The scent of mediterranean herbs and wildflowers fills the air as you pedal your e-mountain bike along the coastal singletrack and through the pine forests of Istria. In this lesser-travelled corner of Croatia, mediaeval hilltop villages meet white sandstone rocks of the islands, and turquoise waters of the Adriatic.
As you journey from mountain to coast to island, truffles, meat and cheese make way for the freshest seafood dishes, straight from the boat – all accompanied by fine local wines.
Immerse yourself in the laid-back way of life in the Adriatic, on our e-mountain bike tour in Croatia. Your efforts on the bike each day will be rewarded with delicious local food and wine, and a relaxing massage at the hotel spa.
£2,780 GBP / $3,753 USD / €3,336 EUR per person (ex. flights, based on two sharing a room)
*Single supplement is only applicable if you are travelling solo and do not wish to share a room with another rider of the same sex. If you’re happy to do that, you need not add the supplement.
Please note: A single room may not be available at time of booking.
We want you to have the best experience in Croatia, so it’s important to be sure that this is the perfect E-MTB tour, with the right level of challenge, for you.
You ride your e-mtb on average twice per month, and would be comfortable riding a variety of trails including: rooty singletrack through forests; gravel double track climbs; steep, flowing descents; rocky trails on the coast and islands. Read more on our intermediate skill level.
Does this sound like you? Your vacation time is precious and we want to be sure that you’re making the most of it with the perfect e-mountain bike tour.
On our E-MTB tours the e-bike is not a skill or fitness compensator. It is an aid to exploring the world, riding further, or giving you that one final run down a trail that we might otherwise have missed.
During our e-mountain bike tour in Croatia you will deliver around 75% of the effort required on an average day and your E-MTB will help you with the other 25%. You will occasionally encounter terrain or a situation where you will need to run the bike in Boost mode for short periods. Most of your ride will be spent between Eco and Trail modes, with a keen eye on your battery life required through the day.
Please note: The skill level required reflects an overall rating for the trails on the trip but you should expect to find sections and obstacles that push your ability levels.
Skill level: Intermediate
Fitness level: 4/7
Typical trails you’ll be riding
The ideal bike for your E-MTB tour of Croatia on the Istrian trails is a good quality full-suspension e-mountain bike with around 140mm of travel.
Please remember that it is not possible to fly on any airline with an eBike. If you are coming from oversees, we have a selection of good quality electric mountain bikes available for you to add onto your booking.
If you are unable to travel with your own E-MTB, we can arrange rental of a high quality full suspension e-mountain bike for the duration of your E-MTB tour in Croatia.
We have a fleet of Pivot Shuttle e-mountain bikes available to rent in Croatia.
We only run small group e-mountain bike tours to ensure that everyone has the best experience possible, and we can take a maximum of seven riders in each group. The minimum number of people we require to run this E-MTB tour of Croatia is four.
In short, no. This E-MTB tour in Croatia is designed for riders who can mountain bike on singletrack, have a history of mountain biking, or have been using an E-MTB for a couple of years gaining experience on a variety of trails on their E-MTB.
Our e-mountain bike tour in Croatia caters for a wide age range; typically between 30- and 65-years-old. Regardless of age, you must have the appropriate level of physical fitness and mountain biking skills to participate in this adventure. Please refer to clause 14 of our terms and conditions of booking to find more information on rider age.
This E-MTB tour of Croatia is a guided e-mountain bike vacation, ideal for intermediate e-mountain bikers. The terrain you’ll be riding on consists of double track and singletrack through inland forests and plateaux, and coastal and island trails which are very rocky in places.
The distances we cover each day range from 25km to 40m, in accordance with the technical difficulty and height/gain loss.
Each evening your guides will chat with you about the following day’s e-mountain biking and give you an idea of the sorts of trails you can look forward to. If there’s anything you feel anxious about, your guides will be happy to discuss it with you.
No, you only need to carry a back pack with you whilst riding. We have your large kit bags transferred to your next accommodation as required, and have it ready and waiting for your arrival.
Your guide will be very happy to give you some e-bike skills help during your trip to help improve your confidence and your enjoyment of your E-MTB tour of Croatia.
If there is a section that you would prefer not to ride, then you can simply hop off your bike and walk. You won’t be the only one to walk certain sections and it’s not a competition in biking ability; it’s an e-mountain bike holiday!
Your e-mountain bike guides are local to Croatia and experienced professionals who have a real passion for e-mountain biking and for the culture and landscape of Croatia.
Your safety is their number one priority, closely followed by your enjoyment of your E-MTB tour of Croatia. They will always be on-hand to answer any questions or requests you may have throughout your trip.
On this E-MTB tour of Croatia you will be staying in small, locally-owned accommodation, varying in look and feel as we ride our way through the green mountains, to the turquoise coastline and islands of the Adriatic.
You’ll stay two nights in a beautiful mediaeval hilltop hotel, with wellness centre and swimming pool; two nights in a hotel in a coastal village, also with spa; and three nights in a beachfront hotel on Krk Island.
All breakfasts and three dinners are included in the price of the tour, and you’ll enjoy fantastic breakfasts at your accommodation which will set you up well for each day in the saddle.
You should budget around 65€ per day for meals.
A good quality full suspension E-MTB with 140mm travel will be ideal for this E-MTB tour of Croatia. The terrain you will be riding is rough in places and you will feel more comfortable on a full suspension bike for the duration of the trip.
We have a fleet of full suspension e-mountain bikes available to rent in Croatia.
Read the full kit list to find out what you need to pack for your E-MTB tour in Croatia.
