Nicoya Peninsula Dirt Road Odyssey, Costa Rica
Although there are a few tourist hotspots on the Peninsula de Nicoya, the majority of it is fairly undeveloped. Nicoya’s rugged topography and unpaved dirt and gravel roads make it a great place for an...
View ArticleBikepacking Ometepe Island Figure 8, Nicaragua
The island was formed by Volcan de Conception and Volcan Madera which are a part of the Cordillera Los Marrabios volcano range jutting straight out of the massive freshwater lake. From Granada we...
View ArticleUturuncu – Bikepacking a Volcano, Bolivia
Though it once reached nearly 5900m, nowadays it is ‘only’ rideable to the col between the volcano’s twin summits, at a heady height of 5760m. This is the point at which occasional tourists are dropped...
View ArticleBikepacking Paso Sico – Argentina to Chile
Vast swathes of high altitude plateau, large volcanoes, colourful lakes and white salt flats provide a cycling treat, and if you’re lucky it won’t be blowing a gale. From San Antonio de los Cobres, the...
View ArticlePeru’s Great Divide: A Select Bikepacking Route
As long as you love vertical terrain, this linking-up of mine roads and 4×4 tracks through small villages provides a wonderful alternative for travelling down Peru to the monotony of the coastal...
View ArticleNorthern Cordillera Blanca Bikepacking Loop, Peru
This route zigzags up to a pass surrounded by peaks and glaciers, then winds through traditional villages where time stands still, before crossing a second 4000m pass and plummeting down 3000m into the...
View ArticleBikepacking Ecuador: The Inca Trail
Another of the best intact and continuous sections is in Ecuador from Achupallas to Ingapirca. The route passes through a serene and rugged canyon, and includes the romance of riding over ancient...
View ArticleDirt Road Touring Peru: Cajamarca to Caraz
This is Peru, one of my favorite places to bikepack. Here is an up and down route that promises miles of dirt roads, canyons with river crossings, remote campsites, dust and loose rocks, boggling...
View ArticleDirt Touring Araucanía: The Monkey Puzzle Trail, Chile
Higher still, the first snows of autumn dust the tops of Chile’s endless line chain of conical volcanoes – white pyramids on the horizon. This route travels quiet pumice tracks up from fertile valleys,...
View ArticleBikepacking Chile: The Lakes District & Reserva Huilo Huilo
The Chilean Lakes District is often overlooked by travellers who are lured to the more famous Ruta de los Siete Lagos across the border in Argentina. But, the Chilean side forgoes Argentina’s...
View ArticleDirt Road Route to the Coast: Oaxaca to Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Oaxaca is one of the most inviting and interesting states in Mexico; and there are three very good reasons to visit… food, mountains, and the coast. Oaxaca City itself it arguably the best culinary...
View ArticleAusangate Traverse, Peru
Indeed, if there’s a name synonymous with Peru, it’s Machu Picchu, the mega-ruins lost in a swathe of forest and a swirl of mist for half a millennium, until stumbled upon in 1911. Often overlooked but...
View ArticleLa Gira de Sur Yungas, Bolivia
If you’re planning a bikepack trip to Bolivia, chances are you’ll be making a beeline for the Altiplano. And for good reason: it’s a stark, beautiful barren land, and otherwordly experience in the...
View ArticleLos Tres Volcanes, Ecuador
This is a route that can be ridden in its own right, as the backbone of a visit to Ecuador, or weaved into a longer Trans-Americas journey. The ride begins in Pintag, a short bus or bike ride from the...
View ArticleRuta de Las Tres Cordilleras, Bolivia and Peru
Note that the original route features an unmanned border that promises beguilingly remote riding, but creates some logistical visa hurdles to overcome. An alternative section that avoids detours around...
View ArticleOh Boyaca! Colombia
Internet research yields scarce information about the route from San Gil going east since most transcontinental bike travelers arrive in Colombia from the north in Cartagena and ride south. In some...
View ArticleTrans Ecuador Mountain Bike Route: Singletrack Version
Simply put, TEMBR – the Singletrack Version – is a hard, fun, technical, and extremely adventurous bikepacking mission. It’s a ride that crosses the Ecuadorian Andes on a combination of off piste...
View ArticleTrans-Cuba: La Ruta Mala
On January 1st, Virginia, Joe and I set out to cycle across Cuba using mainly off-pavement tracks. Our journey began in the eastern coastal city of Santiago de Cuba and carried us over three mountain...
View ArticleTrans Ecuador Mountain Bike Route: Dirt Road Version
Important Route Update May 9, 2018: After recent reports concerning safety around the village of Buenos Aires (south of the border with Colombia), we sugggest bypassing the area due to the activity of...
View ArticleFin Del Mundo: Bikepacking The End of The World
Located at the far end of South America close to Cape horn, the island of Tierra del Fuego is the finishing point for many Pan-American bike tourists coming from the north, or the starting point for...
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