One of the America’s best kept secrets: Guatemala is a mountain bike paradise home to incredible terrain, climate and culture. This jam-packed enduro itinerary links together the biggest descents and most scenic trails in the country. We have hand-picked the best downhills that connect the highlands in 9 epic days of epic enduro riding.
This is our biggest, baddest enduro mountain bike multi-day tour of the year averaging over 2000m of descent a day. Get on the bus!
Highlights
Connect the best downhill singletrack in the country with a unique point-to point route
7 Days of Shuttle Assisted riding averaging over 6,000ft of downhills a day
8 Nights in excellent hotels
See Lake AtitlƔn for the first time from the saddle of your bike
Finish with an epic 2800m descent on the active Pacaya Volcano
8 Nights
2 Travel Days
7 Riding Days
2 Rest Days
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 gravity focused route connects the chain of Guatemalaās highest volcanoes crossing through several distinct regions before finishing with an epic freeride on the active Pacaya Volcano.
ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE
Guatemala City International Airport Please schedule your flight dates for at least 24hrs before and after your tour.
What’s Included
Airport Pickup and Dropoff
Most Meals
Accommodations
Private shuttle and driver
Bi-Lingual Mountain Bike Guides with international certification
Fruits, Snacks Filtered Water
Park Entrances
4×4 Vehicle Support
Mechanical assistance
Access to pro tool kit.
Picnic Lunches
First-aid kit, two way radio Communication, Satellite locator
Parcialidad Vasquez Otzāiles The Communal Forest of TotonicapĆ”n represents the largest and most well-preserved coniferous forest in all of Central America.
Welcome to Guatemala! We will meet you at the airport where our private transportation will take you to nearby Antigua, about an hours drive. We’ll check you into your hotel and meet you for a group dinner where we will meet and discuss the rest of the week.
UNESCO world heritage site, Antigua is the former Spanish colonial capital of Central America. Throughout its 500 year history the city has been wrecked several times by earthquakes, and is an open-air museum of Spanish colonial architecture, cathedrals, parks and ruins. The city is a major tourism destination and is home to the best restaurants and luxury hotels in the country.
Shuttle to 3200m – 1000m decent through virgin cypress forest on technical footpaths. Shuttle #2 to Cerro Quemado Mayan Sacred Site drop through steep mountain top flower plantations – finish at volcanic hot springs.
Fuentes Georginas
Natural hot springs on the flanks of the Zunil Volcano in Quetzaltenango framed by a steep, high wall of tropical vines, ferns and flowers. The setting is intensely tropical, an elevation (2550m) and keeps the air cool.
(Half Day Riding) Boat to Panajachel in the morning ā shuttle up to 3200m mountain-top forest passing a 19th century sawmill finish with a 600 year technical trail and descent to TecpĆ”n.
We are proud to have received over 300 Five star reviews! Here are a few:
Absolutely superb. The guide listened to my needs and tailored a trail for my skill and fitness levels. If I had more time in Antigua I would definitely book one of the other trails.
Highly recommend.
Jonathan December 4, 2018
MTB Guatemala is the shop in Antigua for a unique mountain bike adventure. Brendan and the squad have an impressive depth of knowledge when it comes to the abundant trails in Guatemala. Top that off with dialed-in logistics and authentic experiences in the many remote villages that you'd never otherwise... read more see. Together these elements created the highlight of our trip to Guatemala!
Thanks for the good times and one of the best days of my life!
Blake January 28, 2019
Brendan James is an experienced mountain bike guide with a wealth of knowledge of trails, Guatemalan culture, and a great personality to boot. You will NOT be disappointed or bored on one of his tours. MTB Guatemala is a great place to get more information on mountain biking... read more in the area whether you're a new rider or an experienced one and meet local riders and truly get immersed in the growing and awesome mountain bike community.
Sydney November 5, 2019
MTB Guatemala is an incredible team of skilled cyclists and tour guides. I highly recommend them. My husband and I are both road cyclists that wanted to experience biking trough Antigua area on bikes. We don't have much experience mountain biking and Brandon and his team were... read more very patient in teaching us the techniques and we felt very successful and got to enjoy riding bikes on trails, single track, up hill, down hill... and got to learn about Guatemala's culture with talking to locals. We cannot wait to come back and enjoy anther MTB Guatemala experience! We enjoyed the Tierra de Lujo and would highly recommend it to get a taste of Mountain Biking and learning from a pro cyclist himself, the owner of the business Brandon. We were very impressed with him and his team.
Esther August 6, 2021
Just had the most amazing day with MTB Guatemala. I am an ex-pat and I live in Antigua Guatemala and have explored the fantastic trails around Antigua quite a bit on my mountain bike but I wanted to explore Tecpan which is just one hour from Antigua. So I book... read more a Full day tour for myself and my friend and wow what a great day we had. It was superb and I cannot wait to book my next trip with them. Everything was perfect Thank you MTB Guate,
fiona February 18, 2022
My daughter and I enjoyed an action-packed 2-day tour in mid-June in the Atitlan/Tecpan/Chimaltenango triangle and lucked out with no rain during our tour. Brendan had custom-designed our time to maximize the riding and the views. He is really knowledgeable on the region and the terrain, and made sure we... read more hit multiple viewpoints and cultural interest points along the way. Seeing the indigenous pueblos and farms made all the climbing worthwhile. It absolutely wouldnāt have been possible to see what we did by just driving around. It was a great combination of a cardio workout, appropriate technical level and colorful culture. The bikes and the crew were top-notch and took good care of us, and the photos we received afterwards brought back lots of great moments from the ride. Highly recommend!
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