🏍️ Motorcycle Trip
Packages & Rates
🏍️🏨 👨All-Inclusive Guided Trip
$3,400 USD Per Motorcycle
Includes motorcycle, hotels, guide, fuel, support & more
🏍️🏨 Motorcycle Rental +
Pre-Booked Hotels
$2,250 USD – Per Motorcycle
Includes motorcycle gear, and pre-booked hotel reservations
🏍️ Motorcycle Rental Only
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$675 USD – Honda XRE300
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$900 USD – Suzuki DR650
Includes ADV motorcycle, gear
🗓️ Trips Available Anytime Flexible departure dates to
fit your schedule.
TRIP REVIEW
My friend and I just completed a 9 day Self-Guided adventure ride with Colombia Moto Adventures. I purchased Jeff's guide book as well from Amazon. What a great country, and the wealth of support and information Jeff provided was invaluable.
We customized the locations and routes using Gaia and Google Maps for online and offline navigation. Colombia's wireless network is impressive. A purchase of the Claro 12Gb SIM card was all we needed for the full trip.
The bikes were exceptionally well equipped and tough as nails. We rode over 13,000 ft on ALL kinds of terrain ascending and descending most every day. The roads were great from riders looking for dirt, gravel, rocks, mud, and more. Plenty of perfectly paved roads as well. Overall costs were relatively low vs. other destinations, but for riding quality, it is hard to beat.
I have ridden in India, UK, Costa Rica, Argentina, and all over North America. Colombia is better than most for riders who want it all. Jeff is relaxed, accommodating, and ensures you are completely taken care of. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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9 DAY / THE PERFECT LOOP + GUATAPE & URRAO
The Absolute Best Of Colombia's Coffee Region
RIDE DESCRIPTION
Ride Colombia’s best coffee country — twisty mountain roads, misty cloud forests, and high-altitude valleys. Climb the famous rock in Guatapé, explore remote Urrao, and pass endless slopes blanketed in coffee bushes. Along the way, discover colorful colonial towns, steaming volcanic hot springs, and views that make every curve unforgettable.
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🌋 Nevado del Ruiz Volcano: Ride to 13,500 ft through cloud forests and high-altitude páramo.
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🧗 Climb the Rock of Guatapé – Ascend 700+ steps for stunning panoramic views over lakes & mountains
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🛣️ Winding Through Coffee Country – Twist through steep mountain roads near Urrao with coffee farms clinging to the sides of the valley
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🌴 San Félix Wax Palm Forest: Walk among the 200-ft giants — the tallest palm trees in the world and the national symbol of Colombia.
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♨️ Natural Hot Springs: Soak in high-altitude thermal pools after a day’s ride.
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🏔️ Ride Off-Road High Into the Andes: Climb rugged mountain tracks to the remote coffee-growing village of Pensilvania.
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🌄 Ride Through the Samaria Valley: Cruise eucalyptus-lined roads with Colombia’s iconic wax palm trees rising in the distance.
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🐦 Wildlife Close-Ups: Hand-feed hummingbirds at a mountaintop sanctuary.
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🏘️ Colonial Charm: Wander Sonsón’s historic streets, admire Salamina’s French-made fountain, and relax in Jardín’s colorful, flower-filled plaza.
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🎨 Visit the Most Colorful Town in Colombia: Jardín bursts with painted balconies, vibrant streets, and a lively plaza that comes alive at sunset.
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🍽️ Local Food & Culture: From bandeja paisa in Sonsón to tropical fruit juices & fresh coffee straight from the finca.
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🏁 No Backtracking – Its a Perfect Loop. Every day brings new roads, new views, and new experiences
📆 Itinerary Overview + Google Maps Links
📍 Day 1: Medellín → Guatape
📍 Day 2: Guatape → Sonson
📍 Day 3: Sonson → Pensilvania
📍 Day 4: Penslivania → Salamina
📍 Day 5: Salamina → Manizales
📍 Day 6: Manizales → Nevado Ruiz → Manizales
📍 Day 7: Manizales → Jardin
📍 Day 8: Jardin → Urrao
📍 Day 9: Urrao → Medellin
ROUTE MAP
📍 Day 1 / Medellín → Guatapé
Ride Type
Easy paved ride through rolling Andean foothills with lakeside views and colorful colonial villages.
