Bike Tour Patagonia Chile

6-Day Mountain Bike Tour - Patagonia

Explore and ride incredible tracks of the best mountain bike tour in the Chilean Patagonia. During this unique experience, you will discover the diverse landscapes of the area, in addition to riding the stunning off-the-beaten-paths located in the famous Torres del Paine National Park.

Patagonia MTB Tour Highlights

Visit Patagonia in Mountain Bike
Discover Torres del Paine National Park
Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument
Los Cuernos viewpoint
Savor Patagonian cuisine and enjoy a traditional Patagonian lamb Barbecue.
Punta Arenas city and Puerto Natales
Pehoe Lake and Laguna Azul
Visit typical Patagonian ranches

TOUR PRICE

USD $3.195 per person, based on double occupancy
Single Supplement: USD $640
Tour rate is based on a minimum of 4 people

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As member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association, we apply the Health and Safety Guidelines to all our tours. Read more about our COVID-19 protocols.

We are aware that planning ahead your next trip to Chile might be difficult in these extraordinary times. Rest assured, as we have updated our booking policies. This will allow you to purchase safely your next vacations. We have removed all non-refundable booking fees. All our rates have been locked-in until 2022. If you make a deposit and cannot travel, you can always use that money as credit with us and use it within the next 24 months.

DATES

We operate this tour upon request and according to availability, from November to April.

For private groups over 10 people, please send us your contact information by email to [email protected] and we’ll call you within the next 24 hours.

INCLUDED

Small groups with up to 8 guests maximum
Professional tour guide (6:1 guest-to-guide ratio) 
Private transportation with trailer & bicycle rack
01 night accommodation at a country house in Puerto Natales
02 nights’ accommodation in Riverside Camp
01 night accommodation at Tiny House in Laguna Amarga
01 night accommodation at a authentic Patagonian Ranch
Mountain Biking (5 bike rides)
Meals as per itinerary (5 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 5 dinners)
First glass of Chilean wine, beer or soft drink during our group dinners
Amity’s zero waste on-route snacks including: drinking water, local beer, isotonic drinks, trail-mix, fresh fruit and home-made energy bars
Medical and accident insurance
Basic bicycle parts (cable housing, spare tubes and tires)
Helmets, pedals and water bottles available upon request
Entrance fees to national park

NOT INCLUDED

International and local flights
Travel and trip cancellation insurance
Other bicycle parts and components (derailleur, crankset, fork, etc)
Extra beverages & cocktails
SPA and Laundry services
Bike rental available upon request: MTB Ebike Specialized Turbo Levo USD $900 for the whole tour. MTB standard hard-tail 27.5 USD$200 per tour.
Gratuities at restaurants and hotels
Gratuity for local team. At the end of the trip, gratuity for the crew for a job well done is highly appreciated. We encourage you to use your discretion and tip according to the caliber of service you receive. As a guideline, the industry standard is $80 dollars per person, per guide.

Itinerary

Before we kick off our mtb tour in Patagonia, you should take a day or two to adjust to local time and recover from your travels, and allow for any flight or luggage delays. You should fly into Punta Arenas airport (PUQ).

In Chile, domestic flights are operated by 3 local airline companies: Latam, Sky Airline and JetSmart.

We recommend staying at Hotel Diego de Almagro Punta Arenas in the city, which is well-located with lots of restaurants and other facilities just a short walk away.

Suggested Hotel in Punta Arenas:

Diego de Almagro Punta Arenas Hotel

Official Airport Transfer

The official shuttle company at Punta Arenas Airport is called TeleTrans.

All their shuttle services will drop you off at the hotel or address you are staying in Punta Arenas.

Our meeting hotel address is AVENIDA CRISTOBAL COLÓN 1290, PUNTA ARENAS.

On the first day of our mountain bike tour in Patagonia, our local team will meet you at Diego de Almagro Hotel in Punta Arenas at 9 am.

Afterwards, we’ll drive for approximately 3 hours to Puerto Natales city, located by a scenic fjord. Here, we will eat lunch at a traditional local restaurant.

After lunch, we’ll assemble our bikes and have a briefing session. Our team of local guides will tell you all about the adventure ahead and answer any questions you may have.

Later, we can go for a short easy ride around Puerto Natales before our welcome dinner in a local restaurant.

Accommodation: Estancia Puerto Bories

Meals: Lunch and welcome dinner

Time driving: 3 hours

After breakfast, we will ride our bikes from the hotel by a scenic route through the coast of Ultima Esperanza and Eberhard Fjords to Puerto Prat (founded in 1899). It is the most important settlement that existed in the early years of the German-British colonization in the Ultima Esperanza area before the foundation of Puerto Natales.

We will ride this pioneering route for 18,9 kilometers (11,7 miles). Then, we will continue to meet the main road to Torres del Paine National Park for 8,4 kilometers (5,2 miles) to reach Estancia Ernesto Helmer.

