Launched in 2003, the Freedom Challenge is an initiative to achieve the following goals:

• Establish the Freedom Trail, a fully serviced mountain bike trail running across the interior of South Africa and to develop services around the trail.
• To organise an annual event on the Freedom Trail in order to publicise it.
• To support community-based conservation and adventure tourism projects along the Freedom Trail.
  
  
   
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FREEDOM TRAIL

The 2003 WESSA Cross Karoo Challenge successfully tested the viability of the Trail that has now been launched as the Freedom Trail - the route remains largely unchanged.

By ensuring meals and accommodation are available every 50- 80 kilometres it should be possible to travel the Trail unsupported and without having to carry bedding or food (other than emergency rations).