⭐ Highlights
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🧗 Climb La Piedra del Peñol – Ascend 659 stairs to the top of Colombia’s most iconic rock for panoramic views of the lake and mountains
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🛣️ Smooth Scenic Roads – Cruise out of Medellín on a beautiful stretch of winding pavement
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🖼️ Guatapé Town – Stroll vibrant streets filled with painted zócalos and colorful facades
Stay, Eat, Park
🛏️ Hotel: Hotel Verony
🍽️ Restaurants: La Fogata, Café La Viña, Casa de Ciclistas
🅿️ Parking: Hotel Parking (on-site)
🧭 Route Notes
Your adventure begins with a scenic climb out of Medellín into the lush Antioquian countryside. It’s a chill, paved ride—perfect for warming up and getting comfortable on the bike. Once you arrive in Guatapé, take time to wander the colorful streets, grab a cold drink, and climb La Piedra del Peñol for sweeping views over the lake-dotted landscape.
The town is laid-back, photogenic, and a great intro to small-town Colombia. Most riders arrive with plenty of time to explore before settling into a lakeside hotel and grabbing dinner at one of the town’s many outdoor restaurants.
📍 Pro Tip: Save your climb up the rock for golden hour—sunset views from the top are unforgettable.
📍 Day 2 / Guatapé → Sonsón
Ride Type
Scenic paved mountain route with endless twisties, curvy climbs.
⭐ Highlights
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🌀 Endless Mountain Curves – Ride one of Colombia’s twistiest, most scenic roads with perfect pavement and barely any traffic
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📸 Authentic Colombia – Visit a region untouched by tourism and rich in small-town charm
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🌫️ Cloud Forest Vistas – Ride above 10,000 ft to the Páramo de Sonsón for epic valley views
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🏛️ Sleep in a Mansion – Stay in a 200-year-old house filled with antiques right on the town square
🛏️ Stay, Eat, Park
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🍽️ Restaurants: La Gloria, Pizza Orange, Zona Gourmet
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🅿️ Parking: Sonsón Parking
🧭 Route Notes Today’s ride is pure rider bliss. Expect smooth, well-maintained mountain roads, dozens of tight curves, and hardly any traffic. Along the way, you’ll stop at a rural home for coffee and a chance to meet Luisa and her twin toddlers—one of those unplanned moments that makes Colombia so special. Once in Sonsón, we climb even higher to the Páramo lookout—over 10,000 feet above sea level. This dramatic cloud forest ridge gives you sweeping views of the valley below and makes for an unforgettable photo stop. Back in town, we settle into El Tesoro, a historic mansion-turned-hotel filled with antiques and character. Right next door, a second-story balcony pizzeria lets you enjoy a hot slice and a cold drink while watching the quiet plaza below. 📍 Pro Tip: Sonsón is high elevation (8,100 ft) and much colder than Guatapé. Bring a jacket for the evening!
📍 Day 3 / Sonsón → Pensilvania
Ride Type
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Challenging off-road or scenic paved options through dramatic highland terrain and river valleys.
⭐ Highlights
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🏞️ Valley to Summit – Start low in a warm river valley and climb steeply into the Andean highlands
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☕ Cliffside Coffee Farms – Wind through remote roads where coffee clings to impossibly steep mountainsides
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🌲 Cloud Forest Trails – Ride off-road through misty pine and jungle landscapes once impacted by conflict
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💦 Jungle Hot Springs Lunch – Stop at Termales Espíritu Santo for a relaxing soak and local lunch beside a jungle waterfall
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🌄 Epic Andean Climb – Tackle tight uphill curves as fog rolls across the ridgelines
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🌲 Pine Forest Arrival – Enter Pensilvania through a high mountain pass surrounded by towering pines
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📸 Unreal Scenic Views – Catch your first dramatic glimpse of Pensilvania perched in the hills below
🛤️ Route Notes
Climb high into the Central Andes as the landscape shifts from warm valley farms to pine-covered mountains and misty cloud forest.
Midway, we’ll stop at Termales Espíritu Santo, a remote jungle hot spring resort, to enjoy a relaxing lunch next to a flowing river.
The road winds past cliffside coffee farms and remote settlements once impacted by Colombia’s armed conflict — now peaceful and reborn.
From there, the route climbs steeply into the cool highlands, winding through pine forest with epic views of Pensilvania appearing just before arrival.
📍 Day 4 / Pensilvania → Salamina
Ride Type:
Off-road hills
Highlights:
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🌴 Wax Palm Valleys – Ride high above lush valleys filled with towering wax palms
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🌲 Mountain Roads – Eucalyptus-lined ridges, curvy roads, and epic views
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🏡 Salamina Highs – Boutique hotel in a restored bahareque (mud & timber) country house
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🪟 Historic Craftsmanship – Salamina is famous for its carved balconies and fine carpentry
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⛲ French Fountain – Ornate cast-iron fountain in the town’s central plaza
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📜 Founded in 1825 – One of Caldas’ oldest towns, rich in colonial 🌲 Scenery: Ride eucalyptus-lined ridges and high-altitude valleys filled with wax palms
🍽️ Lunch Stop: Quiet meal in Marulanda; optional visit to San Félix Wax Palm Forest
🦜 Relaxing - Peaceful, off-the-beaten-path birding and photography without Cocora crowds
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotel: Salamina Highs
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🍽️ Restaurants: Don Fermín , Calicanto
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🅿️ Parking: Salamina Parking
This is many people’s favorite day of the trip. From Pensilvania, ride high into the Central Andes and cross a remote mountain pass lined with eucalyptus forests. You’ll hug the mountainside as you climb, rewarded with sweeping views of valleys dotted with towering wax palms—Colombia’s national tree. Stop for lunch in the quiet town of Marulanda, and if time allows, make a quick visit to the nearby San Félix Wax Palm Forest.
