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Choose between world-class mountain biking trails in Cusco and the Sacred Valley.
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Cusco’s Andean countryside the best way — on a mountain bike! Haku Expeditions’ Cusco-based, locally guided mountain biking day trips are suited to the needs and ability levels of each guest; after filling out a form and chatting with us about your experience level, we’ll use our expansive knowledge of Cusco mountain bike trails to tailor a perfect MTB adventure for you. We offer both half-day mountain bike tours and day trips in Cusco and the surrounding areas, which boast some of the best MTB day trip options in South America.
Depending on the trail, you can expect challenging, downhill mountain biking on singletrack that weaves through herds of llamas and ancient ruins. Many of the Cusco mountain biking trails were once Incan footpaths, so not only will you get to experience the unique, breathtaking beauty of the Andean countryside and its world-class, adrenaline-pumping mountain biking, but you’ll also feel like you’re riding through ancient history in the footprints of one of one of the oldest human civilizations on the planet.
If you are looking for something exciting but not so as gnarly as our singletrack options, check out our Inca Legends Cusco day trip!
Tour Dates
Dates for our Cusco Mountain Biking Day Trips:
Lares is located in the Sacred Valley of the Inca, and it’s one of Haku’s favorite mountain biking trails in the Cusco area. The shuttle ride is about 1.5 hours to the trailhead. On our way we often stop at the Calca market to pick up bread and fruit for the local kids of the high Andean pueblos. This mtb trail is littered with alpacas and llamas. It also happens to be an ancient old Inca Trail. We will do a minimal amount of pedaling as this is almost all downhill mountain biking. Our Peru mountain bike tour will take you down more than 4000 ft of descent! This trail has everything from rock gardens to Incan stair sets with switchbacks and even what we call Inca flow. Inca flow is a short section of flow combined with quick tech sections!
Ability level: Intermediate tech
Intermediate riders will find this trail challenging and may have to walk some sections where intermediate tech riders will enjoy each new tech section thrown at them. Advanced riders will be able to find all kinds of natural hits to play on, such as wall rides, little jibs and small drops. This trail is not for beginners.
Type of Trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 1.5 hours from Cusco.
Lares Inca trail ride data:
Lares is located in the Sacred Valley of the Inca, and it’s one of Haku’s favorite mountain biking trails in the Cusco area. The shuttle ride is about 1.5 hours to the trailhead. On our way we often stop at the Calca market to pick up bread and fruit for the local kids of the high Andean pueblos. This mtb trail is littered with alpacas and llamas. It also happens to be an ancient old Inca Trail. We will do a minimal amount of pedaling as this is almost all downhill mountain biking. Our Peru mountain bike tour will take you down more than 4000 ft of descent! This trail has everything from rock gardens to Incan stair sets with switchbacks and even what we call Inca flow. Inca flow is a short section of flow combined with quick tech sections!
Ability level: Intermediate tech
Intermediate riders will find this trail challenging and may have to walk some sections where intermediate tech riders will enjoy each new tech section thrown at them. Advanced riders will be able to find all kinds of natural hits to play on, such as wall rides, little jibs and small drops. This trail is not for beginners.
Type of Trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 1.5 hours from Cusco.
Lares Inca trail ride data:
The Valley of Lamay is a mountain biker’s paradise, filled with tons of incredible, world-class Peruvian MTB trails. Our local guides will lead you through high alpine trails at over 4000 m/13,000 ft of elevation! You will be challenged with rock gardens, loose rock and chunky stair sets. But don’t worry — there’s definitely some Inca flow here on this epic mountain biking trip outside of Cusco.
We often ride this trail after Lares as our second trail. This trail is 45 minutes away from the Lares Inca Trail ride.
Ability level: Intermediate tech/Advanced.
For those of you with intermediate MTB skills, we can ride Lares first as a trial run before Lamay. This trail isn’t for beginners!
Type of trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 1.5 hours from Cusco.
Lamay trail ride data:
The Valley of Lamay is a mountain biker’s paradise, filled with tons of incredible, world-class Peruvian MTB trails. Our local guides will lead you through high alpine trails at over 4000 m/13,000 ft of elevation! You will be challenged with rock gardens, loose rock and chunky stair sets. But don’t worry — there’s definitely some Inca flow here on this epic mountain biking trip outside of Cusco.
