Big Mountain Bike Adventures

Join us on our favorite tropical mountain bike holiday. Arrive in sultry San Jose and be enamored by the culture and blown away by a week of shuttle assisted all-mountain enduro style riding. Experience superb technical singletrack, desecending from the highest peaks in the country, with the best local guides wrapped up daily with a chilled cerveza at the end of the day. Pura Vida translated simply means 'pure life'. Join us and see why.

6 REASONS WE LOVE THIS TRIP:
Spending time with and getting to know local guide Paulo Valle, an accomplished rider, consummate professional and all-around great person.
Walking out of your hotel on the first morning of the trip to a warm tropical breeze, knowing that friends back home are shoveling their driveways of snow.
Rolling into the beautiful town of Santa Maria at the end of the day, nestled in the mountains and far away from tourists.
Feeling your descending skills improve daily as you get out of your comfort zone on Costa Rica’s challenging trails.
Enjoying some deserved beach time on the country’s spectacular Pacific coastline after a week of rugged singletrack riding.
Bonding with riding friends as you share big rides and big experiences together.

Join us on this coached riding retreat in Mexico's glorious Baja California where days are kept simple so you can focus on riding your bike, recharging and enjoying the sun. This holiday is based in the small fishing village (also kite-surfing mecca) of La Ventana, located on the eastern shore of the Baja along the beautiful Sea of Cortez. We'll pedal from the door of our seaside resort each morning to access 133 kms of buffed and fun desert trails that are suitable for intermediate and above riders. Rides are typically three-four hours long (shorter & longer available) followed by lunch and an afternoon at your leisure. The focus of this riding retreat is to improve your fitness for the upcoming riding season, learn some new riding techniques and most importantly have a ton of fun and relaxation. Professional coaching by Whistler-based Katrina Strand (& sometimes guest coaches) who brings a wealth of expertise to all levels of riders. There's lots to do when not on the bike; sipping drinks and relaxing in the shade, eating fish tacos and delicious cuisine, daily yoga at our private studio or just reading your book and napping in a hammock. More ambitious options that we can help you organize are taking a kite-surfing lesson, deep-sea fishing, snorkeling with whale sharks, surfing on the Pacific ocean or SUP'ing. According to Singletracks.com La Ventana boasts six of the top ten trails in Mexico. Rental bikes and E-MTB's are available on this retreat.

This riding adventure starts in the city of Antigua with its magnificent Spanish colonial relics, cobblestone streets, pastel facades surrounded by volcanoes and lush forests. Our warm-up ride is at 'El Zur', a private mountain bike park in the jungle with 25 km of machine-built flowing bliss. Then it's time for some singletrack riding in the beautiful hills around the Antigua before transfering to the Mayan ruins of Iximche to ride Tecpan's best trails. The next leg is great ride through authentic communities to Lake Atitlán, one of the nicest places that you've ever seen where fishermen in rustic boats crisscross the lake's aquamarine surface while indigenous women in multicoloured outfits do their washing by the banks while a volcano-studded horizon looms in the distance. We'll spend a night in the vibrant town of Panajachel, then transfer to a beautiful boat-access only hotel accross the lake. We're very excited about this new trip; the superb natural scenery, fun and varied singletrack riding and the fusion of Spanish and Indigenous cultures make Guatemala an excellent place to travel and ride mountain bikes.

Riders can add-on an overnight hiking ascent of Acatenango Volcano with views of erupting Volcan de Fuego. Epic!

Nepal is on most of our bucket lists and there's a reason why. It is home to eight of the world's ten highest mountains; the landscapes are diverse and the views staggering. It is the birthplace of Buddhism and boasts a rich cultural diversity and wonderful people. As a developing country Nepal can be a challenging place to travel in, we've worked diligently over the years to offer the very best Nepal mountain bike trip available. Our guides and support staff are the best; they are hand picked and professional. Our routes have been carefully chosen; we ride as much singletrack as possible and spend three full days on the Annapurna circuit. We avoid long slogs up dusty roads and instead shuttle you so that you can save your energy for the fun stuff. From the moment that you touch down in Kathmandu you'll be transported on an unforgettable mountain bike adventure, a true trip of a lifetime.

