I discovered this lovely route through the high desert to the west of Bogotá completely by accident, when I took a wrong turn one morning and didn’t realise until the scenery was just too beautiful to turn back. The rolling dirt road takes you from the start of the road down to La Mesa, across […]
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This route has a bit of everything: steep climbs, an abandoned mining town, rolling hills, amazing vistas, and delicious arepa places at either end. It starts by climbing up towards the Chingaza national park before heading off along the hills between the Bogotá mountain range to the left, and La Cuchilla to the right, meaning
There are a number of gravel routes from La Calera in the highlands east of Bogotá down to Choachí in the lowlands. This variant takes a detour up an old mining road that climbs through a gorgeous Andean forest up to the abandoned Esperanza mine. It does mean a navigating a short but very steep
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This technical route is at the upper end of what a gravel bike can do. It’s totally rideable if you have good bike handling skills, and although the ride back down is possibly more suited to a full suspension downhill mountain bike, it’s fantastic fun on a gravel bike with fat tyres (44+mm). The rocky,
Tunjaque is one of the highest peaks in the region and its distinctive serrated ridge is visible for miles around. This loop takes you on a well maintained gravel road through the interestingly named village of El Treinta y Seis, to the base of Tunjaque’s impressive cliffs, and then loops back through Jerusalén. It is
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You’ll need your climbing and hiking legs with you for this one; it’s short but hardcore! After climbing up from the River Teusacá, you’ll encounter the challenging and technical Herradura climb before the track levels off a bit as you make your way through some high-mountain farmland (the track is an ancient footpath and nowadays
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A challenging, but doable 91km ride, with lots of photo opportunities along the way.
