Mountain biking day at Los Nevados

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1

  Ascent to Los Nevados and descent to Manizales.

  Your guide will pick you up early in Manizales with your motorcycles loaded on the back of a 4x4 jeep. You will travel through picturesque mountain roads and stop for breakfast at a restaurant with a view. After breakfast, you will continue to Los Nevados National Park and unload your bikes at 2130 meters above sea level. The first part of your journey will take place on a paved road, a good place to get familiar with your bike and warm up your legs. Most of the route is downhill, with a short uphill section. You will ride on the pavement for only a few minutes before taking a dirt road. This is where the fun begins. From there, it's downhill on dirt paths and unpaved roads for the next four hours. You will cross a páramo at higher elevations. As you descend, the wide open páramo gives way to dense cloud forest and you will ride with trees surrounding you on both sides of the trail. You will have lunch at Termales del Ruiz, where you can bathe in a pool fed by a natural hot spring. After a long descent, you will leave the park and return to the pavement. You will pedal on a rolling country road with breathtaking views of the hills and farms. After about 5 hours of cycling, you will arrive in Manizales. One last surprise awaits you: a cable car ride offering a stunning view of the city and taking you to a high point near the bike garage. After dropping off your bikes, your guide will take you back to Manizales.