Half-day and full-day rides with a local guide, from Yangshuo's karst rivers to Erhai Lake in Dali and the high meadows below Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang. Some add a short hike or a swim. Pick your city, pick a route, and we'll fit the bike to you.
Karst-peak countryside riding along the Yulong and Li rivers — CycleQuest China's home base.
Full day tour | 6–8 hours | $175 USD per-guest
A full-day private bike tour through Yangshuo's karst landscape, built for riders who want big Li River views without the crowds. Pedal past rice paddies to Xianggong Mountain, hike a short viewpoint trail, and end the day at a sunset lookout.
Full day tour | 6–8 hours | $175 USD per-guest
A full-day moderate cycling tour of back lanes and scenic climbs: the ladder climb up Damian Mountain, lunch overlooking the Li River near Xianggong Hill, the old stone village of Stone City, and a hilltop sunset in Putao.
Guided tour | 3–4 hours | $100 USD per-guest
Family & kids friendly
A relaxed 3–4 hour half-day ride along two of Yangshuo's quietest rivers, the Yulong and Jinbao. Pass bamboo raft docks and Ming stone bridges at an easy pace that suits families and casual riders.
Guided tour | 3–4 hours | $100 USD per-guest
Family & kids friendly
A classic half-day ride on the dedicated Yulong River bike path, linking two of the valley's oldest stone bridges. An easy countryside heritage ride past karst peaks and bamboo rafts rather than a workout.
Guided tour | 3–4 hours | $100 USD per-guest
Our summer cool-down half-day tour: an e-bike cruise on the car-free Yulong River bike path, a short hike to a hidden waterfall, and a refreshing swim before coffee. Bring a change of clothes.
Full day tour
Seen Dali Old Town already? Head north to Eryuan and ride 15 km on an e-MTB through pine forest and wildflowers onto open grazing meadows at 3,000–3,300 m, with a stop at each of two quiet mountain lakes.
Full day tour
Ride pine forest and wind-farm tracks on the ridge above Xiaguan at 2,800–3,000 m, then sit on the edge as the evening light falls across the city and Erhai Lake and the lights come on below.
Full day tour | $288 per guest
Family & kids friendly
An easy, flat day on Erhai's car-free west-shore path: the lakeside redwoods at Longkan, the Panxi S-bend, the Haishe peninsula, and a finish among the Bai merchant courtyards of Xizhou.
Full day tour | $288 per person
Family & kids friendly
58 km along Erhai's drier, rockier east shore: from Xiaguan past the lake's first big panorama, a Santorini-style cliffside resort and Tianjing Pavilion on its peninsula, to the painted lake road of Wenbi Village.
E-MTB rides into the forests and meadows below Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, from our shop in Hetang Town.
Full day tour | $238 per person (small gruop of 2-6)
Leave the Old Town crowds for the hills beyond Lashi Lake: 30 km on an Amflow e-MTB through moss-covered old forest and limestone yak pastures, up to 3,426 m, with the motor doing the hard part of the climbing.
Full day tour | $298 per person (small gruop of 2-6)
Start in Yuhu, the Naxi village Joseph Rock called home, and ride an Amflow e-MTB up through pine and meadow onto a white limestone riverbed at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. In the summer rains its lowest basin fills with milky turquoise water.