It's been a decade since we ran our first trip to Peru, a destination that we regard to be one of the very best in the world. Peru has all the ingredients for a trip of a lifetime; amazing riding, fascinating culture, spectacular historical sights, excellent guides, great cuisine & accomodation. We start our adventure in Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire with its Spanish colonial architecture and impressive main square, the Plaza de Armas. After a few warm-up days on Cusco's best trails, we'll spend six days in the beautiful Rio Urubamba Valley, known as El Valle Sagrado (The Sacred Valley), home of remote traditional weaving villages, soaring mountains and some of the best trail riding in the world. Expect shuttle accessed singletrack enduro rides on ancient Inca trails in the Andes that reach Inca ruins that see few visitors, like the Huchuy Qosqo temple or the Moray archaeological site. Rides are mostly long descents, with some challenging climbs at altitude, some technical singletrack and fast singletrack and lots of everything in between; the riding in Peru is off the charts. We've included a once and a lifetime visit to Machu Picchu that's accessed by a scenic train and privately guided tour of the site. What more could you ask for in a mountain bike holiday?

This trip has always been a favourite of ours. We offered a version of it from 2006-2009 and have since re-designed it to truly offer a "if i was to go to Southern Africa once in my life" trip, we think you'll love the new version! Touch down in Cape Town, South Africa and head to Stellenbosch, a leafy college town surrounded by world-class wine estates and a web of fun & flowy trails a pedal stroke away from our hotel. Next stop is the beautiful city of Cape Town with its clash of cultures, art & landscapes. We'll ride the city's headline act, Table Mountain, with sweeping views of city, seas and historic Robben Island. After a quick flight to Johannesburg we transfer to Bostwana for part two of this amazing adventure where you'll ride across the African savannah and see spectacular wildlife from our bikes including elephant, kudus, wildebeest, impalas, ostrich, giraffe, zebra and much more. We'll also enjoy three game drives with professional trackers to seek out the predators including lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas and more. In Botswana we'll spend three nights at rustic camps where the sounds of nature echo all around you and two nights at a spectacular Lux Tented Camp. If you're looking for a safari adventure that you'll never forget, this is it!

Join us on a private motor yacht for a week of island bliss as we mountain bike around Croatia's Southern Dalmatia islands, one of Europe's most beautiful destinations. Sip a beer post ride at a rustic cafe, stroll narrow streets of historic harbor towns, a private dinner at a small restaurant or enjoy meals on the boat prepared by our onboard chef. Join our local Croatian guides on this unforgettable adventure as they show you the trails that weave and connect the villages on each island - experience the best single track found on each island. Learn about the deep history of the region with our knowledgeable local guides, anchor in a quiet cove for a swim off the deck, then sail off to the next island to do it all over again.

Our entirely oak ship stands at 101-feet long. All 12 spacious cabins (11 above deck over 2 floors, 1 below deck) feature air conditioning, private bathrooms with shower and hair dryer. Each day will feature two guided ride distances. Riders can expect lots of singletrack, some doubletrack and some quiet ashphalt climbs. Also, high-performance e-bike rentals available.

New co-ed trip launched! And, on our Women's departure enjoy pre-trip training assistance & on-trip coaching by the renowned Sweet Skills coaching program.

This trip has become a serious classic and a must-do for passionate riders longing for the ultimate Alps trip. If you dream of getting off a lift high in the Alps, climbing for an hour to a high pass with spectacular views, having a quick cappuccino, then rolling downhill for, oh, an hour or more on fantastic singletrack, then this is for you. We'll gaze out at Mont Blanc from a little stone hut above Verbier, devour pasta in Italy and ride in the shadow of the Matterhorn in Zermatt. Cloudraker is a serious all-mountain buffet.

"The most beautiful mountains on the planet" as described by famous climber; Reinhold Messner of the Dolomites. When you lay eyes on them you'll agree, their rocky limestone spires pierce the skies while the flowered grassy valleys are dotted with picture perfect mountain towns. For history enthusiasts, this trip is a ride back in time as we literally pedal down trenches and past sights from World War I. We'll traverse some of the highest bikeable passes in the Dolomites via Unesco World Heritage designated Alta Badia, Sella, Val di Fassa, Alleghe, San Martino di Castrozza and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Add the stunningly perched mountain rifugios that we'll call home for the night and delicious Italian cuisine and cappuccino stops and you've got one hell of a great mountain bike trip. If that's not enough, the stats: approxmate total descent of 57,500 feet (17,500 meters), approxmate total ascent of 10,000 ft (3050 meters), 3 shuttles, 20+ lifts. Dolomighty is the best of the best in the Italian Dolomites.

Experience the remote Icelandic landscapes by mountain bike on this epic point-to-point hut adventure (the only one available in Iceland). Follow our local guides as they show off their best singletrack in an intoxicating, vibrant landscape with geysers, bubbling mud, multicolored rhyolite mountains, expansive lava fields, natural hot springs and soaring glaciated mountains. You'll bathe in natural turquoise hot springs, spend nights in remote lodges in unreal locations and feast on delicious Icelandic cuisine. The raw natural energy on this trip will inspire you, and the party in Reykjavik at the end of this adventure will surely make you dance.