Top Trips for Exploring by Bike

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Gethin Morgan

Content and CRM Executive

Book it and bike it – a helmet, a water bottle and a sense of adventure are all you need for these cycle-friendly adventures.

Swapping two feet for two wheels is a great way to discover a place, allowing you to see more of your destination, and offering a great sense of achievement when you stop at a scenic viewpoint for a water break. From the valleys of Southern Italy to the wilds of South Africa, these trips will have you strapping on a helmet and pedalling through the coolest sites on the planet

Tourists ride bicycles along the Waterfalls Road over the precipice of a canyon in Ecuador

Adventurous Ecuador

Before your calves cry out in protest, assure them you won’t be cycling all the way from the Andes to the Amazon. This awesome discovery tour of Ecuador features an adventurous bike ride on the Baños Waterfall Route, offering you a trio of cascading rest stops that give new meaning to the term “water break”. These rivers run all the way to the Amazon, but you won’t have to run – or cycle – for that matter. Whitewater rafting on the Jatunyacu River sees you paddling down the main tributary.

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Next available from 27th Jul 2024

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Quito, Ecuador

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ENDS AT

Quito, Ecuador

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

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STYLE

Discovery

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Seductive Southern Italy

This 10-day trip gives you the time needed to fully embrace the south of Italy – renowned for its relaxed pace of life and phenomenal cuisine. Sample the best street food of your life in Naples, bake (and promptly devour) Altamura bread in an artisan bakery, and savour seafood lunches in top-notch Puglian restaurants. It’s just as well there’s an e-bike tour of the Itria Valley to keep that caloric ratio in your favour – the dreamy patchwork of olive groves and vineyards make for quite the backdrop.

From US$2623

Next available from 27th Apr 2024

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Naples, Italy

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ENDS AT

Lecce, Italy

DURATION

10

GROUP SIZE

14

PHYSICAL RATING

Easy

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STYLE

Discovery

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Atlantic Azores

This Portuguese archipelago is one big playground for adventure lovers, and our six-day trip will have you exploring the main island of São Miguel by boat, kayak and bike, as well as on foot. You’ll hike around Furnas Lake, abseil down a waterfall and soak in natural hot springs, but your favourite part of the island is bound to be Sete Cidades – two shimmering volcanic crater lakes surrounded by Japanese cedar, laurel and juniper forests. You’ll get the opportunity to cycle around the lakes, before swapping your bike for a kayak and exploring the crater for yourself.

From US$1928

Next available from 28th Apr 2024

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Ponta Delgada, Portugal

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ENDS AT

Ponta Delgada, Portugal

DURATION

6

GROUP SIZE

8

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

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STYLE

Discovery

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This is an updated version of an article originally contributed to by Emma Gibbins, Nick Dauk and Maja Proescholdt.

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