Guided Motorcycle Tours

102 tours found

5 Day Spirit of the North Motorcycle Tour

Chiang Mai, Thailand

5 days

Five riding days and roughly 1,040 kilometres in a loop that takes the western Mae Hong Son roads and then swings east to Chiang Rai instead of turning for home. The first three days follow the shorter Mae Hong Son itinerary through Doi Inthanon, Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son and Pai, but finish in Chiang Dao rather than Chiang Mai. Day four crosses to Chiang Rai for the White Temple, the Blue Temple and the Big Buddha complex at Wat Huay Pla Kang, and the final leg returns via Phayao and its lakeside town. Let's Ride bills it as a tour for riders of all levels who want long scenic days and the region's best-known cultural landmarks. The published price is 42,000 baht per rider and covers bike, accommodation, breakfast and Thai lunch, fuel, entrance fees, gear and an English-speaking guide.

THB 42,000 / person

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Ecuador: Journey to Middle Earth

Ecuador, Ecuador

4 days

A short guided ride out of Quito into the Ecuadorian Andes, run on the ground by Ecuador Freedom Bike Rental, the Quito outfit that has been guiding and renting in the country since the mid-2000s. Ecuador packs an unreasonable amount of terrain into a small area: from the capital at 2,850 metres you can drop through cloud forest, cross the equator, ride the corridor of volcanoes and reach the hot springs at Baños in a day or two. Baños sits below the active Tungurahua cone and is the usual base for a rest day, with rafting and canyoning on the doorstep. Guiding is led from a motorcycle with a support vehicle carrying luggage behind. The route recorded here is not currently published by the operator, so confirm the itinerary, the bike list and the dates before booking anything around it.

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Best of Morocco on Motorbike

Morocco, Morocco

14 days

Fourteen days and eleven riding days on the most complete road loop Wheels of Morocco run: Marrakesh out to the Middle Atlas, down to the Sahara, west through the Anti-Atlas to the Atlantic and back. The route is entirely sealed and the operator pitches it at experienced riders happy with long days and constant corners, with stages between roughly 120 and 290 km. Highlights come in order rather than in a rush: the Ouzoud falls and the lake at Bin El Ouidane, a day trip into imperial Fes and its tanneries, cedar forests and the Foreign Legion tunnel, a desert camp at Merzouga, the Todra cliffs, a rest day at Boumalne Dades, saffron country at Tallouine, then Agadir, Essaouira and the plains back to Marrakesh. Hotels, dinners, guide and support vehicle are included.

€5,700 / person

3 dates available

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Northern Thailand On Road Tour

Northern Thailand, Thailand

8 days

Thailand Moto Tours runs its own version of the Mae Hong Son Loop, a week of sealed mountain road out of Chiang Mai that the company counts at over 2,000 curves. Riders check in on the Saturday night, spend Sunday settling into Chiang Mai, then move to a new town every night for five days of riding. The route heads first to Mae Sariang on a long opening leg past waterfalls and the highest point in Thailand, then north to Mae Hong Son within sight of the Myanmar border, before the celebrated run into Pai that the operator measures at 762 turns. Mae Win, a village spread through the valleys west of Chiang Mai, comes next, with an elephant sanctuary visit and a family style meal, and the group returns to Chiang Mai on the Friday for a final group dinner.

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Ha Giang Loop Motorbike Tour from Hanoi – 5 Days

Ha Giang, Vietnam

5 days

Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert rides its Ha Giang Loop out of Hanoi rather than bussing riders north and starting there, which turns the trip into five days and roughly 950 kilometres of actual riding. The route leaves the company shop on the western edge of the city, follows small roads up the Red River, spends a night in a Dzao village beside Thac Ba Lake, then climbs onto the Dong Van karst plateau for the passes the loop is famous for. Ma Pi Leng and the Heaven Gate pass both fall on the third day. From Meo Vac the group works west to Ba Be Lake, loading the bikes onto a boat for part of the approach, before the long run back to Hanoi. Surfaces are a deliberate mix of quiet tarmac and dirt, and the guides dial the off-road content up or down to suit the riders in front of them.

$140 / person

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Ho Chi Minh Trail Motorcycle Tour – 12 Days

Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam

12 days

Twelve days and roughly 1,965 kilometres from Hanoi down to the beach at Nha Trang, following the parts of the Ho Chi Minh Trail that are worth riding rather than the whole length of it. Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert starts in the Mai Chau valley, picks up the trail proper at Tan Ky, where the supply route to the south began, and then takes the western branch through Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a two-hundred-kilometre stretch the operator describes as almost empty of traffic. History is not incidental here: the route passes the Khe Sanh marine base and museum, the Vinh Moc tunnels and the Hien Luong bridge that once marked the border between north and south. Two full days off the long stages, in Hue and Hoi An, break the tour in half, and the last three days drop through the Central Highlands to Lak Lake and out to the coast.

