Off road in Fuerteventura

[zzrman]

Just came back from holiday on Fuerteventura.

Spent 2 days riding mostly off road with this lot:

http://www.backtrax1.com/

Not very technically demanding - mostly hard gravelly roads - but with a few more testing bits thrown in - dry riverbeds with loose sand and gravel.

They run Suzuki DRZ 400s, which is a good trail bike, and have all the proper protective kit.

If you're there, fancy a break from the normal holiday routine and would like to see bits of the island that you wouldn't otherwise see then give them a ring.

Me with one of the many extinct volcanoes which dot the island

and another

all that remains of this ship:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_American_Star

Mountain road up from Parajas

Me and a guy called Matt with Mt Tindaya in the background

 

[paul nicholls]

nice one im off there end of may, what did it cost for the day?

 

[Gs Craig]

I've Been a few times, it's a great island.
Seeing it by bike looks like a fantastic idea!
Looks like you both had fun

 

[zzrman]

nice one im off there end of may, what did it cost for the day?

130 Euros a day including bike hire and all the kit. First day we did about 65 miles and the second day about 75 miles - about 3/4 of this will be off tarmac.