What's Chilito Style?  You have to experience it to really understand.  Grooving along on fine backroads on a sturdy mountain bike is one of the best ways to find it.

November through March the arrival of Spring and Summer make for an excellent climate.  The perfect escape from the Northern Hemisphere winters.

Spring and Summer ride locations begin in the Norte Chico North from the Santiago and move South following the bubble, that seasonally perfect latitude in Chile and Argentina where you will find near perfect weather.  Our tour locations move organically from north to south in the summer, and then south to north in the fall and winter, tracking the perfect climate as it moves up and down the country.

 EVEN BETTER?  Lace the whole season together into a 35+ day backroads extravaganza!! You might get tired, but you won't get tired of Chile.

 We offer from 1 day to 15 day bike treks. We have set dates for some rides and also arrange custom trips for your group. We have a small group focus always, rarely more than 10 or 11 riders, though larger groups can be accommodated with special arrangements.

The famed La Bicicleta Verde city bike tour in Santiago will grace any trip that you do with us (providing  that you travel through Santiago on your way) giving you a two-wheeled historical and cultural perspective of the country and its people.

WHY WE LOVE CHILE FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE TOURING

Chile, in all of its myriad realities, is our beloved base of operations.  The country of Chile is an immense region that runs from from 18.5 degrees south Latitude to 56 degrees south Latitude.  On the East - West axis the country is narrow but contains the extremes of elevation from sea level to 22,000 feet.  Peru is to the North, Bolivia and Argentina to the East, the Pacific Ocean to the West, and the South Pole to...well to the south of course. 

We can find you a lovely climate zone on ANY given day of the year by moving our program locations to that perfect window of temperature and geography. Like an elevator that opens only for agreeable temps and interesting places, our trips will present Chile at only its most delicious attitude.

This bubble of fine weather moves up and down the whole southern cone of South America and our Bike Treks follow it where it leads us.  So keep tabs on our menu throughout the year as we follow the bubble. If you join the site's Social Network we will be able to keep you posted when new programs arise.  Otherwise, surf on by whenever; you will find that our programs change dramatically with the season.

The Southern Cone, or Cono Sur, is made up of both Chile and Argentina and tapers like a huge arrowhead pointing at the Antarctic continent.  From our base here in Chile we will be helping you explore this vast region and its neighbors Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina.  Don't forget about Easter Island, the bellybutton of planet Earth, also is Chilean territory and a fine cycling destination.

Our backroads bicycle treks take in the beauties and distinct cultures of the two main residents of the Cono Sur, Chile and Argentina.  Our principal trips feature these two countries famous wine regions and their temperate rainforests spangled with deep blue lakes and hot springs.

These trips wind you through quiet grape-growing countryside or the deep green temperate rainforest further south snuggled into the Andes.  We want your trip to South America to give you a regional perspective so you will find many of our trips introducing you to the wine valleys, Lakes Districts, the Araucaria forests, and Patagonia regions of both countries.

The Cycling:  We will travel a combination of smooth dirt roads, paved backroads, and gentle two-track. Elevation gain and loss on this trip follows a profile where 5% - 15% grades ease us into the cordillera of the Andes gaining elevation from 1500 feet to 6000 feet in Chile and then down to 3000 foot elevations on the Argentine side.  The roads are not heavily traveled and we plan to be at certain locations at certain days of the week and times of the year to avoid vehicles and crowds, for the most part.  We always provide you with 'rolling-enclosure' so that we have a vanguard rider and a rearguard vehicle notifying oncoming traffic of the cyclists.

Chile is the perfect country for Summit to Shore trips, with 3000+ km of Andean Cordillera mirroring an equal distance of wave-tossed Pacific coastline, and hundreds of peaks, dozens of passes and thousands of km of backroads.  We let the bubble of perfect weather tell us when and where.  There are three of these treks on the menu right now: the Elqui and Limarí valleys in Norte Chico, The Pucón to Valdivia slice and in the Fall and Spring from Sewell to Pichilemu. 

We often host cicletadas related to specific events.  In our bike trek menu lineup you will find opportunities to plug your bike trek into specific regional events and festivals (ferias costumbristas).  These events range from frivolous to top priority, and are all related to fun and exploration.  The top priority of Chile Bike Tours is the protection of Wild Patagonia and wild lands throughout the Andean Cordillera.  Travel with us to the Carretera Austral and find out why it is a landscape worth preserving and revering.

Maybe your tastes run more to the 'fundane' and our week-long  travesía through the bejeweled Lakes District to the Valdivian coast and the yearly Kunstmann Bierfest.  Our bike and wine trips are particularly interesting during the Vendimia Festivals of Santa Cruz and Mendoza in March each year. Keep an eye on the site or sign up for notices on more event-specific treks.