The stunning landscapes are best viewed on two wheels!

Cycle through the vineyards that have made Lebanese wines among the best in the world; through which, each day you will pedal along lovely country roads. At private tasting you will swirl on some of the best, from exquisite Cabernets to dry Sauvignon Blancs.

A Day By Day Itinerary

Meet & Assist transfer to hotel in Zahleh/Beqaa Valley. Check-in, freshen-up before a nice dinner!

Ride along the countryside road. Visit Aammique Nature Reserve, a wetlands of 100 hectare – 250 acre) and an important staging and wintering area for migratory water birds en route between Europe and Africa, located in midway between Zahleh and Kefrayya where you will arrive to explore the delights of this winery. 

Harvest begins at Chateau Kefrayya between 25^th of August and 1^st of September each year. The grape-varieties for this winery age partly in vats and partly in barrels coming from best French oaks. Aging lasts 16 to 18 months before fining, and bottling 18 to 20 months after harvest.

Lunch will be served at the Winery’s restaurant.

Dinner at the hotel.

Total distance on bike: 50km-easy.

In the heart of the valley lies the KSARA estate, so named because it was the site of a ksar, or fortress, at the time of the Crusades. Ksara’s natural wine cellar was a grotto discovered by the Romans, and enlarged to their present size during WW1. There are 20 hectares of noble varietals such as Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Grenache and Cabernet-Sauvignon. Yields are low from a clay/chalky soil, but the wines it produces are concentrated, aromatic and possess a marked personality. The ride starts with a visit to this winery itself where you will watch a documentary film about this property and wine producing, followed by a tour into the wine cellars caves and then enjoy the wine tasting. Ride after then towards the vineyards of Ksara which will give you an opportunity to meet the villagers who gain their living on this industry. Lunch will be served at Monte Alberto restaurant overlooking the Berdawni River valley in town Zahleh. Board your bikes and drive to the Baalbeck. Explore the greatest temple to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, and of course to visit the other mighty sites of the place.

Back to hotel in Zahleh. For dinner and overnight

Total distance on bike: 10km - easy 

Drive to the town of Hermel. Ride your bike till Assi River Camp,

BBQ trout lunch will be served along the river’s banks.

Pm- explore on bike the ancient sites spread in the landscape all-round the place: Kasser el-Bounat (31B.C~50A.C), the Cuneiform writings (650 B.C) and Naboukhad Nassar (650 B.C).

Evening- fire circle, cool breeze and villager’s dinner.

Back to Zahleh for overnight. Total distance on bike: 40km-easy.

Breakfast then drive to the highest spot in Lebanon, the Cedars region, where some of the trees are over 1000 years old, and their trunks have a huge girth and their heights can reach 30m.

Ride then your bike to the town of Bcharri from which you will start exploring cave chapels, hermitages and monasteries cut from rock and spread in the Valley of Saints, which is classified as a world heritage by UNESCO. (part of tour will take place on foot).

Lunch box.

Descend by bus to coast of Chekka.

Dinner overnight. Total distance on bike: 30km – easy.

After breakfast, lunch and dinner at hotel. Day to enjoy sun and beach.

Ride the old road along the coast and discover the small villages spread from Chekka till the town of Maameltein where you will then climb towards Ghazir to taste the wine of Chateau Musar, which was founded in 1930 by Gaston Hochar in an 18^th century castle, and store more than one million bottles of wine! Proceed then to the capital Beirut.

Check-in hotel and have some rest before riding to the heart of Beirut and explore its old part and street cafes. Total distance of bike: 45km – easy.

Lunch at a local restaurant in downtown.

Evening- Gala dinner at one of our favorite and selected restaurant/night club to enjoy a meal while watching the belly dancer performing her sensual hip movements and graceful arm movements, in harmony with the traditional Lebanese music.

Transfer to the airport for departure with nice memories.

Price per person in sharing double room on Half Board basis in US Dollars:

 Hotels proposed:

 Price includes:

• Meet and assist at Beirut airport on arrival and departure
• Transfers Airport – Hotel – Airport
• Transportation by deluxe coach according to group size for 5 days
• Bilingual guide for 5 days
• Pickup for the bikes for 6 days
• Red Cross Services for 6 days
• Road Assistance during Biking
• Entrance fees to the visited sites
• 6 lunches during all the tour
• 2 dinners outside the hotels
• 5 dinners in the hotels
• 7 nights accommodation in sharing double room with daily Buffet Breakfast
• 1 free in sharing double room for 10 paying pax and over
• 10 % VAT

Price does not include:

• Visa to Lebanon $ 17
• Drinks with the meals
• Extras and personal expenses
• Tips to the guide and driver
• Rental of Bikes
• Beirut departure Tax $

Rental of Bikes: $ 15 per day per person.

Non refundable Deposit of $ 50 per person if the Bike is broken during Biking.

Validity: this offer is valid from 15 May till 31 October 2007, as per Low and High Season stated above