YOGA/MOUNTAIN BIKE RETREAT: Mexico

We'll meet you at Puerto Vallarta airport and transfer you to your cabin on a secluded and spectacular private beach 1 hour north of the city. Tonight we'll have our first delicious dinner, get to know each other, and look forward to a fantastic week of yoga and mountain biking.

We'll start the day with a sunrise yoga session overlooking the Pacific Ocean. After a delicious and healthy breakfast, we'll put together our bikes and have our pre-trip safety meeting. We'll start with our first instructional session of the week, covering the fundamentals (even advanced riders will appreciate going over such basics as proper body positioning and bike-body separation). Then it's off to our first trail, the San Pancho ride. This is a 25-km intermediate-level ride. We'll return to our cabins for lunch, and then have the afternoon to relax and enjoy the surf and sun. We'll cap off an incredible 1st day with a sunset yoga session, then get to know each other over another gourmet dinner.

There is an optional surf lesson in the afternoon.

We'll start our day off with another sunrise yoga session by the water. Then after breakfast it's off to the Las Lomas trail, a 27-km moderately technical trail through the jungle. We'll spend the morning working on technical skills, before returning to Monterrey Beach for lunch. You'll have the afternoon to relax, or can join us for an optional Spanish lesson. At sunset, we'll enjoy another yoga session overlooking the ocean.

After morning yoga and breakfast, we'll hop in the van for a quick drive to Bucerias and the start of the Blair Witch trail This trail is a fantastic 29-km singletrack romp through the jungle. On our way back to Punta Monterrey, we'll visit the community of Las Lomas where we'll have a traditional Mexican lunch. Las Lomas is a small community of 90 people just up the road from Punta Monterrey. Most of the community lives on subsistence farming. After lunch, we'll spend a few hours volunteering our time with a local project. As part of our Keeping Rides Sacred program, we're also contributing a percentage of trip revenues to a local project. When we're done we'll head back to the beach for a bit of relaxation time before evening yoga and dinner.

After yoga and breakfast we'll hop in the van for a drive up into the mountains to the beautiful old mining town of San Sebastian del Oeste. San Sebastian dates from 1605, and was once home to over 40,000 residents. Today less than 1,000 people call this town home and it retains a charming, peaceful feel. We'll check into our hotel, a charming and tranquil eco-hacienda, and then hop on the bikes for a great afternoon of riding, including a ride to (and into) an abandoned mine. Dinner is in the main square of San Sebastian, overlooking the mountains.

After morning yoga and breakfast, we'll get ready for a big day of mountain biking. Today we descend 1,400 m from San Sebastian all the way to Puerto Vallarta, with a total drop of almost 1,800 m/6,000 feet (there's some climbing too). This spectacular and challenging ride will leave you tired and grinning at the end of the day, as we head back to our beautiful cabins on our private beach.

After morning yoga and breakfast, we'll hop in the van for the drive to El Horcones. We'll get on the bikes for a short ride, then leave our bikes with the local community while we hike to a beautiful and secluded waterfall. After swimming and cliff-diving, we'll have lunch then return to the bikes for a fantastic 2-hour singletrack ride, then return to Punta Monterrey for our last dinner and final celebration.

Time to pack up the bikes and yoga mats and say goodbye to Monterrey Beach and look back on a fantastic week of fun, yoga, mountain biking and new friends! The shuttle departs Punta Monterrey at 9 am.