SHORT TOURS
At Bert's Bikes we endeavour to provide all the tools you need to plan and execute your own adventures, see our routes and planning page for more details. However, we also appreciate that sometimes it's great to have a trusted guide leading the way, providing local insights and any required support along the way.
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We spent time compiling some of our favourite routes into a range of tours suited to a variety of different skill levels. All these routes assume the provision of a Kibo 250 from Bert's Bikes but prices are significantly less when providing your own bike. Explore our range below!
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Looking for true adventure? Explore our longer tours here.
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Suswa Loop
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advance
Time: 6 - 7 Hours
Off-Road: 80%
Minimum Riders: 2
Price: $130 pp (Includes Conservancy entry fee)
Kicking things off through Dagoretti Forest, we drop off the Nairobi plateau and into the Rift Valley before navigating dry river beds and passing through traditional pastoralists' land. We climb Suswa from the west, get a great view of the inner crater whilst we eat lunch. After lunch, we visit a local Masai homestead, before heading to check out the bat caves and lava tunnels on the Eastern Rim then down the mountain and back to Nairobi.
Stretches of deep sand and some technical rocky sections make this tour only for confident riders.
Mile 46
Difficulty: Intermediate
Time: 7 - 8 Hours
Off-Road: 80%
Minimum Riders: 2
Price: $160 pp (Includes lunch)
Dropping quickly out of Nairobi through Dagoretti Forest, heading south under the Ngong hills then Champagne ridge, before looping back around to Nairobi after a hearty meal. Traditional Maasai living, wide open spaces and often a Giraffe or Zebra or two, this is a great day trip for those looking to expand their horizons beyond Nairobi to see what lies just beyond the hills.
The riding here is not super technical but the distance is relatively far, so this is for riders confident to keep speeds up off-road.
Tea Plantations
Difficulty: Beginner
Time: 4 Hours (6.5 hours with tea factory & lunch tour)
Off-Road: 10%
Minimum Riders: 2
Price: $50pp ($85pp with tea factory and lunch tour)
Navigate the urban streets of northern Nairobi before quickly leaving the hustle and bustle behind you as we head up into the highland tea and coffee fields. Stop off at The Forest for a refreshment before winding your way back to Nairobi through the tea fields. Rolling valleys, flowing streams and twisting roads characterise this gentle and relaxed tour.
Most of this tour is on the tarmac but there are a few sections of off-road. The tour can be altered to include more technical riding when requested. It can also be extended to include a tour of a tea factory with a 3 course lunch included for an extra $35 per person, extending the tour by 2.5 hours.
Hells Gate Loop
Difficulty: Intermediate
Time: 10 Hours
Off-Road: 50%
Minimum Riders: 2
Price $120 pp
(Excluding park entry costs. Residents 300ksh, Non-residents $26)
A big day exploring volcanic lands and steaming geezers. Not for the faint hearted, this is a long day in the saddle. As we drop out of Nairobi, there are great views of Mt Suswa and Mt Longonot, before heading cross country into Hells Gate National park to spot the local wildlife.
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A lunch stop along Lake Naivasha before heading back to Nairobi either via road or the Gatamaiyo Forest
Menengai Crater & The Mau
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advance
Time: 2 Full Days
Off-Road: 50%
Minimum Riders: 2
Price: $250pp (Includes full board accommodation)
Disappear from the urban jungle of Nairobi through the northern tea plantations, before cutting through Gatamaiyo forest to hug the Western edge of the Aberdare Mountains. Nyama Choma for lunch, before some more forest riding and a night overlooking to the Menengai Crater.
The next day, start heading south past Lake Nakuru and into the Mau forest before climbing the Mau Escarpment, with stunning views of Lake Naivasha at over 3000m. A quick descent toward the tarmac before heading back to Nairobi along the quiet back roads.
Day 1 eases the riders in with mostly tarmac riding, with some more technical off-road riding in the afternoon. Day 2 is mostly off-road with some technical sections as we ride through the forests and along the escarpment.
Custom Tours
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advance
Time: 5 day minimum
Minimum Riders: 2
Price: Depends on route
Our favourite thing to do is custom tours. Whatever your skill level, whatever you want, we can make it happen. Whether it’s a 2 week loop around Kenya’s best spots, with each night under the stars in a tent, a luxury tour to Kenya's best lodges or a trip to the northern reaches of Lake Turkana, we can plan and execute.
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