We often ride this trail after Lares as our second trail. This trail is 45 minutes away from the Lares Inca Trail ride.
Ability level: Intermediate tech/Advanced.
For those of you with intermediate MTB skills, we can ride Lares first as a trial run before Lamay. This trail isn’t for beginners!
Type of trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 1.5 hours from Cusco.
Lamay trail ride data:
The Radar mountain biking trail in the South Valley of Cusco is a Haku Expeditions original! Haku owners Bill and Nic were actually the first to lay mountain biking tracks on the bottom half of Radar, and from the moment they did it, they knew they’d have to find a way to share this incredible bike tour with other mountain bikers. Now, it’s one of the crown jewels of the Cusco mountain biking community. You’ll ride along a breathtaking, towering ridge at over 14,000 ft/4,468m before dropping into the South Valley on 11 miles/18 km of high-speed Inca flow singletrack.
Ability level: Intermediate tech/Advanced.
This trail is filled with flow but has some pretty tricky tech sections. If you are unsure of your tech abilities and would like to ride Radar, it is best we get you out mountain biking before trying this challenging MTB trail. If you are confident riding almost any style of terrain, let us know so we can get you out on this amazing 18 km singletrack.
Type of Trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 2 hours from Cusco
Radar trail ride data:
The Radar mountain biking trail in the South Valley of Cusco is a Haku Expeditions original! Haku owners Bill and Nic were actually the first to lay mountain biking tracks on the bottom half of Radar, and from the moment they did it, they knew they’d have to find a way to share this incredible bike tour with other mountain bikers. Now, it’s one of the crown jewels of the Cusco mountain biking community. You’ll ride along a breathtaking, towering ridge at over 14,000 ft/4,468m before dropping into the South Valley on 11 miles/18 km of high-speed Inca flow singletrack.
Ability level: Intermediate tech/Advanced.
This trail is filled with flow but has some pretty tricky tech sections. If you are unsure of your tech abilities and would like to ride Radar, it is best we get you out mountain biking before trying this challenging MTB trail. If you are confident riding almost any style of terrain, let us know so we can get you out on this amazing 18 km singletrack.
Type of Trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 2 hours from Cusco
Radar trail ride data:
The Moray/Maras area is a classic spot to see killer views and pass by local farmlands. We’ll spend today on the small altiplano above the Sacred Valley, which offer some epic views of the mountains behind the Sacred Valley. Today will be a choose-your-own-adventure style day of mountain biking; you’ll have a handful of trails to choose from, depending on what you’re feeling. Don’t worry, you don’t have to just choose one! We can ride multiple trails today.
Ability level: Intermediate tech
Intermediate riders will find some of these trails challenging and may have to walk some sections where intermediate tech riders will enjoy each new tech section thrown at them.
Time to Trailhead: 1 hour from Cusco
Type of Trail: Downhill Singletrack
Moray & Maras trail ride data:
The Moray/Maras area is a classic spot to see killer views and pass by local farmlands. We’ll spend today on the small altiplano above the Sacred Valley, which offer some epic views of the mountains behind the Sacred Valley. Today will be a choose-your-own-adventure style day of mountain biking; you’ll have a handful of trails to choose from, depending on what you’re feeling. Don’t worry, you don’t have to just choose one! We can ride multiple trails today.
Ability level: Intermediate tech
Intermediate riders will find some of these trails challenging and may have to walk some sections where intermediate tech riders will enjoy each new tech section thrown at them.
Time to Trailhead: 1 hour from Cusco
Type of Trail: Downhill Singletrack
Moray & Maras trail ride data:
The local MTB trails in Cusco are a fun way to spend a half day of mountain biking. This trail called Postre, The Dessert, is a fun way to ride on the amazing dirt above Cusco near local ruins before bombing down into the city center. This trail will take us all the way down to the Plaza de Armas and right to our city center shop.
Ability level: Intermediate.
This trail can be ridden by intermediate riders. There are a few tech sections that may need to be walked, but this mountain bike trail has lots of long flow sections to be enjoyed by anyone.