Yes, there are laundry facilities at your accommodations.
Sure, it is your e-mountain bike vacation. Chat with your guiding team and they will gladly advise you on what else you can do that day.
Unfortunately not. We are working hard to provide each and every customer who rides with us an unparalleled mountain bike experience in every destination we ride. This takes years of experience, riding and planning to get right, and a drone adds a very real danger to the group’s riding experience and health & safety.
To travel to Istria we recommend arriving in Zagreb, Croatia which is served by Franjo Tuđman Airport Airport (ZAG). Airlines flying to Zagreb include: Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and British Airways.
Visas
US, Canadian, New Zealand, Australian, and European Citizens do not require visas to visit Croatia. You must have your passport as proof of citizenship.
You must check the relevant government website to satisfy yourself of the requirements for travelling in and out of Croatia from your country.
Arrival and departure details
Your E-MTB tour in Croatia will start and end in Zagreb, Croatia. You should arrive at least one day prior to your tour start date and spend a night or two in Zagreb, ready for your guide to meet you on day 1 of your adventure. We have created this handy guide to spending 24 hours in Zagreb before the start of your Croatia adventure.
If you are driving to/ from Zagreb, you can park your car securely at Petrinjska or Langov trg.
Your local guide will meet you in Zagreb at around 09:00 on the first morning of the tour at the train station.
On the final day we will transfer you back to Zagreb train station or airport, which is a 2.5 hour drive, so you should book your return flight departing no earlier than 2pm that day (if flying out of Zagreb).
Our e-mountain bike guides in Croatia are of the highest level. They are qualified in first-aid and they have the knowledge and experience to lead a group safely in these wild and beautiful parts of Croatia.
Our guides have years of experience in the saddle on the trails around Istria and will be able to enhance your holiday with facts and fables on local history, flora and fauna. They’re also genuinely nice people and will do their best to make sure that everyone in the group has a great time.
We aim to use the best, locally-run accommodation in each country, and accommodation that is traditional to that specific area, whether it be city or mountain.
On our E-MTB tour of Croatia you’ll be staying in traditional hilltop hotels in mediaeval villages, and a beach-front hotel on Krk Island, all with spectacular views of the mountain or coast.
Your first two accommodations have the added bonus of a beautiful spa and wellness centre, which you can take advantage of to pamper yourselves post-ride!
You will enjoy fabulous, home-made, locally-sourced dishes in Croatia, specific to Istria, with some of the key ingredients including truffles, seafood, wine and olive oil.
Whilst lunches and most dinners are not included in the tour price, so that you can choose what you wish from the dinner menu, we will eat together as a group every evening.
No vaccinations are required for visiting this part of Croatia; however some online resources like MD Travel Health have a list of suggested precautions.
You can drink water from the taps (faucets) in Croatia.
Please let us know if you have any special food requirements, allergies or pre-existing conditions your guides should know about.
You should always consult your own doctor or physician before travelling to new countries to seek their advice on matters concerning your health abroad.
Your health and safety on tour is our top priority and when you travel with us you will be covered by Global Rescue emergency medical and evacuation services.
The official currency of Croatia is the Euro EUR and is the only currency that will be accepted. ATM machines are available in most towns.
Tipping
It is not compulsory to tip your guides or drivers in Croatia, but if you feel that you have had a tremendous experience on your E-MTB tour of Croatia, you can tip at your discretion; as a rough guide, around 5% of your tour price for your guiding team.
It is not compulsory to tip in restaurants, however should you wish to tip your servers, 10% of your meal cost would be acceptable.
You are required as a condition of booking to be insured against medical and personal accident risks. In this policy you must include cover for mountain biking and we recommend that you take out a policy which covers cancellation and baggage, including your bike.
We work with Global Rescue whose policies are specially designed for adventure travel and you can arrange your insurance cover directly with them.
Our family of local mountain bike guides in Croatia are amongst the very best in the world. They’ll share their love of mountain biking and wealth of knowledge about Croatia with you, to make your E-MTB adventure in Istria totally unforgettable.
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The H+I Croatia e-mtb experience has changed the way we yearn to vacation. No other experience allows you to do what you love every day, in a group of great people, while seeing the best of a country - off the beaten path. From end-to-end, the experience was flawless. From Victoria's exceptional care and communication, to Daniel's astonishing guiding skills we were in awe at every step. From the dining, to the accommodations, to dodging emerging weather systems, to the trail choices it was amazing. We were inspired, physically challenged and always left the day thinking "could it get better?" and it did! We were able to put our brains in neutral, and just live in the moment.
Many of our mountain biking friends asked us "Why e-bike?" We could cover more ground, in less time, with less difficulty and then enjoy more descents. We spent less time in vans, and more time in the saddle. The fleet of e-bikes were new, lightweight cycles with high end components that met all performance expectations. We could focus on levelling up our technical skills and enjoy km #1 as much as km #65, then retire to our boutique accommodation and still have energy for a fun dinner and sunset!
We are superfans of H+I and plan on touring again. We feel like members of a really cool family and can't wait for a reunion.
What a wonderful adventure with H+I. Everything was perfect. The hotels, food, guide (Daniel), and bikes. We had an epic time in Istria and along the coast. I couldn't ask for a better trip. I am looking forward to the next trip!
We want you to have the best experience, so it’s important to be sure that this is the perfect mountain bike tour, with the right level of challenge, for you.
We want you to have the best experience, so it’s important to be sure that this is the perfect mountain bike tour, with the right level of challenge, for you.
