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Hard
Difficulty
5/5
fitness
5/5
Technical
~968m 3,176 ft/ day
Ascent
-12906m (-42,343 ft)
Descent
3760m (12,336 ft)
Max Alt.
9 Day Highland Enduro MTB Epic
One of the America’s best kept secrets: Guatemala is a mountain bike paradise home to incredible terrain, climate and culture. This itinerary links together the biggest descents in the country connecting the highlands in 9 epic days of enduro riding.
This is our biggest, baddest enduro mountain bike multi-day tour of the year averaging over 2000m of descents a day. Get on the bus!
Highlights
- Connect the best technical trails in the country with a unique point-to point route
- Shuttle Assisted averaging over 6,000ft of descent a day
- See Lake Atitlán for the first time from the saddle of your bike
- Stay in unique hotels and house rentals
- Soak in volcanic hot springs
- Finish with an epic descent from the summit of the 3,760 m Agua Volcano
A word from the Guide
By demand we have extended our popular 5 Day enduro tour for a full week of epic riding and sights. This route is as varied as Guatemala itself – with sandy volcanic descents, rocky, high and dry pines and rich tropical forests.
Riding a bike in Guatemala gives you a unique perspective to connect Mayan sights while riding ancient Mayan infrastructure on trails and footpaths.
This route connects the chain of Guatemala’s highest volcanoes crossing through several distinct regions Quiché, Quetzaltenango, Lake Atitlan and Antigua. The route includes the legendary la Infinita Descent and finishes with a horse-assisted climb and descent of one of Guatemala’s highest volcanoes: Volcán de Agua
Tour Details
| ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE | Guatemala International Airport
Please schedule your flight dates for at least 24hrs before and after your tour. Let us know if you would like us to pick you up at the airport |
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| NOT INCLUDED | Airfare Bike Rental |
Mountain Bike Guatemala
9 Day Enduro MTB Epic!
ITINERARY
| DAY | BRIEF | FEB | Hotel | |
| Saturday | Arrive in Guatemala | TRAVEL | 2/13 | Antigua |
| Sunday | Antigua Shuttle Day | Riding 1 | 2/14 | Antigua |
| Monday | Totonicapan – Culebra Quichélense | Riding 2 | 2/15 | Toto Mountain Cabin |
| Tues | Cantel / Xela Cerro Quemado | Riding 3 | 2/16 | Fuentes Georginas Hot Springs |
| Wends | La Infinita | Riding 4 | 2/17 | San Marcos la Laguna |
| Thurs | Lake Atitlán | Rest Day | 2/18 | Tzunana |
| Fri | Cerro Tecpán | Riding 5 | 2/19 | Antigua |
| Saturday | Agua Volcano | Riding 6 | 2/20 | Antigua |
| Sunday | Fly out | TRAVEL | 2/21 | N/A |
Sights on this tour
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 – Arrival – Guatemala City
Day 2 – Dos Aguacates -Antigua
| –2122m (-6,962ft) Decent | Hotel: Antigua |
Two shuttle-assisted descents on steep terrain below the massive volcanoes of Antigua.
Day 3 – Totonicapán and Culebra Quichélense
| -2,242m (-7,356ft) Descent | Hotel: Mountaintop Cabin |
Traverse unique 3300m alpine summit – drop down technical Mayan trails to Quiché. Lunch in family home. Ride through deep cypress forests. Mountain-top cabin and campfire overlooking Xela.
Day 4 – Cantel / Cerro Quemado
| -2230 m (-7,316ft) Descent | Hotel: Zunil Hotsprings |
Traverse unique 3300m alpine summit – drop down technical Mayan trails to Quiché. Lunch in family home. Ride through deep cypress forests. Mountain-top cabin and campfire overlooking Xela.
Day 5 – La Infinita
| -3,511m (-11,519ft) | Hotel: San Marcos L.L |
The biggest day of the trip – 2700m downhill on the backside of Lake Atitlán on trail through multiple climate zones
– 2hr 4×4 shuttle and finish in San Marcos la Laguna
Day 6 – Lake Atitlán (Rest Day
| Rest Day | Hotel: La Casa Del Mundo |
Kick back for a day at the world’s most beautiful lake at a unique boat-accessed hotel. Optional kayaking.
Day 7 – Highlands / Tecpán
| -1500 m (-4,921 ft) | Hotel: Tecpán Cabin |
(Half Day Riding) Boat to Panajachel in the morning – shuttle up to 3200m mountain-top forest passing a 19th century sawmill finish with a 600 year technical trail and descent to Tecpán.
Day 8 – Volcano Ride
| -2263m (-7,425 ft) Descent | Hotel: Antigua |
4am start – porters and mules will carry the bikes – 5 hour hike to the summit of the Agua Volcano at 3760m (12,337ft) Enjoy one of the longest technical descents in the country to the streets of Antigua Below.
Day 9 – Departure
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Additional information
| Nights in Hotel | 8 |
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| Shuttle Support | Yes |
| Riding Time | 6 Days |
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