Mexico Mountain Bike Tours

TOUR 1: COPPER CANYON
TOUR 2: BAJA CALIFORNIA

MOUNTAIN BIKE TOUR TO COPPER CANYON, MEXICO

Itinerary

DAY 1: We will leave El Paso, Texas at 8:00 a.m. and drive deep into the Sierra de Tarahumara. We will arrive in Creel, "The Gateway to Copper Canyon", in the early evening, relax over a nice dinner and take in the atmosphere in this "Wild West" town.

DAY 2: We get on our mountain bikes and explore the breath-taking countryside on the rim of Copper Canyon. Highlights include beautiful waterfalls, Tarahumara Indians, Tarahumara cave homes, Spanish missions, and hot springs.

DAY 3: Today we begin the 7000 ft. descent down into Copper Canyon (bigger and deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona). Words cannot begin to describe the awesome mountain biking down to the small village of La Bufa where we will spend the night perched on the side of the canyon walls at a beautiful hacienda Casa La Cancha.

DAY 4: After exploring some of the hiking trails around La Bufa, we will continue mountain biking deeper into the canyon and reach our destination in historic and tranquil Batopilas. This beautiful town of about 800 people at the very bottom of the canyon brings new meaning to the term remote. The "road" to Batopilas has been described as the most beautiful in North America.

DAY 5: Today we have a short, spectacular ride to the "Lost Mission of Satevo." It was built at the bottom of the canyon approximately 400 years ago by the Jesuits, but no one knows for sure the exact date or why it was built. From here you can either explore more of the trails on the canyon floor or just spend the afternoon relaxing in one of the many clear pools in the Rio Batopilas.

DAY 6: Today we mountain bike to the very remote village of Cerro Colorado. This ride is usually everyone's favorite of the mountain bike tour. Highlights include incredible single track, multiple river crossings, breathtaking canyon scenery and cold gatorade.

DAY 7: Today we return to Creel. The people who want the hardest ride of the trip can attempt to mountain bike out of the canyon (or at least part of the way). Very few people make it all the way out...Tonight we'll spend the night at a beautiful hotel in Cuatemoc.

DAY 8: Invigorated & content, we return to El Paso by early afternoon.

A mountain bike tour through this majestic region of Copper Canyon is an adventure back in time (not to mention some of the best mountain biking on the planet).

 

MOUNTAIN BIKE TOUR TO BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Itinerary

DAY 1: We will leave San Diego in the morning and drive to Guerrero Negro, Mexico. Here we will spend the night in a nice hotel in this lively and friendly town on the Baja peninsula.

DAY 2: Today we will mountain bike on salt-hardened dirt tracks out to Scammons Lagoon in the Parque Natural de la Ballena Gris. This very secluded area is one of the major breeding grounds for the California Grey Whale.

DAY 3: Today our mountain bike tour will take us from the remote town of El Arco and head east over the mountains. The desert scenery is spectacular and in sharp contrast with the ocean areas we just came from. Tonight we'll spend our first night camping in the desert.

DAY 4: Today we begin another day in the desert (one of the most beautiful and surreal places you'll ever see)! During this ride we will visit ancient Indian cave paintings and end the day in a fishing village on the Sea of Cortez where we will stay in Palapas on the white sandy beach.

DAY 5: Today we will bike along the "road" that heads north up the Sea of Cortez. We'll spend the night in Playa San Rafael camping on a deserted beach.

DAY 6: After a long journey we will arrive in the thriving metropolis (about 600 people) of Bahia de Los Angeles where we'll spend the next couple of days on the beach at the wonderful Camp Gecko. When we first mapped out this tour it took a month to drag ourselves away from this place...If there is any time left in the day we can take an evening Sea Kayak ride out into the calm waters. Here we will spend the night in Palapas on the beach.

DAY 7: Today is the reward for many hard days of mountain biking. We'll spend much of the day on Abraham's boat exploring the surrounding islands and bays, fishing and crabbing as we go. Bahia de Los Angeles has one of the richest marine faunas in the world! Sea creatures include dolphins, whales, whale sharks, manta rays, sea lions, turtles, and much more! We'll also have time to take the kayaks out into the bay and see the sea life close-up. At night we'll have a clambake on the beach with clams and crabs that we catch ourselves!

DAY 8: Exhausted and happy we'll return to San Diego by early evening!

Remote and rugged Baja California is located in Mexico South of San Diego, CA. With remote beaches, dramatic mountains, crystalline waters, surreal deserts, and one of the richest marine faunas on the planet. From mountain biking, sea kayaking and whale watching along the long, unspoiled coastline, this 700 mile long peninsula of Baja Mexico is a mountain bike and adventure travel paradise!