“Jungle Circuit” Route Details (Watopia)
Watopia’s “Jungle Circuit” was added with the Mayan jungle expansion in late October 2017. This is a lollipop route, meaning you start with a lead-in then remain on the circuit portion until your legs fall off.
Watopia’s “Jungle Circuit” was added with the Mayan jungle expansion in late October 2017. This is a lollipop route, meaning you start with a lead-in then remain on the circuit portion until your legs fall off.
Route Basics
Length: 7.9 km (4.9 miles)
Elevation: 82m (269‘)
+5.7km (3.5 miles) lead-in with 10m (33‘) elevation
Map: Watopia
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Rating: 5.9/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 23 minutes
3 W/kg: 20 minutes
4 W/kg: 18 minutes
Start & Finish
If you choose this route for a free ride or workout you will spawn on the road to the Mayan jungle, several hundred meters before the jungle start pens. Ride into the circuit portion, then remain on the circuit for the rest of your ride.
Event riders begin at the Jungle start pens, giving you a short lead-in down to the bottom of the jungle before starting the first circuit lap. (See Strava lead-in segments below.)
Restriction: Level 5+
Achievement Badge: 260 XP
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Route Description
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The jungle loop itself is almost 8km in length. In the forward direction, you roll through the lap banner at the loop’s lowest elevation, then ride a gradual climb (~3%) to cross the dizzying heights of the rope bridge. Soon enough you are zipping downhill to the bottom of the valley for another lap.
The entire circuit is dirt, and while this was only a visual change when the Jungle was first released, Zwift modified the rolling resistance of dirt in October 2019 and again in 2023. Now, different bike wheels perform differently in the Jungle, making your wheel choice especially strategic when racing!
This is a great route. Lots of things to see and fun challenges around every corner. The suspended bridge is awesome. But before you ride it, change your wheels or your bike or both. It is crazy to go down a hill at only 15 or 17 kph because you have the wrong wheels. Thank you Zwift for dialing in the right amount of difficulty depending on road surface. 👍
great route. Loads to see. the distance is a bit misleading though. I thought an 8km run would be great, I just didn’t realise that I had a 5.5km run to get to the start line!
If I’m not mistaken, there’s a counter on this circuit, like on the Volcano one. So I started wondering if there wouldn’t be a, or plus, hidden badge here.
Has anyone tried to ride it 5/10/15 times, just to see what happenss ?
Hi, Did you find this out? Any extra badges?
I just saw this. Any feedback?
No badge for extra laps at this time.
Does anybody know if the drafting effect is the same for road, gravel or mountain bikes so if you are in the middle of a group of say 10 riders is the w/kg advantage the same for each type?
Enjoyed. I am trying to get all the badges. Long lead in though 🙂 I only learnt about lead ins yesterday so having to redo the routes. I went through the temples the other day so this was similar but bypassed it.. Lot of dirt in my face though. I had a right mouthful of muck when a rider kept at front of me. Nice to be in a covid free world though
Does the event version of the route include the lead in?
The TDZ Stages do
Yup.
Change the distance. It’s a 14kms circuit (Jungle Circuit) including à 7,9kms loop (Jungle Loop). You make me confused…
But the loop itself, which starts on the opposite side (not at the fork). The lead-in doesn’t count towards the badge.
So technically, you could go ride AdZ, then do the loop without doing the lead-in.
Jungle Circuit Lead-In: 5.7 km
Jungle Circuit (lap/loop): 7.9 km
I cannot find what bike and wheels work best on this course. It used to be obvious.
This is a very nice route. Purchased and used the Giant Revolt Advanced Pro frame (298,200 drops) and Reserve 25 GT wheels (11,400 drops). Both are cheap and make a big difference in the effort needed to move your avatar on gravel. There are several wheel options, but I think they all perform the same. I got the least expensive. There are a few better frames if you want to purchase them, but the Giant one is solid and inexpensive. Wheels are the most important, so purchase them at a minimum. The lead in is rather nice actually. About 3… Read more »
This article may need an update and bike recommendation after the rolling resistance update in 2023?