Baños Mountainbiking

Mountainbiking

Several agencies rent out mountainbikes (5$ a day or $1.25 a hour). But make sure that you or someone with experience checks out the bikes and ensures that they are safe to use. Especially check if the gear is clean and oiled enough, bikes look really good, but are sometimes not maintained like they should be (like the bikes at Wonderful Ecuador). Also be sure to understand who has to pay for damage to a bike should it occur. A popular ride is the 61 kilometre, mostly downhill, to Puyo. Most agencies also provide a little map. Make a stop at Rio Verde to visit the impressive waterfall Pailón del Diablo. From Puyo there are frequent busses back to Baños. It is also fairly easy to hitchhike your way back on a pick-up track.