“Extreme Biking Tour in Cuba”

“Extreme Biking Tour in Cuba”

All over the world there are more and more people that love to discover new places using just bicycles. People strong enough to do more than 60 km per day even in hilly routs. This section, is designed for them.

We provides some tours focus in adventurous spirits with the courage to explore Cuba on a bicycle. The hot weather of this Caribbean Island and the hills on it, made the journeys very dificult, but the reward to see the real authenticity of the country and the unthinkable landscape that make you wonder if is it really truth what your eyes see. Is certainly worth it.

The extreme biking trips are offered in 2 diferent options.

Go with a support car:

This is the recommended option to do it. You will go cycling accompanied all the time for the tour guide and a car. The work of this car is carry the luggage and assist you whenever be needed. If someone gets tired or if is to hot to biking or in case of accidents, you can go inside the car and put the bicycles in the car trailer. This options is more expensive, but also the more safe.

Go alone:

This is only ment for young and strong persons. It will be carrying just the very basic in a backpack like water, sun protection, and some basic clothes. You will go just with the tour guide who knows the way and carry some tools to fix the bicycles if it is required Going solo means no support car to help you in case is needed.

Before decide to sign up for this tour you have to ask yourself if you can manage more than 5 hours pedaling keeping at least a minimum speed of 20 km/h in flat road. If the answers is no. the only way you can do this, is with the support car to use it when you need it

Biking Tour from Havana to Viñales

Description:

This tour is for physically strong people that enjoy cycling a lot. Starting from Havana to finally reach Viñales after 210 km and 3 days of pedaling. A taxi will pick the adventurers who want to join this trip, in their address in Havana at 7:00 am, driving them outside of the city traffic to start the biking. The same taxi, will be responsable for take the luggage safely to Viñales accommodation, to avoid the need of carrying it during the journey. You will only be taking an small backpack with the most important things like water, sun protection, some cloth, etc.

The first day start some kilometers after Santa Fe in Havana, using the north road that leads to Mariel town. Even when is a highway, the traffic is considerable low, which let you enjoy the see smell, the panoramic view of the Cuban coast and some small beaches like Baracoa. After Mariel the trip follow the national highway for a very short time to go off road in direction to Las Terrazas, for the first break after 60 km.

The visit to the small community of Las Terrazas is definitely enjoyable, the balance created with the mountains and the San Juan lake give the impression of be in a natural paradise. The opportunity here for lunch and refresh in the river present by itself, that is why we take it, to rest a few hours until the temperature comes down, exactly two and a half hours before sunset, Cuba is a hot country. With renewed energies provided for a good lunch and a nice river, the adventure continues to Soroa for the last 21 km of the day. This last part won’t be easy, there are some hills between those 2 places quite difficult that will hardly let you go above 6 km/h. Before go to sleep, once in Soroa could be visited the orchids garden, depending how late you be there and definitely the waterfall.

The second day is probably the most beautiful, go from Soroa to San Diego de los Baños to a road called for the people in the west of Cuba “El Plan Montaña”. This will be a very unpopulated and wonderful trip. It goes through the heard of the range of el Rosario mountain and valleys both sides of a very well maintained street and not even a single car passing by. This will be the scenario until a little village called Fierro , from where start to descend for a long way until the central street and finally San Diego de los Baños about 70 km later, once here check in the your Casa Particular to spend the night.

The last day from San Diego to Viñales is the most difficult one, 58 km in total with lot of strong hills. That is also the most beautiful part of the whole trip. First there will be the visit to Los Portales cave where western army of Cuba leaded for Che Guevara created the headquarters during the missiles crisis in October 1962. This educational visit won’t take long, just the enough to relax the legs a little bit, before continue to Resvaloso river. The lunch will take place in a the small restaurant next to the river, usually empty for been away from everything but the food is great and the beers just beautiful. The refreshing swimming in the river will be appreciated for the body. And again a couple of hours before the sunset continues the last 18 km to Viñales, where we recommend to stay for at least 2 nights do some others activities.

Difficulty degree: Hard.

Distance to cover by bike: 210 kms approximately.

Duration approximate of the tour(total): 3 days - 2 nights.

Places for sleep in: Soroa, San Diego de los Baños and Viñales.

Visited places in the tour: Las Terrazas, Soroa, La Güira National Park, Los Portales cave, Resvaloso river & Viñales.

The price includes: Specialized tour guide service, bicycles, accommodation in B&B, breakfast, dinner, big luggage transportation Havana-Viñales.

Minimum person required in the tour: 2 pax.

Maximum person allowed in the tour: 8 pax.

Note: Some of the visited places require a extra payment charge; Las Terrazas, National Park La Guira, and cave Los Portales (price is between 2 to 7 cuc per person).