Type of Trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 20 minutes from cusco
Urban DH trail ride data:
The local MTB trails in Cusco are a fun way to spend a half day of mountain biking. This trail called Postre, The Dessert, is a fun way to ride on the amazing dirt above Cusco near local ruins before bombing down into the city center. This trail will take us all the way down to the Plaza de Armas and right to our city center shop.
Ability level: Intermediate.
This trail can be ridden by intermediate riders. There are a few tech sections that may need to be walked, but this mountain bike trail has lots of long flow sections to be enjoyed by anyone.
Type of Trail: Downhill Enduro Singletrack Trail
Time to trailhead: 20 minutes from cusco
Urban DH trail ride data:
This enduro-style MTB track is a fun ride with both uphill pedalling and downhill mountain biking. Fun tech sections are mixed with flowy sections through adobe pueblos and right down though Incan ruins. This is one of our favorite local Cusco mountain biking trails.
Ability Level: Intermediate/Intermediate tech.
This trail features quite a few tech sections but has enough flow that an intermediate rider can enjoy it while walking the tech sections.
Type of trail: Enduro singletrack
Time to trail head: 20 minutes from Cusco
Yuncaypata trail ride data:
This enduro-style MTB track is a fun ride with both uphill pedaling and downhill mountain biking. Fun tech sections are mixed with flow sections through adobe pueblos and right down though Incan ruins. This is one of our favorite local Cusco mountain biking trails.
Ability Level: Intermediate/Intermediate tech.
This trail features quite a few tech sections but has enough flow that an intermediate rider can enjoy it while walking the tech sections.
Type of trail: Enduro singletrack
Time to trail head: 20 minutes from Cusco
Yuncaypata trail ride data:
Day by Day
We will pick you up at your hotel and bring you out to the Sacred Valley where we will meet and you will get fitted with gear and have the suspension on your rental bike dialed in. We will also have you sign a waiver and pay the balance. Bring your passport to avoid the 18% IGV tax.
After a safety talk we’ll shuttle to our destination so we can start shredding! Most singletrack full days have a 1 hour to 1 hour 45 minutes shuttle ride. We are taking you to 3,900 m/13,000 ft or more and it takes a while to get there! Enjoy the ride!
Once at the trail head we will unload the bikes, talk about the first section of the trail and start biking! Each of our singletrack full day rides has a 1,200 m/4,000 ft or more descent for the first ride. Therefore we will be descending for at least an hour and up to two hours for the first ride. From there we will load up the bikes and either head to the next trail or eat lunch.
Our second ride may be the same length as the first one or a bit shorter depending on what trails have been chosen. We will arrive back in Cusco between 4-6pm.
Not included: Tips for your MTB guide or driver
We will pick you up at your hotel and bring you out to meet your local guide where you will get fitted with gear and have the suspension on your rental bike dialed in. We will also have you sign a waiver and pay the balance. Bring your passport to avoid the 18% IGV tax.
After a safety talk we will shuttle to the Cusco MTB trails or the Sacred Valley MTB trails that have been chosen for today.
Depending on your ability and how fast we ride we may ride anywhere from 1 long shuttle ride in the Sacred Valley or 3-5 short MTB trails above Cusco on our half-day MTB tour.
Not included: Lunch, snacks, tips for MTB guide and driver
We will pick you up at your hotel and bring you out to the Sacred Valley where we will meet and you will get fitted with gear and have the suspension on your rental bike dialed in. We will also have you sign a waiver and pay the balance. Bring your passport to avoid the 18% IGV tax.
After a safety talk we’ll shuttle to our destination so we can start shredding! Most singletrack full days have a 1 hour to 1 hour 45 minutes shuttle ride. We are taking you to 3,900 m/13,000 ft or more and it takes a while to get there! Enjoy the ride!
Once at the trail head we will unload the bikes, talk about the first section of the trail and start biking! Each of our singletrack full day rides has a 1,200 m/4,000 ft or more descent for the first ride. Therefore we will be descending for at least an hour and up to two hours for the first ride. From there we will load up the bikes and either head to the next trail or eat lunch.
Our second ride may be the same length as the first one or a bit shorter depending on what trails have been chosen. We will arrive back in Cusco between 4-6pm.
