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2 Day Gibbon On Wheels™

Route Choices

Route # 1 Eagles Route - Beginners

This is a great Intro ride to Off Road (Jeep Track) mountain biking. The descent through Doi Suthep National Park presents you with great views of the Mae Ping Valley below, amazing forest landscapes which makes this Trip one of the most scenic and popular Mountain Bike Rides in Chiang Mai and all without traffic..


National forest and plantation access jeep tracks with ruts, rock gardens, mud and sand traps, besides a few steep down hills sections, great for beginners and Nature lovers. 

  

  • Trip: Doi Pui to Hui Tung Thao Lake

  • Location: Mountain 5400 feet elevation , above Chiang Mai

  • Biking time: Approx: 3 hrs, 25 km

  • Elevation change: From 5400 feet (1600 m) to 1200 feet (400 m)

  • Riding Conditions: 99% downhill, rarely used dirt road and single track.

  • Flora: Pine forest, jungle, plantations

  • Personal fitness: Okay

  • Instructions: Yes

Biking in Chiang Mai
Biking in Chiang Mai
Biking in Chiang Mai

Route # 2 Highlander's Route - Moderate

Doi Suthep Park at its finest includes National Forest and plantation access on dirt roads, over some rock gardens through mud and sand traps. Then some steep down hills, turning into single track completely unused by vehicular traffic and a long steep uphill. Very rewarding if you are in top shape.

 

Some ride, some walk but the whole idea is to have fun. A 200 year old bamboo grove greets us at the top, where a lengthy and well deserved break is taken.

 

The hill tribe village at the end of the forest trail brings us back to civilization. Then once in the Mae Sa Valley we enjoy a beautiful winding paved road downhill all the way to our favorite eating spot near Wat Ampawan. 

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  • Technically challenging at higher speeds and easy at slower speeds, but definitely an achievement.

  • Trip: Doi Pui to Maesa Valley

  • Level: Moderate to Challenging

  • Location: Mountain 5400 feet elevation, above Chiang Mai

  • Biking time: Approx: 4 hrs, 35 km

  • Elevation change: From 5400 feet (1600 m) down to 3200(1100 m) up to 4100 feet and down to 1200 feet (400 m)

  • Riding Conditions: 75% downhill, rarely used dirt road

  • Flora: Pine forest, jungle, plantations

  • Personal fitness: Good

  • Instructions: Yes

Biking in Chiang Mai
Biking in Chiang Mai
Biking in Chiang Mai

Route # 3 Old Smuggler's Route - Difficult

Traversing and climbing along the remote mountain tops of the National Park, you will enjoy these scenic rides with a challenging downhill section into the Mae Ping and Sa Moeng Valley. Heading downhill you reach the route west into the next valley. Fantastic forest riding with great views from open plantations, are followed by a break at a refreshing mountain creek. With only short steep up hills we wind our way across the valley, past small farm houses while witnessing the local hill tribes in there natural environment. 

  • Trip: Doi Pui to Wat Ampawan , Maesa Valley

  • Level: Motivated Beginner to Expert

  • Location: Mountain 5400 feet elevation , above Chiang Mai

  • Biking time: Approx: 4 hrs, 35 km

  • Elevation change: From 5400 feet (1600m) down to 1200 feet (400 m)

  • Riding Conditions: 85% downhill, rarely used dirt road

  • Flora: Pine forest, jungle, plantations

  • Personal fitness: Good

  • Instructions: Yes

Biking in Chiang Mai
Biking in Chiang Mai
Biking in Chiang Mai

The Hunter's Escape Route - Advanced Expert

Ride the longest, most extreme and best researched downhill single track in Thailand and South East Asia. Remote and forgotten Hilltribe trails are our playground.

  • Riding Conditions: 100% downhill, 80% technical single track.

  • Flora: Pine forest, jungle, plantations

  • Levels: 4a, 4b, 4d advanced – 4c expert only.

  • Personal fitness: Good/excellent.

  • Instructions: Yes

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