The route took 280 riders from mountain to sea and across eight eco-systems. Among the myriad of features that turned the MTB into a one-of-a-kind event were the animal sightings, plant and bird species that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4693,4694,4316,517],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-20836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-isimangaliso-wetland-park","tag-isimangaliso-wetland-park-mtb","tag-mountain-biking","tag-stage-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20836"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=20836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}