Continue riding a scenic curvy paved road all the way to Salamina, a well-preserved colonial gem known for its fine carpentry, wooden balconies, and rich coffee culture. Settle into your boutique hotel—Salamina Highs—a beautifully restored traditional bahareque country house just minutes from the main square.
📍 Day 5 / Salamina → Manizales
Ride Type:
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Paved roads
Highlights:
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💧 Stay at high-altitude thermal springs hotel
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🍽️ Great meal at Restaurante Fogón de Palo near Manizales
Stay, Eat & Park:
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🛏️ Hotels: Termales del Otoño, Termales del Ruiz, Hotel Quo
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🍽️ Restaurant: La Azotea
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⭐ Activities: Nevado Ruiz Volcano, Valle de Frailejones
🗒️ Route Notes
Today takes us towards the famous Nevado Ruiz Volcano, located in the heart of Colombia’s volcanic region. Nevado Ruiz is a towering stratovolcano reaching 17,424 ft (5,311 m). Rides around Nevado del Ruiz are often touted as “The best rides in Colombia.”
You’ll ride up through clouds into the high-altitude páramo—an alpine tundra environment around 13,000 ft. This region features ancient frailejones plants that survive in extreme conditions. The temperatures here feel more like a sunny day in the Swiss Alps than an equatorial volcano.
This is many people’s favorite day of the trip. From Pensilvania, ride high into the Central Andes and cross a remote mountain pass lined with eucalyptus forests. You’ll hug the mountainside as you climb, rewarded with sweeping views of valleys dotted with towering wax palms—Colombia’s national tree. Stop for lunch in the quiet town of Marulanda, and if time allows, make a quick visit to the nearby San Félix Wax Palm Forest.
Continue riding a scenic curvy paved road all the way to Salamina, a well-preserved colonial gem known for its fine carpentry, wooden balconies, and rich coffee culture. Settle into your boutique hotel—Salamina Highs—a beautifully restored traditional bahareque country house just minutes from the main square.
📍 Day 6 / Explore Nevado del Ruiz & the Páramo
Ride Type:
High-altitude paved roads with optional gravel sections
⭐ Highlights
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🌋 Ride to 13,500 ft – Climb into the clouds and explore Colombia’s volcanic zone
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👀 Foggy Volcano Views – Try your luck spotting Nevado Ruiz above the clouds
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🪻 Páramo Landscape – Discover Colombia’s rare alpine ecosystem with frailejones ablove treeline but below snowline
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🦜 Hummingbird Feeding – Hand-feed colorful birds feed at the Termales del Ruiz hummingbird garden.
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🏔️ Ride to Visitor Center – Reach the gateway to Los Nevados National Park
Stay, Eat & Park
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🛏️ Hotel: Termales del Otoño or Termales del Ruiz
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🍽️ Restaurant: Hotel Restaurant or La Azotea in Manizales
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🅿️ Parking: On-site secure hotel parking
⭐ Activities: Hot springs soak, hummingbird garden, explore the volcanic páramo
🗒️ Route Notes
Today is all about exploring Colombia’s high-altitude volcanic region. You’ll ride from your hotel into the misty heights of the páramo, a rare alpine ecosystem unique to the Andes. The road climbs to over 13,500 feet (4,100 m) — well above the tree line — where gnarled shrubs and frailejones dominate the landscape.
Weather permitting, you’ll ride toward the Los Nevados National Park Visitor Center, the closest point allowed before the snow-capped volcano itself. While the summit of Nevado del Ruiz is often hidden in fog, on clear days the views are unforgettable — a snow-covered peak rising above the clouds.
Back at your thermal hotel, don’t miss the hummingbird garden, where feeders attract dozens of colorful species. You can often spot several birds at once, including sword-billed hummingbirds and glittering violetears.
The day ends with a soak in the hot springs, surrounded by alpine air and volcanic terrain. It’s a peaceful, nature-filled day that showcases Colombia’s wild highlands like few travelers ever get to see.