Not included: Tips for your MTB guide or driver
We will pick you up at your hotel and bring you out to meet your local guide where you will get fitted with gear and have the suspension on your rental bike dialed in. We will also have you sign a waiver and pay the balance. Bring your passport to avoid the 18% IGV tax.
After a safety talk we will shuttle to the Cusco MTB trails or the Sacred Valley MTB trails that have been chosen for today.
Depending on your ability and how fast we ride we may ride anywhere from 1 long shuttle ride in the Sacred Valley or 3-5 short MTB trails above Cusco on our half-day MTB tour.
Not included: Lunch, snacks, tips for MTB guide and driver
What’s the price to go mountain biking for a full day in Cusco with Haku Expeditions? And what’s included? The price is $205 USD per person with a 2 person minimum. If you are a single rider, please just tell us what day(s) you want to ride and we’ll put you on a scheduled ride. If there is no ride planned on the day you want to ride, you can choose to ride a half day for $190 or pay $260 for a full day trip. The day begins and ends at our office. Here we will give you the proper gear for the day of riding. This will include:
Not included:
What’s the price to go mountain biking for a half day tour in Cusco with Haku Expeditions? And what’s included?The price is $175 USD per person with 2 riders and $190 USD for a single rider
The day begins by meeting us at 8 am at our office. There we will set you up for everything you’ll need for an action-packed day. This will include:
Not included:
Our day begins and ends in our office in Cusco. You can take a cab from the city center for about 5-8 soles.
Our lunches are are generally in local restaurants. The food here in Peru is often local produce with farm raised trout or free range chicken or beef. Most lunches are a large healthy bowl of soup, a main plate of rice, potatoes, veggies and meat, chicken or fish. Our food is very healthy here!
If you have dietary restrictions please let us know in advance so we can accommodate you.
We highly recommend each person to have a specific travel/trip insurance outside of your credit card or regular medical insurance. You should get comprehensive coverage with trip interruption/cancelation and with personal liability. Mention all activities that you will be involved in such as mountain biking and whatever other activities you may have planned.
We do not provide refunds. Because mountain biking is an adventure activity and getting hurt is a possibility, you’ll want a travel insurance. If you should get hurt, not only will it cover your medical expenses, it will also cover the lost portion of the trip. Make sure you have trip interruption or trip cancelation included! South America is famous for people striking and shutting down all activities. If you miss your Machu Picchu trip, your Amazon trip or your flight due to strikes the insurance will cover the loss or additional costs that are incurred.
Peru’s currency is called the Nuevo Sol. You’ll be able to exchange US currency for the Sol easily in Cusco. The exchange rate often fluctuates between 3.8-3.9 sol per US dollar. (As for Oct 2021)
Update: As of 2021 the exchange has been very volatile. Sept 2021: 1 USD=4 sol
We recommend you bring cash. Peru is still a cash society. Most people don’t have a bank accounts as Peruvian banks charge up to $15 per month just to have the account open. So, services like Venmo, Pay-Pal, and Apple Pay aren’t used here. Most local stores, taxis, and local restaurants are cash only.
ATMs charge around $8 to take out $60-200. Banks only allow a small withdrawal daily. Thus, it’s probably a good idea to withdraw a good sum of cash before you come to Peru. The USD, EURO, CAD cash you bring should be non-ripped bills. Small rips or bills that are written on are not accepted for exchange.
Seeing as Peru is a cash society and it is difficult to withdraw large amounts of cash, we require your balance be brought in cash, for the simple reason that we, too, must pay the people we employ and whose services we use in cash as well.
TIPPING: Local restaurants generally do not require a tip, however, leaving a few soles is a nice gesture. Tourist restaurants are generally a 10% tip.
Tipping your guide in Peru is generally 5-10% of the price you paid for the tour. If you would like to tip your driver for the day, a 10-20 soles tip would be a nice gesture.
You will receive an email asking for some information about your height, your diet restrictions and a few other details. Please get back to us as soon as possible so that we reserve the right size bike for you.
Make sure to buy yourself a trip/travel insurance. They are generally very inexpensive and cover your entire trip. Seeing as you have probably spent lots of money on your Peru tour you will want to make sure it is covered should you miss any of it!
