BIKE ARENAL TOURS

We had a very nice guide, Antonio, who biked us around beautiful places with lots of information about everything. Our car broke down before and he helped us out as well. Very recommandable tour!

I did the “Lake Arenal Outskirts” tour in other Bike Arenal and it was incredible! I reached out and asked to schedule a tour by myself and they were very accommodating. In fact the owner, Alejandro, accompanied me on my tour! After I expressed that I was worried I wouldn’t be able to complete the full 40 miles, Alejandro adapted the ride to meet me where I was and ensure that I would have a good time. He was very encouraging, friendly, and funny, we laughed so much during the tour. This tour was a highlight for me on my trip to CR! Highly recommend booking with Bike Arenal, they are the absolute best!

Short review:
Guide and driver, 5 stars
Owner, 3 stars (prompt communication but lack of transparency on bikes)
Bikes, 1 star

Long review:
The tour itself was fine although all on paved roads and with a fair amount of traffic, so not really a “MTB tour”. Ore guide, Antonio, is a great guy and he and the driver made the tour worthwhile. Antonio speaks good English, Italian (the main language during the tour), and German and he entertained us with interesting facts about local history and culture.

The bikes quality is a very different and much worse story. I reached out ahead of time to find out about the bikes offering and I was provided with no information. Once I saw the bikes I realized why: we were offered old, hardly maintained, hard tail clunkers:#1 had water spurting out of the fork seals! Bike #2 skipped the chain on almost all gears due to a worn out chain and cassette. The fork felt very stiff, with no regulation and a broken lock out. It gets even worse but no point in beating a dead horse.

If you can get Antonio as a guide and a better bike, Bike Arenal is a decent option for a fun bike tour, although the course options are limited and not always require a mountain bike.

Bike Arenal was great especially Antonio. So helpful. Bike I rented worked great and price reasonable

Merci à Antonio et Mauricio. Super ride de vélo, beaucoup d’explications tout au long de la demi journée. On a eu un bon petit snack à mi chemin. Ils vont au rythme que vous voulez. Très sécuritaire avec la Van qui nous suit en arrière. On a même eu des leçons d’Espagnol !!!

10/10