Michael Planas Opina:
For all you adventure travelers out there that fiend on being active, especially on vacation, this is yet another amazing experience Loreto offers and that you’ll have to find the time for. Aventuras Tours set up my friend and I for an early morning e-bike ride across the desert landscape, and it did not disappoint.
To begin, we showed up a little early and they had all the gear equipped and ready for us…they had even guessed our sizes perfectly, so we didn’t mess around finding and fumbling gear…we got right to it. Very well organized. However, I was the only one in the group that had never ridden a motor assist bike. I’ve played a lot of sports in my life, so when they asked me how “experienced” I was, I made sure not to exaggerate. I had gone down hill mountain biking in Mammoth 9 years ago…that’s it. But, that didn’t seem to matter bc these guys have trails for all levels, and planned the perfect trail for our skill level. After I geared up and grabbed the bike, they explained all the features and suggested I peddle up and down the street to test the gears and motor-assist. Note: no shame in walking the bike on the hairpin downhill turn, or a steep uphill…these bikes have a push assist button where the bike will motor while you’re walking it. Pretty neat. Anyway, I figured I’d learn the rest of the bike along the way. And that is exactly what happened. I enjoyed it so much, I want one of these bikes now.
The bikes and gear were literally new (or seemed new); everything was clean and well maintained (I have an eye for that kind of thing). The bike and gear worked flawlessly- no problems. The trails had spectacular ocean views, desert landscapes, cliffs, mountains, arroyos…wildlife out and about - we saw several Jack rabbits, birds, and I thought I may have seen a bobcat, but not confirmed.
Getting outside for a few hours burning calories and seeing this beautiful area from the unique perspective of these bike trails, meeting other like-minded souls, then ending up at Ocotillo for their breakfast…makes for a really amazing half day. (At Ocotillo restaurant, I had the hot cakes with a side of 3 scrambled eggs and their green juice. Lights out.)
Book it, you’ll thank yourself after.