All of our deposits are non-refundable. If you are booking a trip during the rainy season there is a chance you may get wet. We do not cancel for rain unless there have been landslides or something to close the trail. In the case that we cancel the trip we will refund you 100%.
If you are booking for a full day ride and the two person minimum has not been met:
You can choose to do a half day ride for 180$ or pay $220 USD for a full day ride or cancel for a full refund. You will be asked which of these options you prefer during the booking process. Please choose one, so we can plan accordingly.
Our singletrack mountain biking day trips in Cusco and the Sacred Valley are shuttle assisted rides. We do not do any pedaling or uphill climbing. Check out the descent vs the ascent on the data section. Most trails will be pretty technical compared to many parts of the world. These trails are foot trails, animal trails and Inca Trails. They are not maintained mtb flow trails! We ask you to make sure you have the ability to ride these trails before booking. You need an intermediate background or higher. For intermediate riders you may walk some sections as we do have some gnarly stair sections.
Haku Expeditions is renowned for the uniqueness of our rides and treks, our award-winning service, the unbeatable value of our trips, and our refusal to cut corners. But you don’t have to just take our word for it — check out our five-star rating and hundreds of “excellent” reviews on TripAdvisor, or pro freeride MTB Hall of Famer Brett Tippie’s review of a Haku biking trip on Instagram (@bretttippie).
You will need to have:
1 guide for every 4 riders.
Dress in layers! Long sleeves and shorts with a jacket on or in the backpack. Wear wool socks if possible. The best is a nice base layer, wool if possible, with jersey or t-shirt over it.
All of our mountain biking day tours and half day tours start and end in Cusco. If you are located in the Sacred Valley please contact us to talk about your options.
We highly recommend that you get travel insurance. Our deposits are non-refundable.
Get a custom Haku Expeditions mountain biking jersey that will be the envy of your riding buddies back home.
Price: $25 USD
All add-ons will be offered to you at check out.
Add some grip to your ride! These riding shoes will keep you on the pedals and provide a safer experience.
Price: $7 USD
All add-ons will be offered to you at check out.
Seeing this iconic 15th century Incan citadel is a more than worthy bucket list item for most people that come to Peru. If you’d like, we’ll organize a Machu Picchu tour of the site that includes a round-trip train ticket, entrance to the sanctuary, and an English-speaking guide.
Archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as a palace for the Incan emperor Pachacuti in the 15th century. They abandoned it after roughly a century during the Spanish conquest, only to remain virtually unknown until 1911, when American historian Hiram Bingham made Machu Picchu’s existence public. In 1983, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and since then it has captured the imagination and awe of the millions of people who travel to experience its magic.
Price: $350 per person (Normally $389 pp when purchased separately)
Included:
Not included:
All add-ons will be offered to you at check out.
Make your vacation even easier! Let us book a hotel or airbnb for you!
We make sure to book you a place that has a central location in Cusco with in walking distance to the Plaza de Armas.
We also make sure you have a place that has real hot water as many places in Cusco only offer cold water or luke warm showers at best!
Hotels include breakfast. Private apartment airbnb do not.
Price: $60 USD for 1-2 person group
All add-ons will be offered to you at check out.
What’s the price to go mountain biking for a full day in Cusco with Haku Expeditions? And what’s included?
The price is $205 USD per person with a 2 person minimum. If you are a single rider, please just tell us what day(s) you want to ride and we’ll put you on a scheduled ride. If there is no ride planned on the day you want to ride, you can choose to ride a half day for $190 or pay $260 for a full day trip.
The day begins and ends at our office. We’ll start by setting you up for everything you’ll need for an action-packed day. This will include:
What’s the price to go mountain biking for a half day tour in Cusco with Haku Expeditions? And what’s included?
The price is $175 USD per person with 2 riders and $190 USD for a single rider
After hotel pick up we will meet at the trailhead. We’ll start by setting you up for everything you’ll need for an action-packed day. This will include:
Not included:
Peru’s currency is called the Nuevo Sol. You’ll be able to exchange US currency for the Sol easily in Cusco. The exchange rate often fluctuates between 3.7 – 4 sol per US dollar.
