1 week east bali

Ubud

Ubud

Start: 1600m Finish: 240m

50 km

Morning ride is predominantly hard-pack singletrack, with some gravel and jeep track sections, finishing on tarmac. Afternoon ride is a mixture of broken tarmac and hard-pack jeep and singletrack.

Morning ridge-top ride around the Batur crater rim, overlooking the Batur crater and lake on one side, with views down to the east coast on the other side. Descent into crater through small town of Songan, ending at hot springs. Afternoon ride starts in fruit and vegetable growing communities and ends in classic rice paddy scenery.

Predominantly down hill ride in the afternoon from Kintamani back to Ubud – easy and moderate options.

Ubud

1050m start and finish

35 km

Lava field – cobble jeep track over the 1997 lava flow, sand singletrack on the crater floor, tarmac up the lung-busting hill, hard-pack singletrack & jeep track back down to the lake.

Volcanic lava, close-up views of Batur volcanic cone, crater floor farming and rock quarry communities.

Many and varied!

Amed

1400m to sea-level

45 – 50 kms

DH Jeep-track on hardpack/gravel, uphill forest trail singletrack, tarmac road over pass between Mt agung and Mt Abang, gravel & hard-pack jeep/singletrack down to the coast.

 

Open farm-land, pine forest, mountain pass, cashew nut plantations.

Can cut the tail off – by descending to the coast at an earlier point in the ride.

Amed

Amed or Candidasa

Start: 430m Finish: sea level

35 - 43km

Predominantly shaded sand and red-mud hard-pack singletrack, some gravel and broken tarmac sections. Wicked downhill at the end.

Bamboo and coconut groves, rice paddies and rice growing and stone-carving communities. Remains of water-palace at Jungutan (for lunch), remote ridge-top paths with views down to the coast and across Amuk bay to the island of Nusa Penida and Lombok.

Two starting points.

Padang Bai

Start:1100m Finish: sea level

43km

Mix of hard-pack and gravel Jeep track, narrow hardpack singletrack, bamboo grove trails, small broken tarmac roads, red-mud singletrack with short rocky/gravel sections.

Mountain farming communities growing flowers and vegetables, 1 rock quarry, stone-carving villages, salak fruit plantations, bamboo and coconut groves, rice terraces, coastal and mountain views from ridge-top paths. Fantastic beach finish.

Can cut-out last section of singletrack (on the bug-bug ridge) and head straight to the beach on tarmac roads, or alternatively choose to descend down the Ulukan ridge which is shorter and slightly more technical (reduces ride to 30 km)

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