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Coastal

Sea and Sun Motorcycle Weekend in Morocco

Morocco, Morocco

5 days

A five-day, three-ride escape from Marrakesh to the Atlantic and back, built for people who can only get away for a long weekend. Day one is arrival and briefing; the riding starts with the run south-west over the Atlas foothills to Agadir, continues north up the coast to Essaouira through dunes and argan country, and finishes with a return leg across rocky farmland to Marrakesh. Wheels of Morocco rate the route as 100 per cent good tarmac, but the roads are narrow and twisty enough that they ask for experienced riders. Stops along the way include Sidi Kaouki, an argan oil cooperative and the UNESCO-listed medina at Essaouira, with an optional hike into Paradise Valley for anyone with energy left. Bikes run from the KTM 390 up to the BMW R 1250 GS, with hotels, dinners and airport transfers handled.

€1,900 / person

9 dates available

Mountain

Highland Bound: The Mae Hong Son Tour

Chiang Mai, Thailand

4 days

Four days and three nights on the Mae Hong Son loop, ridden anticlockwise out of Chiang Mai and covering roughly 750 kilometres in total. Thai Bespoke Bike Tours counts 1,864 curves on the route and treats it as its signature short trip: a full circuit of Thailand's most mountainous province without the padding of a longer holiday. Days are moderate rather than epic, with the second leg running only about 150 kilometres, which leaves time for a lunch stop in a Chinese settlement on the Burmese border, a long-tail boat ride to Karen villages and an afternoon spent on the Salween River. Riders need real time on large-capacity machines and should be able to hold an average of 80 to 120 kph. The published price of 38,000 baht per rider covers the bike, fuel, gear, three nights of private accommodation and two meals a day; pillion passengers are quoted separately at 13,000 baht.

THB 38,000 / person

Scenic

Chasing Dragons: The Infamous Golden Triangle Tour

Chiang Mai, Thailand

7 days

Seven days and six nights covering the eastern half of northern Thailand, from the quiet green province of Nan up to the point on the Mekong where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet. The centrepiece is route 1148, a hundred kilometres of low-traffic ridgeline tarmac that regulars rate above the better-known Mae Hong Son roads, followed by the Phu Chi Fah national park and a run along the Mekong to the Golden Triangle proper and its opium museum. A rest-paced fifth day in Chiang Rai mixes temples with dirt, and the final leg climbs through the Doi Ang Khang royal project area before dropping back into Chiang Mai. Thai Bespoke Bike Tours runs it all year round and prices it at 67,000 baht per rider, with pillions at 22,000 baht. The figure covers six nights of private accommodation, the motorcycle, fuel, gear, breakfast and lunch, and a TAT-licensed guide.

THB 67,000 / person

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Adventure of a Lifetime: The Total North Thailand Tour

Chiang Mai, Thailand

11 days

Eleven days and ten nights, roughly 2,400 kilometres, and effectively the operator's two shorter tours joined end to end with Sukhothai in the middle. The route runs Chiang Mai to Pai and Mae Hong Son, down the western border to Mae Sariang, across to the ruins at Sukhothai for a rest day, then north again through Khao Kho, Nan, Phu Chi Fah and the Golden Triangle before closing the circle at Chiang Rai and Doi Chang. Thai Bespoke Bike Tours pitches it at riders who already have solid large-capacity mileage and are comfortable averaging 80 to 120 kph, and prices it at 95,000 baht per rider with pillions at 32,000 baht. Ten nights of private accommodation, the motorcycle, fuel, riding gear, breakfast and lunch each riding day and a TAT-licensed guide are all covered.

THB 95,000 / person

Mountain

3 Day Mae Hong Son Motorcycle Tour

Chiang Mai, Thailand

3 days

The Mae Hong Son loop compressed into three riding days and roughly 630 kilometres, run clockwise from Chiang Mai through Mae Sariang and Pai. Day one climbs into Doi Inthanon National Park for Wachirathan Waterfall and the Twin Royal Pagodas on Thailand's highest peak before descending to the riverside town of Mae Sariang. Day two is the long one at about 260 kilometres, taking in the sunflower viewpoint at Doi Mae U Kho and the lakeside temples of Mae Hong Son on the way to Pai. The last day is the famous Pai to Chiang Mai road, more than 700 bends in the first hundred kilometres, with a guided walk through Chiang Dao Cave before the return. Let's Ride aims it at road riders of any experience level and prices it at 24,000 baht per rider, with pillions at 12,000 and support car seats at 10,000.

THB 24,000 / person

Off-Road

3 Day Enduro Tour: Chiang Dao and Pai

Chiang Mai, Thailand

3 days

Three days and about 395 kilometres of mostly dirt, running Chiang Mai to Chiang Dao to Pai and back with the off-road content rising from around 70 per cent on day one to 85 per cent on day two. The trails are a mix of jungle single track, gravel climbs, ridgelines and farmland tracks past hill tribe villages, and the guides split the group where skill levels diverge so faster riders and cautious ones both get a day they enjoy. Bikes are professionally modified Honda CRF300Ls with reworked airflow and exhaust, unrestricted ECUs, revised gearing and suspension and enduro tyres. Let's Ride pitches the tour at novice to advanced riders and charges 24,000 baht per rider, which covers the bike, full armour, accommodation, breakfast and lunch and the guiding. An optional damage waiver runs at 600 baht a day.

THB 24,000 / person

Guided Motorcycle Tours