We recommend you bring cash. Peru is still a cash society. Most people don’t have bank accounts as Peruvian banks charge up to $15 per month just to have the account open. So, services like Venmo, Pay-Pal, and Apple Pay aren’t used here. Most local stores, taxis, and local restaurants are cash only.
ATMS charge around $8 to take out $60-200. Banks only allow a small withdrawal daily. Thus, it’s probably a good idea to withdraw a good sum of cash before you come to Peru unless you have a bank that returns the ATM fees. You can also try the app called ATM hero and do a little research before you come to decide if an ATM card or cash is best for you.
The USD, EURO, CAD cash you bring should be non-ripped bills. Small rips or bills that are written on are not accepted for exchange.
Seeing as Peru is a cash society and it is difficult to withdraw large amounts of cash, we require your balance be brought in cash.
TIPPING: Local restaurants generally do not require a tip, however, leaving a few soles is a nice gesture. Tourist restaurants are generally a 10% tip.
Tipping your guide in Peru is generally 10-15% of the price you paid for the tour. Drivers are generally the same amount in soles. (If you tip a guide 200 USD the driver would get often 200 soles) Tips should always be based on performance and are never obligatory.
Each person is required to have a specific travel/trip insurance outside of your credit card or regular medical insurance.
You should get comprehensive coverage with trip interruption/cancellation and with personal liability. Mention all activities that you will be involved in such as mountain biking, hiking at high altitude and whatever other activities you may have planned.
We do not provide refunds. If you should get hurt or sick not only will travel insurance cover your medical expenses it will also cover the lost portion of the trip. Make sure you have trip interruption or trip cancellation included! South America is famous for people striking and shutting down all activities. If you miss your Machu Picchu trip, Galapagos or any other side trip, or even your flight due to strikes the insurance will cover the loss or additional costs that are incurred.
Check out our blog on travel insurance and why it is a must for any South America Vacation!
Our lunches are are generally in local restaurants. The food here in Peru is often local produce with farm raised trout or free range chicken or beef. Most lunches are a large healthy bowl of soup, a main plate of rice, potatoes, veggies and meat, chicken or fish. Our food is very healthy here!
If you have dietary restrictions please let us know in advance so we can accommodate you.
We highly recommend each person to have a specific travel/trip insurance outside of your credit card or regular medical insurance. You should get comprehensive coverage with trip interruption/cancelation and with personal liability. Mention all activities that you will be involved in such as mountain biking and whatever other activities you may have planned.
We do not provide refunds. Because mountain biking is an adventure activity and getting hurt is a possibility, you’ll want a travel insurance. If you should get hurt, not only will it cover your medical expenses, it will also cover the lost portion of the trip. Make sure you have trip interruption or trip cancelation included! South America is famous for people striking and shutting down all activities. If you miss your Machu Picchu trip, your Amazon trip or your flight due to strikes the insurance will cover the loss or additional costs that are incurred.
You will receive an email asking for some information about your height, your diet restrictions and a few other details. Please get back to us as soon as possible so that we reserve the right size bike for you.
Make sure to buy yourself a trip/travel insurance. They are generally very inexpensive and cover your entire trip. Seeing as you have probably spent lots of money on your Peru tour you will want to make sure it is covered should you miss any of it!
All of our deposits are non-refundable. If you are booking a trip during the rainy season there is a chance you may get wet. We do not cancel for rain unless there have been landslides or something to close the trail. In the case that we cancel the trip we will refund you 100%.
If you are booking for a full day ride and the two person minimum has not been met:
You can choose to do a half day ride for 180$ or pay $220 USD for a full day ride or cancel for a full refund. You will be asked which of these options you prefer during the booking process. Please choose one, so we can plan accordingly.
Our singletrack mountain biking day trips in Cusco and the Sacred Valley are shuttle assisted rides. We do not do any pedaling or uphill climbing. Check out the descent vs the ascent on the data section. Most trails will be pretty technical compared to many parts of the world. These trails are foot trails, animal trails and Inca Trails. They are not maintained mtb flow trails! We ask you to make sure you have the ability to ride these trails before booking. You need an intermediate background or higher. For intermediate riders you may walk some sections as we do have some gnarly stair sections.
