We believe our tours are the best way to experience the area. If you just want to be 100% self reliant, just check out our cycling route selection and follow the maps!
We offer half-day, full-day, and multi-day supported rides and cycling tours.
We break these down into:
Half Day & Day Supported Rides: Includes the route, itinerary, a van, driver, sites, food and drink.
Multi-Day Cycling Tours: Includes a route, a detailed Itinerary, accommodation, and if you need support and bag transport, a van as well.
Contact our wechat service account or email info@wildhomestay.com for more information, and tours need to be booked at least 48h before you embark.
Supported Rides, Half & Full Day
Staying at Wildhomestay and want some support for your ride or places to visit en route? Check out our supported rides. We have fun, well-researched, and ridden itineraries.
Benefits
- Stay at the homestay and take in some interesting rides around the area. Great if you’re there for 2 or 3 days and new to cycling or China.
- Food and drink en route when you need it.
- Support if you get lost, you still need to follow the route on a GPS or your phone, easily done.
- Can fit in 2 or 3 bikes in the van if you get too tired and can always get more to you if needed.
- We don’t offer a guide to cycle along with you, but the driver will meet you at a predetermined location along the route and take a few snaps from strategic locations.
Price
Half Day Price: 90 RMB Per person / min 4 people.
Full Day Price: 160 RMB Per person / min 4 people.
Includes
- Van & Driver
- Water, Coffee and nibbles during the ride
- GPX files & Itinerary
What’s Not Included:
- Full day tours include snacks but no lunch. We recommend nice places to stop for lunch
- A full mechanic, we can help change a tire but if serious bike issues Hangzhou or Shanghai are your best bet.
- Someone riding with you. If you have a driver they will meet you at various places along the route, take pictures of your group, etc.
- A bike, rent one of our great bikes if you need one. Make sure you bring a spare and the proper clothing; you can keep extras in the van. Also sun cream and whatever else you might like to take en route.
Process
Contact our service account 24h before to book.
Sign wavier & Payment in full.
GPS file and itinerary sent.
Confirm departure time and any other details.
Meet the driver at the parking area and start your ride.
The driver will stop at various places marked on your GPS route.
H1. Sanyang Old Town
Distance: 25km
Level: Novice
Duration: Half Day
H2. Gaofeng River Village
Distance: 35km
Level: Novice to Novice+
Duration: Half Day
F1. The Local Hills
Distance: 50km
Level: Novice to Novice+, lots of hills.
Duration: Full Day
F2. Bike to Hike to Bike:)
Distance: 50km cycling, 5-15km hiking!
Level: Novice to Novice+, lots of hills.
Duration: Full Day
F3. Poshan Copper Bells
Distance: 50-70km
Level: Novice+, lots of short hills.
Duration: Full Day
F4. Rainbow Road & Gorge
Distance: 75km
Level: Novice+, lots of short hills.
Duration: Full Day
The Huizhou Multi Day Tours
Huizhou, where we are located, was a key centre of ink calligraphy and painting in China due to its brush-making and inkstone production! Huizhou also has a long and rich cultural history that was important to China’s development during the Ming & Qing Dynasties. Not only were important trade routes established, but China’s first powerful migrants came from the area, running some of China’s largest businesses!!! Wealth was brought home, culture developed, and today you can see this firsthand on your trip. Tours can be tailored if needed based on your skill and comfort levels, and can either be self-supported or supported with a Van.
Our MDT’s start and finish at the homestay, and you get to experience the wider area, staying in nice inns and hotels en route, cycling through our amazing landscape. The routes we take you on, we know well and have been tweaked over the years. We are confident you will get a great experience of natural, rural, and ancient China. We are very careful in our planning to balance out the cycling experience, combining it with authentic visits to local cultural landmarks and diverse and interesting places to stay at.
Benefits
- Spend more time having a great experience and less time flaffing about.
- Great value to experience balance.
- For your own group at your own pace and time.
- Saves you a bunch of time before and during the experience.
- Minimizes the unknowns in route planning. The roads are constantly changing, under construction, and we know the current situation.
- Don’t miss the interesting sites and places. We know what is worthwhile and what is not to experience and the best times to visit.
- Support when you need it.
Price
We have set routes with itineraries or we can make a custom plan for you.
Our pricing model is 100% transpartent.
Our service fee is 88 RMB/day/person for set route tours or 168 RMB/day/person for a customized tour.
Our service fee, covers our cost and gives us a bit of profit on top. Sometimes, but not always, we also obtain an additional fee from the accommodation. We have vetted and stayed at the places we offer and choose them based on their character, location, and fitout. We have three standards of accommodation to choose from, approx 200 RMB, 500 RMB & 1000 RMB a night and our prices are comparable to cTrips…
Included
Our service fee includes:
- Careful route planning
- GPS files and detailed itineraries
- Booking homestay/inns/hotels
- Wechat support.
- Van / Driver booking if you require to carry your gear and help take you or your non-riding partners where needed.
What’s Not Included:
- A full mechanic, we can help change a tire but if serious bike issues Hangzhou or Shanghai are your best bet.
- Someone riding with you. If you have a driver they will meet you at various places along the route, take pictures of your group, etc.
- A bike, rent one of our great bikes if you need one. Make sure you bring a spare and the proper clothing; you can keep extras in the van. Also sun cream and whatever else you might like to take en route.
Process
The process is straightforward:
Wechat support as needed.
Let us know your cycling level and ability, dates, and general requirements.
General Q&A on what we both think is best for your experience.
Rough quote, simple agreement & down payment.
Detailed route schedule and hotel options (including names etc so you can make sure we are charging you fairly). Please try and confirm within 48h so we can actually book you the rooms you want!
Modifications if a custom plan and we confirm everything.
Full payment, and we make bookings.
Detailed Itinerary and GPX files.
We will provide you with details on what you need to bring, what we provide, etc.
Accommodation Notes: places can get full or change their price from the original quote at the time of booking. Most accommodation is priced seasonally. Prices might change before booking. Its very hard to cancel bookings. If bookings are canceled, we will still retain our service fee.
M1. Bike to Mountain Camp
(or a homestay if you are not keen on tents).
1 Night Wildhomestay & 1 Night in the Hills.
A really stunning two day’s and night in the Slate Hills!
Spinner to advanced
M2. Stone, Ink, Paper Ride
1 Night at the Homestay, 1 in Shecounty and 1 near Jixi
This tour takes in forests, rivers, remote villages, hillsides, mulberry and tea fields, rice fields, museums, and much more.
Novice+
M3. The Merchants Route
5 to 7 Day Tour
The best of East China villages and rural life.
+ some amazing 1000m + climbs.
Novice+ to advanced.
Description of levels:
Let us know what level you are. We have ebikes to help with distance and gradient, but you still need to descend. If you’re not sure of your level, try cycling on our little local course first. If you’re happy with that, you’re Novice+. If not, best you keep to Novice routes.
Novice: has some cycling basics and is willing to try some small, not too steep hills.
Novice+: someone who rides in the city a bit and has some confidence to try a few steeper hills, but nothing too crazy or long.
Spinner: some cycling fitness from the gym or urban sports cycling. Able to to ride 50km to 75km but not great with self navigation.
Adventurer: fine with cycling 100km and can follow a GPX route on a bike computer or phone by themselves.
Ultra: happy with whatever we throw at them.
Do one of our cycle tours in May & June and get half price bike rental for the duration of your tour! In exchange send us your photo and video clips!
Need a bike for your tour? We have a great selection of ebikes and gravel bikes to choose from.