We’ll pedal a loop ride through an archeological route, passing by a look-out to Laguna Sofía. It is possible to appreciate ancient stalactites and stalagmites at La Ventana cave.

We will continue the route to Alero Dos Herraduras area, inserted in a centennial beech forest, to see ancient rock paintings of more than 11,500 years old.

Finally, we reach the natural monument Cueva del Milodón,
place where the remains of milodons, mammals and large herbivores that became extinct, probably in the late Pleistocene.

Accommodation: Serrano Riverside Camp

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner.

Distance Biking: 37 kilometers / 23 miles

Time driving: 1,5 hours

Today, we’ll ride in our vans towards Lake Pehoe. Before biking, we’ll go for a short hike (2-hours round trip) to Mirador los Cuernos for a magnificent view of the Paine Grande and Nordensjköld Lake. Later, we’ll embark on a catamaran for a 35-minutes navigation.

Upon arrival, we’ll start riding on a single track trough Las Carretas trail until we reach the park’s administration office. Then, we’ll continue straight to our Riverside Camp.

Accommodation: Serrano Riverside Camp

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Distance biking: 22 kilometers / 13,6 miles

Distance hiking: 6 kilometers / 3,7 miles

Time driving: 40 minutes

Time hiking: 2 hours

This morning, we’ll drive along the Paine River towards a lesser known trail head named Paso La Feria. Here we’ll take a single-track and start riding towards Estancia Laguna Amarga.

During the ride, we can contemplate the pampas, rivers and winding valleys of the national park around us. Finally, we will spend the night at the unique Tiny House accommodations with jaw dropping views of Mount Almirante Nieto and the Three Towers.

Accommodation: Tiny House

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Distance biking: 30 kilometers / 18,6 miles

Time driving: 15 minutes

After breakfast, we take a 30-min transfer to Laguna Azul. We will start riding towards Cañadón Macho (horse-shoe shape ride), located on the border of Torres del Paine National Park.

This is an area abundant in wildlife where we will be able to watch out for guanacos, foxes, coots, swans, ducks and woodpeckers. Moreover, the lagoon offers a great view of the three Towers.

After this great biking experience, we’ll go towards Estancia Tres pasos, a typical Patagonian ranch, called Estancia Tres Pasos where we enjoy a traditional Patagonian lamb Barbecue.

This beautiful Estancia was the inspiration for “Desolation” book by the greatest Chilean writer and Nobel Prize winner, Gabriela Mistral.

Accommodation: Estancia Tres Pasos

Meals: Breakfast, box lunch and farewell dinner

Distance biking: 18 kilometers / 11 miles

Time driving: 1,5 hour approximately

Difficulty

Intermediate: You’re active on your days off, and recreational biking may even be your weekend sport of choice. You love to ride, and it shows in your endurance and strength.

Our intermediate bike tours offer a steady but active pace (between 3 to 5 hours), with opportunities to push yourself. Expect some challenging climbs, with great descents over rolling terrain.

Average distance per day: 20-30 miles / 30-50 km.

Bike Rental

In Patagonia we have two MTB models available.

Standard hard-tail 27.5 MTB
E-bike Specialized Turbo Levo MTB

Helmets & Pedals

Most riders choose to bring their own helmets, but if you prefer, we have a small number of helmets available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Please let us know in advance if you’d like to use one.

All our bikes are equipped with wellgo platform pedals. We will be happy to substitute any pedals you choose to bring.

Safety

Chile is by far one of the safest countries in South America in terms of public health and crime.

We are proud to affirm that our police is one of the least corrupt in the world; they are always friendly and helpful.

Road Safety

Besides your own on-road safety gear (helmet, rear view mirrors, bright colored jerseys and gloves), we provide a support vehicle that drives at the rear of the group with a road-sign alerting other drivers the presence of bike riders on the road.

Drivers in Chile are used to bicycles on the road, so they shouldn’t bother you while riding. All our staff communicates by radio at all times.

Bicycle choice

If you bring your own bike, make sure you bring enough bike parts.

Pack your bike well in a bike box that we can easily dismantle for its transportation during the tour.

Weather notes

We suggest visiting the web for current conditions in Chile and doing your own research on this topic. www.meteochile.cl/ or www.accuweather.com

The vast unbroken stretch of ocean to the west and south of the South American continent leaves the Patagonian Andes very exposed to the saturated winds that circle the Antarctic landmass. Also, the influence from the strong marine currents and Southern Patagonian Ice field make the weather hard to predict.

In Torres del Paine, in spring or early summer, fine weather may deteriorate almost without warning, bringing rains and eventually snow. Even in summer (December to march) you should come prepared to find cold, strong winds (up to 130 km/hr) and rainfalls.

The summer’s average temperature is 11ºC / 52ºF (24ºC max, 2ºC min). Rest assured, however, that just as quickly as the weather turns nasty, it can become pleasantly warm!

Night-time temperatures will most likely range from –1°C to -5°C (30s and 40s F) depending on the weather.