Haku Expeditions is renowned for the uniqueness of our rides and treks, our award-winning service, the unbeatable value of our trips, and our refusal to cut corners. But you don’t have to just take our word for it — check out our five-star rating and hundreds of “excellent” reviews on TripAdvisor, or pro freeride MTB Hall of Famer Brett Tippie’s review of a Haku biking trip on Instagram (@bretttippie).
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Is This Cusco Mountain Biking Day Trip For You?
Part of making sure your Cusco mountain bike ride is perfect is honestly assessing your ability level. Cusco hosts some of the most amazing terrain in Peru. However, it is quite technical. These trails are raw, unmaintained and have extremely long descents. While the level to ride these trails is mostly intermediate tech to advanced, we are willing to take out intermediate mountain bikers so long as you know your limits and walk any section you are not comfortable with.
Our Cusco Mountain Biking Day Trip is an ideal fit for you if:
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What’s the price to go mountain biking for a full day in Cusco with Haku Expeditions? And what’s included?
The price is $205 USD per person with a 2 person minimum. If you are a single rider, please just tell us what day(s) you want to ride and we’ll put you on a scheduled ride. If there is no ride planned on the day you want to ride, you can choose to ride a half day for $190 or pay $260 for a full day trip.
The day begins and ends at our office. We’ll start by setting you up for everything you’ll need for an action-packed day. This will include:
What’s the price to go mountain biking for a half day tour in Cusco with Haku Expeditions? And what’s included?
The price is $175 USD per person with 2 riders and $190 USD for a single rider
After hotel pick up we will meet at the trailhead. We’ll start by setting you up for everything you’ll need for an action-packed day. This will include:
Not included:
Our Cross Country MTB tours take you from one spectacular destination to the next. On these, you’ll cycle literally across whichever country you’re visiting. For instance, check out our Andes to the Amazon tour, where you travel from Cusco to the Peruvian Amazon.
Our current XC vacations are made up of long-distance rides on backcountry roads. If you are looking for XC singletrack, get in touch with us, and we’ll set up a one-of-a-kind MTB tour suited to your needs.
How we define XC: Anywhere from old logging or fire roads to rolling singletrack, Cross Country trails are generally long distances with both ascents and descents. While trails may be somewhat technical with rock gardens and tight switchbacks, they generally do not have intense steep rock gardens like those you might find in DH or Enduro racing.
An XC bike is often lighter with a slacker head tube angle for better climbing ability and tends to not have a dropper post although the trend is changing. Usually it will be a hardtail or a full suspension bike with a smaller amount of suspension — 100-130mm.
Most XC riders do not wear pads such as elbow or knee pads and wear a half-shell helmet.
Our MTB expeditions are multi-day trips that involve camping, hiking and/or local home stays in the mountains with cooks and porters. At the moment Haku Expeditions offers one complete mountain expedition and also two packages that combine an MTB vacation with a smaller expedition nestled in it.
The front travel for DH bikes is usually somewhere around 200mm with the rear measuring slightly less. Because they generally aren’t pedalled uphill, these bikes are rugged and heavy and usually have less gears. DH riders wear full-face helmets, goggles, and body armor.
At the moment we do not offer a 100% DH trip. Contact us and we can make a custom trip for you! Below, you’ll find our Enduro MTB tours listed that are mostly all downhill and can be done either with a DH bike or an Enduro bike.
How we define DH: DH riding – or Downhill riding — is regarded as an intense, extreme kind of cycling, made for advanced riders who love to navigate roots and rocks and huge drops with furious downhill speed. It requires a stellar sense of balance and technique and a bike with slacker geometry.
The front travel for DH bikes is usually somewhere around 200mm with the rear measuring slightly less. Because they generally aren’t pedalled uphill, these bikes are rugged and heavy and usually have less gears. DH riders wear full-face helmets, goggles, and body armor.
Our Enduro/All-Mountain MTB tours are by far our most popular trips to date. While some of them focus more on descent like Ecuador and Peru, others include plenty of pedaling such as those in Colombia and Nepal.
