BikeHike Adventures

Traveled with Bike Hike in August of 2017 to Cuba - taking a bike tour from Havana down to Trinidad. The communications up until the trip were great. The coordination on arrival into Havana were just as good. The tour guide was incredible and the route was great. If you're looking for high-end bikes and luxury accommodations, there are probably better options. But if you're looking for luxury you probably would be better served touring somewhere other than Cuba. For getting out and experiencing the culture, I couldn't recommend the folks at Bike Hike more highly.

Great guide, new equipment, wonderful trail

My family has traveled with BikeHike Adventures for 4 wonderful trips full of adventure and local culture, and I can’t offer enough accolades for the service and experience on each one!. 2013 was a customized trip to Costa Rica. A highlight of this trip was a two-day rafting experience on the Pacuare River. Our river guide, Juan Carlos, was the perfect blend of fun and caution as we went through class 3 and 4 rapids, enjoyed picnic lunches and jumped off some cliffs. We overnighted at El Nido del Tigre Camp, which was magnificent! Stilted tents and an open-air kitchen below a tree house with hammocks made for an excellent way to enjoy the rainforest. The outdoor showers were heavenly! We spent the next few days in the Arenal Volcano area where we biked, challenged ourselves with rappelling down waterfalls, ascending into the canopy to explore by zipline and swinging bridges, and soaked in natural hot springs. Our guide answered all of our questions, and practiced Spanish with my teenagers. We ended the trip with a few days at the beach. 2014, three daughters and I went to Belize where we spent 5 days horseback riding, kayaking, tubing through caves, rappelling into a 300-foot sinkhole and hiking out, exploring ancient Maya ruins and a Mayan cave that we hiked and swam through. Our accommodations at the Jungle Dome were clean and comfortable, with a pool and plenty of hammocks. Our hosts, Andy and Simone, provided delicious authentic meals. We finished our trip with a small plane flight to Placencia where we snorkeled and enjoyed the beach and beautiful water! 2016 was a 10-day, private trip with a daughter to Morocco. By now, Trish knew lots of the wow factors that we were looking for and created a perfect itinerary. Saaid, our guide, took great care of us, knew all of the best places that were often tucked away, and seemed to know everyone! We savored many tagine meals, biked through small towns in the High Atlas Mountains, stayed at beautiful riads, visited a women’s cooperative to see how argan oil is made, and witnessed and learned about tree-climbing goats and their importance to argan production! The highlight was arriving at our tented camp in Sahara for two nights, a dream come true! Dune walks, starry skies, campfires and drum circles were magical. Saaid made sure we safely arrived at our last stop, Essaouira and showed us around before leaving us on our own for two days. We enjoyed another Riad, experienced an authentic hammam experience at a local bathhouse, shopped in the maze-like souks, and watched the fishing boats unload their catch. Finally, back in Marrakech for one final day, watched the square come alive in the evening. We learned not to make eye contact with the snake charmers, lest we be draped with snake until we gave over some cash! BikeHike was a private custom trip to Cuba with one daughter, March 2108. We had just 6 days available, and I knew we wanted Trish to help plan this trip and provide a guide as she has lots of experience in Cuba. Trish created a perfect itinerary so that we got to spend time in Havana where our guide Willie, gave us a walking and biking tour and shared so much culture and history. We enjoyed a tour in a classic Cuban car. The Hotel de Charme was a beautiful casa particulare, which is a private home that welcomes tourists. Next, we headed to the small village of Vinales to bike and horseback ride to a tobacco farm where we learned how cigars are made, and even learned to smoke one! Finally, we boarded a boat and spent 2 days on the tiny island of Cayo Levisa. Trish and her staff helped us to pack in a lot in a short trip, and this allowed us to see different aspects of Cuba. All four trips were seamless, start to finish. Trish and her team made it all so easy and were always available for questions or to provide more details.

My "Great Costa Rica Challenge" trip with BikeHike was my first with them. They have a lot of experience doing this and it shows. Everything is well organized and the accommodations and restaurant stops were fun and interesting. Everyday was challenging yet fun. I traveled alone and enjoyed the camaraderie of other adventuresome bike enthusiasts. Our first rate guide and driver took care of most every need. I'd highly recommend this trip and BikeHike.

Our extended family of 7 recently toured Ecuador with BikeHike Adventures on their Andes to the Amazon trip (our first experience with BikeHike). It was an excellent way to experience the true beauty of the country and its people. Our trip was very well organized, and our guide, Jorgen, and drivers (Gustavo and Edwin) were both outstanding and fun. We covered a lot of ground from the mountains to the jungle, and the wide range of activities (biking, hiking, rafting, horseback riding) were very enjoyable. Food and accommodations were great. We'd wholeheartedly recommend this trip to both nature-loving and adventurous spirits, and we look forward to our next BikeHike adventure!

We recently returned from a BikeHike Active Indochina Adventure tour in Vietnam and Cambodia. The trip was great and I highly recommend it to anyone who is in reasonable physical condition. The itinerary was detailed, yet flexible on a daily basis as we explored and toured. Both our guides (Tam and Danny) were an encyclopedia of knowledge, friendly, helpful and made everything run smoothly. A trip to remember.

All we can say is… Book with this tour operator (and this trip!!) We have just returned from the Coast Rica Coast to Coast ...and yes it was strenuous, but the feeling of rounding the last bend in the river and seeing the crashing surf of the Caribbean absolutely makes it worth the sweat of getting there! Although we have experienced many great guides on other tours around the world,, Mike and Mau are exceptional. They kept us fed, motivated and safe while letting us tackle the challenges and wonders of the less visited areas of Costa Rica’s interior at whatever your personal pace dictated. Rather than a formal “tour” it felt more like old friends were showing us their favourite places. One could pay more, or less, for a similar trip, but the balance of quality of the experience to the price of this Bike/Hike tour cannot be beat!

We’ve been on several trips with BikeHike including Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Chile and Bolivia. We just recently completed a trip through Argentina that they custom built for us (see photos). It was an amazing trip! We were so impressed with how every detail was taken care of. We didn’t run into a single glitch, which is impressive in the times of COVID. We’ve always found BikeHike to be incredibly responsive and they adjust itineraries to match our desires. We look forward to booking more established and custom trips with them in the future!