Day 1: Welcome & Ride
Our adventure begins early at the airport of Cusco, where your MTB guide is going to welcome you and help you to put your bike and luggage in the car. Then we drive to the hotel where you can get comfortable while we build your bike up and get ready to start this great MTB ADVENTURE. Once everyone is ready, we will go to a nice restaurant to enjoy a delicious welcome lunch and talk in-depth about our MOUNTAIN BIKE TOUR. After lunch, we will go to the outskirts of the city to ride and taste some MTB trails such as BROGGI DH, YUNCAYPATA DH, and HUAYLLARCITO. These are the CUSCO MOUNTAIN BIKE trails where all riders from Cusco and Peru train very often in order to polish their MTB skills. These trails are very flowy and technical, have ramps, drops, berms, thigh curves, forests and much more. On our way back to the city, we will ride a very cool urban section going through the streets of San Blas until we reach the main plaza of Cusco. These trails will give us an idea of ​​the amazing MOUNTAIN BIKE ADVENTURE that awaits us.

• Duration: 4 hours – shuttle time 1.5 hours – riding time 2.5 hrs
• Difficulty:   intermediate
• Maximum altitude: 3775m – 12457 ft
• Minimum altitude: 3400 m – 11220 ft
• Up: 20 m (66 ft) – Down: 375 m (1237 ft)
• Distance: 18 km – 11.25ml

Day 2: Cusco Epic MTB Trails

Today we have to reach the top of the Andes and cross very high mountains. After a delicious breakfast, we get the bikes ready and head to the southern mountains of Cusco which have amazing trails that start around 4,000 m 13,200 ft, and descend through amazing MTB trails where you can test the MTBiker inside you. This great day we will ride the single tracks of HUACOTO, THE SHEPERD and THE WIZARD. All these courses are further away to the south and are the best that the city offers. All of these are longer, very flowy and more demanding. Along the trails, we will find ramps, berms, drops, rock gardens, roots, woods, very steep sections and everything a rider is looking for to enjoy a great day of MOUNTAIN BIKING with the crew. After the first MTB session, we will enjoy a delicious and comforting lunch outdoors and thus regain energy and the desire to ride again through these amazing MTB trails that have everything. At the end of the day we will return to the hotel in Cusco to enjoy a free afternoon for exploring the city.

• Duration: 7 hours – shuttle time 3.5 hours – riding time 3.5 hrs
• Difficulty:   Intermediate – Advance
• Maximum altitude: 4376 m – 14440 ft
• Minimum altitude:  3240 m – 10692 ft
• Up:   20 m (66 ft) – Down: 1136 m (3749 ft)
• Distance: 32 km – 20 ml

Day 3: SacreDH Valley – Lares MTBing

Today it is time to ride through the ancient MTB trails around the SACREDH VALLEY of the Incas. This day we leave Cusco and stay in Ollantaytambo, a very beautiful place in the SACREDH VALLEY consider the last inca living town. Once we put everything in the car, we will head to our first MTB ride at the POTATO PARK located in Pisac, from where we can enjoy a very nice ride that passes through different Andean farming communities. We can also observe the archaeological site of Pisac with its incredible system of terraces on the slopes of the mountains. At the end of the descent we can visit the artisan market of Pisac and then go to another point of the SACREDH VALLEY to enjoy another unique and very fluid single track known as LAMAY. This track begins on the shores of a sacred lagoon in the top of the Andes and ends in the town of Lamay, a place where you can taste or try the delicious guinea pig that is typical of the area. After lunch we will go to another mountain top of the Andes, above 4,400 m 14,520 ft, to ride down one of the most amazing MTB trails in the SACREDH VALLEY, the LARES MTBing. This trail is very fluid and has everything, riding on an old Incan trail that pass through nice canyons until we reach the town of Calca, where our epic day of MOUNTAIN BIKE ends. Then we drive to our final destination in Ollantaytambo, stopping at our favorite place to enjoy some craft beers and celebrate for another epic MTB day.

