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Location:

Cordoba Province, Argentina.


Duration:

Three days (long weekend holiday travel).
Departure: Last work day at night.
Return: First work day at 1 a.m.
Flight or bus in: Cordoba, Argentina
Flight or bus out: Cordoba, Argentina



Activities:

Day 1:
We arrive at "Valle Hermoso" in the morning where we set up. After breakfast, we go to "La Cumbre" where we set the bikes and start our ride towards "Cuchi Corral" a beautiful panoramic point, where international paragliders usually take off to enjoy the incredible views and the excellent "flying conditions" of the area. From "Cuchi Corral" at 1100 meters over the sea level, we start an awesome technical down hill that will take us to San Marcos Sierra an old "hippie" look like town, while crossing small tinny streams. In the afternoon we'll load the bikes up in the trailer to arrive at our Inns in "Valle Hermoso".
45 km of Gravel roads (28 miles) -
480 meters (1570 Feet) uphill/950 meters (3120 Feet) downhill

Day 2:
Our second biking day starts in "La Cumbre" at 1175 meters with another hard up hill that will enable us to get incredible views from the small cities of the valley. After nine km we arrive to the highest point at 1495 meters that will allow us to see great yellow grass landscapes and the small hilly path getting lost in the horizon. After lunch we start enjoying this great down hill until arrive in Candonga, where a small tiny white Spanish Chapel still lies in the Sierras. We end our ride at "El Manzano" and return to our Inn's at Valle Hermoso.
42 km of Gravel roads (26 miles) -
710 meters (2330 Feet) uphill/1110 meters (3640 Feet) downhill


Day 3:
We travel by Minivan to La Falda, where we unload the bikes to start another great biking day at one of the best paths of Córdoba Province: "El Camino del Cuadrado" (Square path). By the "Eden Hotel" an old hotel constructed by German
immigrants after the Second World War we prepare the bikes and we start a strong
uphill that will take us from 975 meters over the sea level to 1285 meters in just five kilometers. We arrive to "Estancia El Silencio" an old ranch located high in the Sierras, heritance of Hispanic colonisation from XVIII Century that host travellers and offers a museum. In the afternoon downhill begins, and while enjoying this curved zig-zag awesome path, we'll cover more than 30km to arrive to "Rio Ceballos" at 700 meters over the sea level. There we stretch, have lunch, take a shower and load the bikes to return to Buenos Aires.
38 km of Gravel roads (24 miles) -
740 meters (2440 Feet) uphill/930 meters (3050 Feet) downhill




Services

Transportation in exclusive Minibus 15pax (w/tv, video and air conditioning)

Mountain bike transportation

All meals (except the ones on the minibus)

Medical insurance

Accomodation in double and triple rooms in a Hosteria (Inns)

Mechanical assistance

Support vehicle during the tour

Bilingual guide

Extra bike

 

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate


Price:

u$ 390

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