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DESCRIPTION:<p style="margin: 0 0 14px\;"><strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\,
  0)\; font-size: 24px\;">Otter African Trail Run 2027: The Classic Returns
 </strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 3
 0\, 80)\;">The Otter African Trail Run\, presented by EasyEquities\, is Af
 rica's premium marathon-distance trail run. Dubbed the Grail of Trail\, it
  follows the Otter Hiking Trail along the Tsitsikamma coastline\, a route 
 that's otherwise closed to runners.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px
 \;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;">Thanks to our partnership with
  SANParks\, we get to open the trail to runners for one week each year. Hi
 kers usually take five days to complete it. Our runners do it in one\, thr
 ough indigenous forest\, up steep cliff-side climbs\, across river crossin
 gs and along roughly 10km of beach.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px
 \;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;">Only 600 runners take on the O
 tter each year\, with 300 places in the Challenge and 300 in the Race.</sp
 an></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80
 )\;">The route changes direction every year\, and 2027 is a Classic year. 
 We start at Storms River Mouth and finish in Nature's Valley.</span></p>\n
 <p style="margin: 18px 0 12px\;"><strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; fo
 nt-size: 18px\;">Two Ways to Run It</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12
 px\;"><strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">The Challenge | 29 and 30 Se
 ptember 2027</strong><br><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;">A fearsom
 e 11-hour cut-off. It's the same trail and route as the Race\, with more t
 ime to take it all in.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><strong s
 tyle="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">The Race | 1 and 2 October 2027</strong><br
 ><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;">An extreme 9-hour cut-off. It's t
 he faster\, more demanding version\, and it's where the elite field races.
 </span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\
 , 80)\;">Both run over two days: Registration and the Prologue on day one\
 , then the full Otter trail on day two.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 18px
  0 12px\;"><strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 18px\;">How E
 ntries Work</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><strong style="col
 or: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Phase 1\, opens 26 October:</strong><span style="col
 or: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;"> for everyone who registered for Otter 2026\, whet
 her you made it to the finish or not. You get first dibs. You’ll see the
  option to enter either the Challenge or the Race. Your 2026 access is val
 id for one entry only. Corporate and Premium entries\, open to everyone\, 
 also open on 26 October.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><strong
  style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Phase 2\, opens 2 November:</strong><span
  style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;"> open to everyone\, with the remaining 
 spots up for grabs. There are 300 places per event\, so get in early.</spa
 n></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 12px\;"><span style="color: rgb
 (0\, 30\, 80)\;">If you need assistance or more information\, please conta
 ct our </span><a href="mailto:raceoffice@otter.run" style="color: rgb(118\
 , 79\, 219)\;">Race Office</a><span style="color: rgb(0\, 30\, 80)\;">.</s
 pan></p>
LOCATION:Natures Valley Rest Camp\, Tsitsikamma National Park\, Forest Driv
 e\, Kurland\, 6820
SUMMARY:2027 Otter African Trail Run
URL;VALUE=URI:https://otterrun.howler.co.za/otterafricantrail2027
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