Participants will be transported to the Start of the Otter Run at Storms River Mouth from 05h30 on the morning of the 20th of September. The 1st start is at 06h20 and the last start at 07h00. The Cut off for an official finish of the Otter Run is 9 hours (16h00) and there are 3 cut off points en route where participants failing to arrive on time will be removed from the course. Southern Storm and Otter Run participants will be ranked alongside each other for the Otter Run.

The Otter Run traverses 4 rivers all of which involve getting your feet wet and the third river, the infamous Bloukrans River crossing, involves a swim. We will have safety personnel and equipment set up at the Bloukrans crossing to assist your traverse of this section.

The Otter Run involves no fewer than 11 “significant” (steep climbs of more than 50 meters of elevation gain) with three climbs exceeding 100 meters and a total elevation gain of over 2100 meters. Some of these climbs are steep enough to force even the strongest runners to walk and in many places it is stepped.

Location Map

5-Day Otter Hiking Trail (map provided by SAN Parks)