The route follows the escarpment in a North Easterly direction for 400 kilometres before finishing on the rim of the third largest canyon in the world: The Blyde River Canyon.

The route will make use of forestry roads, jeep track, single track, the odd railway line and virgin grassland on occasion. The route will use district dirt roads only when necessary.
Runners will pass through private land, forestry areas and nature reserves and will navigate primarily by GPS. The route files will be made available prior to the race. Where possible and necessary, route markings will be used.