📍 Day 7 / Manizales → Jardín
Ride Type
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Jungle descent, city traffic, rural off-road sections
Highlights
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🏘️ Ride through Manizales – Cross the city before climbing into the Western Andes
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🌄 Off-Road to Jardín – Scenic gravel trails through forest and farmland
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🌈 Arrive in Colombia’s Prettiest Town – Bright houses, flowers, horses & coffee
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🌺 El Roble Hummingbird Garden – Hand-feed hummingbirds & enjoy a homemade lunch
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🚠 La Garucha Cable Car – Take a homemade cable car over coffee plantations & mountain views
Leaving the high-altitude páramo near Nevado del Ruiz, the day begins with a descent through cool cloud forests into the buzzing city of Manizales. After navigating city traffic (about 30 minutes), the route heads west and climbs back into the lush, mountainous countryside.
From Riosucio, pavement gives way to unpaved gravel. The trail winds through thick forest and farmlands until we reach El Roble Hummingbird Garden, a peaceful family-run reserve tucked away in the hills. Here, you can hand-feed vibrant hummingbirds and enjoy a delicious, traditional lunch prepared by locals.
The ride continues through remote trails before reaching Jardín — one of the most picturesque towns in all of Colombia. With its colorful balconies, colonial streets, and horse-riding cowboys parading into town at sunset, Jardín looks like it was made for postcards.
Explore town on foot or take the La Garucha cable car for sweeping aerial views. For bird lovers, a visit to the Jardín de Rocas nature park offers a chance to see the brilliant orange Andean Cock-of-the-Rock.
Day 8 / Jardín → Urrao
🗺️ View Route on Google Maps (Insert link)
Ride Type
Remote backroads, unpaved mountain trails
Highlights
🏞️ Remote Andean Backroads – Ride through untouched terrain with dramatic elevation changes
☕ Coffee Break in Betulia – Stop for a tinto in the peaceful town square
🌄 Towering Coffee Valleys – Farms cling to impossibly steep mountain slopes
🌱 Endless Green – Lush, rugged countryside far from tourist routes
🛏️ Finca Stay – Sleep in a mountain-view lodge surrounded by fruit plantations and silence
This ride is one of the most breathtaking of the entire trip. Leaving Jardín, you dive into a remote network of narrow mountain roads that wind through steep forested hills and high-altitude coffee farms. The terrain feels wild and off-the-grid — dramatic, green, and absolutely unspoiled.
About halfway through the day, you’ll roll into Betulia, a sleepy village where locals sip strong coffee in the main plaza. It’s a perfect place to stretch your legs and enjoy the slower pace of rural Antioquia.
After Betulia, the scenery gets even more intense — huge mountains rise around you, overflowing with coffee plantations that seem to defy gravity. You’ll eventually arrive in Urrao, nestled in a vast valley high in the Western Andes. Here, you’ll stay at Finca Hotel Las Araucarias, a quiet countryside lodge with sweeping views and fresh mountain air — the perfect spot to unwind after a full day of unforgettable riding.
📍 Day 9 / Urrao → Medellín
Ride Type:
Morning off-road trails, paved mountain highway into Medellín
⭐ Highlights
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🏡 Off-Road from Urrao to Caicedo – Ride past quiet farms and through remote mountain trails
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🐄 Rural Landscapes – Watch cattle grazing and coffee fields clinging to steep hillsides
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🌄 Smooth Paved Ascent into Medellín – Enjoy a relaxing final stretch through scenic Andean highways
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🌆 Return to Medellín – Arrive back in the City of Eternal Spring, refreshed and full of memories
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❌ Last night hotel stay not included – Riders typically return to Medellín in the evening and depart the next day.
Stay, Eat & Park
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🛏️ Lodging: Final night in Medellín (Last night stay in Medellin not included)
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🍽️ Lunch: Roadside restaurant near Caicedo or mountain café along the route
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🅿️ Parking: Drop-off at our Medellín office.
Today marks the end of your adventure, but not before one last unforgettable ride. Leaving Urrao, you head out on a rugged off-road trail toward the small town of Caicedo. This leg of the journey offers one last taste of Colombia’s wild side — winding dirt roads lined with cattle farms, plantain groves, and coffee fincas clinging to the sides of steep, misty mountains.
As you reach Caicedo, the terrain changes. From here, the road is fully paved, and the riding becomes easier — but no less scenic. The final paved section takes you along mountain ridges and past deep valleys as you descend steadily toward Medellín. With each curve, the city skyline gets closer, and you’ll start to feel the bittersweet tug of reentry into urban life after days in the wilderness.
By late afternoon, you’ll roll back into Medellín, returning the bikes and gear at our office. We’ll have cold drinks and big smiles waiting to hear about your favorite parts of the journey.