How we define Enduro/All Mountain: Enduro mountain biking, also known as All-Mountain biking, emphasizes technical ability. If you’re looking for a more adventurous ride, this is the kind of ride for you; usually, an Enduro/All-Mountain trail will involve adrenaline-pumping downhill mountain biking along with sustained climbs.
Enduro riders need bikes that can take burly drops and rugged technical obstacles efficiently while still being light enough to climb with; they almost always use full-suspension bikes with wide tires and longer rear and front suspension travel. Dropper post is a necessity and standard. The front suspension can be anywhere from 140mm to 170mm. Full-face enduro helmets and body amour are a must for Enduro racing.
1 – The Haku Christmas Drive, which includes yearly clothing giveaways, shoe drives, and a public hot chocolate panettone lunch.
2 – School supply giveaway for children of the High Andes.
3 – Bringing bread and fruit to kids living at elevations where none is available.
4 – Facilitating connections between local organic farmers and local restaurants.
5 – Affordable MTB classes for locals taught by professional coaches.
6 – Sustained commitment to hiring out locals to work as drivers, office workers, etc., allowing a great amount of flexibility for family commitments, and paying them fair, livable wages.
7 – Donating 1% of all profits to help educate children in a technical field such as carpentry.
8 – Helping young adults begin a small business working in their technical field or purchasing products from them to help them get started after high school.
1 – Getting your heart rate up isn’t really your thing, and you rarely (if ever) exercise. Your idea of a perfect vacation is total relaxation: sitting on a beach, sipping a mojito, and just generally vegging out.
2 – You don’t necessarily work out regularly but you aren’t averse to the idea of doing something active. Although you don’t exercise that often, you don’t necessarily consider yourself out of shape.
3 – You exercise one to two times a week but do not have a normal schedule that keeps you biking or doing other activities weekly. You don’t go to the gym or train for any specific sports but you lead a relatively active lifestyle by biking, hiking, skiing, or whatever it may be. For biking: climbs and long descents give you some trouble and you tend to get tired after about 2-3 hours on the bike.
4 – You exercise 3-4 times a week and enjoy physical activities such as biking, hiking, skiing. You are active. For biking: you enjoy climbs that are are moderately long and being on a bike for 3-5 hours in one day doesn’t get you too tired or fatigued.
5 – You exercise at least 4 times a week and are an avid athlete that is consistently in good shape. You’re more or less game for any kind of adventure. For biking: you’re comfortable with being on your bike for 5-7 hours a day.
6 – You live and die for exercise, sweat, and suffering. You only want to climb higher, go farther, and prove how much of an animal you are. Steep climbs, long descents and big days are something you are looking to do more of and you can’t wait for your next adventure.
Beginner:
You’ve been riding a mountain bike for a couple of years or less and you’re most comfortable on smooth single-track and wider, forgiving doubletrack. You like rides with scenic views; you like both ascending and descending on well-maintained, safe trails. You’re looking for an active but relaxing mountain bike vacation; you’re not into jumps, drops, super steep trails, rock gardens, roots or taking big risks on your bike.
Intermediate:
You’ve got two plus years of experience mountain biking on single-track trails under your belt; you’ve gotten pretty confident behind the handlebars and are beginning to expand your mountain bike abilities. You like riding most types of terrain, and you’re comfortable both climbing and descending on single-track trails with smaller technical features such as rocky sections, small drops, and small steep sections. You aren’t trying to walk on most of the trail and are looking to take small risks with things like speed, jumps, rock gardens, and stair sets to improve your skills as a mountain biker.
Intermediate Tech:
You’ve got three plus years of riding on singletrack trails of all sorts with features such as rock gardens, steep sections, rolls and drops, roots, and small jumps. You are confident on the bike in most situations. You’re constantly looking to improve your riding skills and enjoy riding for extended periods of time climbing and descending in terrain of all sorts.
Advanced:
Ten plus years of experience riding single-track, freerides and biking of all sorts. You live for steeps, jumps, rock gardens, techy trails, long descents, big ascents and discovering new terrain. Mountain biking is one of your passions and you are ready and confident to do what you love in a new and challenging place. You can handle anything we throw at you — jumps, rock gardens, steps, technical descents, tough ascents, etc. Biking is a central part of your life. For you, the bigger the challenge, the more excited you get.
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