• Duration: 8 hours – shuttle time 3.5 hours – riding time 4.5 hrs
• Difficulty:   intermediate -Advance
• Maximum altitude: 4445m – 14668 ft
• Minimum altitude: 2924 m – 9649 ft
• Up: 10 m (33 ft) – Down: 1234 m (4072 ft)
• Distance: 54.8 km – 34.25ml

Day 4: The SacreDH Valley – Inca Avanlanche DH

Waking up in this part of the SACREDH VALLEY is something unique and indescribable, especially since we will be MOUNTAIN BIKING in amazing trails located around this great place. Today we will ride the renowned INCA AVALANCHE, which is the home of the most awaited DH race by hundreds of local and international riders who come together every year to be part of this epic MOUNTAIN BIKING festival. The INCA AVALANCHE begins above 4,300 m 14,190 ft, near the top of the Veronica snowcapped mountain and flows until it reaches the vicinity of MACHUPICCHU, riding down a MOUNTAIN BIKE trail that has small ramps, natural wallrides, passing around shepherd communities, Incan archeological sites, and especially a lot of adrenaline. We will ride this trail twice and then return to Ollantaytambo to enjoy a hearty lunch and some local drinks.

In the afternoon we go to another point to ride another outstanding MTB trail that begins in the archaeological site of PUMAMARKA. This trail is a mix of green terrain with rocks and flows through an ancient Incan road that takes us through unique places passing slopes full of Incan platforms, small streams and some Andean communities until we reach OLLANTAYTAMBO. We will be riding through its beautiful narrow streets with water channels running next to the walls all the way down to the plaza where we can enjoy a few beers with unique sunset in such a beautiful place.

• Duration: 7 hours – shuttle time 3.5 hours – riding time 3.5 hrs
• Difficulty:   intermediate – advance
• Maximum altitude: 4316m – 15243 ft
• Minimum altitude: 2792 m – 9214 ft
• Up: 10 m (33 ft) – Down: 1524 m (5029 ft)
• Distance: 36.4 km – 22.72 ml

Day 5:  Machupicchu

The most awaited day of our MOUNTAIN BIKE TRIP TO CUSCO! Today is one of those once-in-a-lifetime day because we will explore the sacred citadel of MACHUPICCHU. Early in the morning we head to OLLANTAYTAMBO train station to board the train that will take us through a magical place that connects the mountains with the high jungle, the train passes through changing ecosystems and varied landscapes. After almost 2 hours of travel, we will reach Aguas Calientes town, where we will take the bus towards MACHUPICCHU with a journey of approximately 30 min. Once in MACHUPICCHU we will have a guided tour by an expert and thus learn more about this ancient culture. We will explore the entire citadel for approximately 3 to 4 hours in which we can take a short hike that will take us to the Inca bridge along a spectacular path. We leave the Inca bridge and return to make a complete tour visiting sacred temples, royal houses, main squares and all the important places that this sacred citadel has. After an amazing tour from corner to corner, it is time to say goodbye to this wonderful place and return to Aguas Calientes to catch the train that will take us back to Ollantaytambo, and then a bus back to CUSCO.

At night we will gather to celebrate the incredible days we spent riding a bike in the Peruvian Andes.

NOTE:

If you wish to take the optional hike to the WAYNAPICCHU mountain, please let us know months in advance to find you a ticket for this great hike which is a challenge as it requires great physical effort and no fear of heights to conquer the top.

• Maximum altitude: 2400 m – 7920 ft
• Minimum altitude: 2000 m – 6600 ft

Day 6: Departure Day
We know that travel is often more than just MOUNTAIN BIKING ADVENTURES and that many travelers want to extend their trip within Peru. In order to know the cultural, historical and gastronomic wealth that we have to offer, we are happy to assist you in your future plans. Just let us know what works best for you. However, if your plan is to go directly to the airport, don’t worry we will take care of it.

Good vibes shredders.