Four new guided gravel tours Trek Travel is launching in 2027

The moment the pavement ends, something changes. Traffic thins, the route stops following someone else’s plan, and what lies ahead is genuinely unknown. Gravel riding has grown into one of cycling’s fastest-rising disciplines precisely because of that feeling, and it’s why Trek Travel has been expanding its gravel program every year. In 2027, that expansion reaches four new destinations: the High Atlas of Morocco, the jungle valleys of northern Thailand, the volcanic plateaus of New Mexico, and the North Woods and carriage roads of Maine’s Acadia region. Each is a distinct gravel experience, and each is built around the same fully guided infrastructure that defines every Trek Travel trip.

View the full 2027 tours collection to browse dates and availability across the lineup.

What sets a guided gravel tour apart

Most gravel riding demands self-sufficiency. Navigation, mechanicals, and weather management fall entirely on the rider. Trek Travel’s guided gravel tours change that equation without softening the adventure.

Certified mechanic guides ride alongside guests each day and trail in a support van stocked with spare parts, tools, nutrition, and gear. Routes are pre-loaded on Garmin GPS devices so there’s no navigation stress on unfamiliar roads. Up to three daily route options let riders choose their distance and difficulty, from shorter scenic loops to longer avid options for those who want every mile.

The standard ride across all four new trips is the Trek Checkpoint SL 6 AXS Gen 3, a full carbon gravel bike built with 45mm tires, IsoSpeed comfort technology, and SRAM Rival XPLR AXS wireless shifting. For guests who want electric assist on the steeper days, the Trek Checkpoint+ SL 6 AXS is available on most departures.

Morocco Gravel Bike Tour

Morocco has long been on the radar of adventurous cyclists, but most visits stay close to Marrakech’s medina. The Morocco Gravel Bike Tour goes much further. Over seven days, the route crosses from the edge of the Agafay Desert through the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas mountains before descending to the Atlantic coast at Agadir, covering 214 miles and 13,921 feet of total climbing.

The terrain is rated Level 4 with approximately 50% unpaved surface, ranging from smooth dirt tracks and packed gravel to loose, chunky descents and singletrack. The highest point arrives on Day 3: a climb to just under 6,000 feet through terraced Berber villages where mule traffic outnumbers cars. These are ancient passes that most cyclists never reach, and riding them, with a 500-year-old communal granary on the horizon and the scent of tagine drifting from a nearby kitchen, is the kind of riding that is difficult to describe and impossible to forget.

The nights match the days. Guests move from a luxury desert camp at Les Roches Noires in the Agafay to Kasbah Angour, a boutique hilltop property built from traditional Berber materials deep in the High Atlas, then to Dar al Hossoun, a Green Key-certified eco-garden lodge in the ancient walled city of Taroudant, before finishing at The View Agadir on the Atlantic coast. It’s gravel riding with genuine cultural depth built into every overnight.

The signature stage is Argana to Taroudant: a long paved climb that crests above the Souss Valley, gives way to gravel, and finishes with the rose-pink ramparts of one of Morocco’s oldest cities appearing on the horizon.

Thailand Gravel Bike Tour

Northern Thailand’s Lanna region holds exactly the kind of terrain gravel bikes are made for: canal towpaths, jungle-canopied river roads, and farm tracks threading past emerald rice paddies and longan orchards with mountain ridges above and the Myanmar border beyond. The Thailand Gravel Bike Tour traces the route from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai on a mix of pavement, dirt, and gravel roads designed for genuine cultural immersion.

Riders spend a quiet afternoon with elephants at an ethical sanctuary, glide down the Mae Kok River by long-tail boat, and follow the Tha Ton Loop, a gravel circuit along the Fang River through rice paddies and orange groves toward the hill tribe villages that scatter across the highlands near the border. The famed Golden Triangle marks the northern horizon as the week concludes.

Beautifully designed riverside resorts anchor each evening in the heart of Lanna. The riding is dynamic and scenically rich, and the off-bike hours are just as rewarding. For gravel riders who want cultural discovery woven into every day of the route, this is one of the most compelling new destinations in the 2027 lineup.

New Mexico Gravel Bike Tour

Santa Fe is already well known as a destination for art, cuisine, and Southwestern culture. Its gravel riding is almost entirely unknown outside the region. The New Mexico Gravel Bike Tour is based entirely at La Fonda on the Plaza, the only hotel on Santa Fe’s historic main square and the only lodging at the center of a UNESCO Creative City designated for its arts. The entire trip rides out from and returns to this single base, making it one of the few one-hotel gravel itineraries in the Trek Travel lineup.

The terrain is genuinely extraordinary. Routes push across the doubletrack mesas of the Caja del Rio volcanic plateau, trace the meadows and ponderosa pine forests of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, and wind through the gravel switchbacks of Pacheco Canyon, with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rising to the east throughout. The signature stage is the Valles Caldera Loop: remote gravel roads crossing the floor of an ancient supervolcano, where open meadows stretch to the tree line and one of New Mexico’s largest elk herds roams the grasslands.

Off the bike, the depth continues. The cliff dwellings at Bandelier National Monument are a short ride from the Plaza, and Santa Fe’s adobe gallery districts, chile ristras, and centuries-old Pueblo and Spanish culinary traditions give each evening its own character.

Acadia Gravel Bike Tour

The name Acadia once described this entire stretch of Maine’s northern coast, long before a national park carried it. The Acadia Gravel Bike Tour honors that scope by connecting two sides of Maine that most visitors never link: the remote backcountry of the North Woods and the Victorian harbor town of Bar Harbor.

The trip begins deep in the interior, threading through the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 100-Mile Wilderness network on gravel roads where moose sightings are routine and the only traffic is the occasional logging truck. As the route turns toward the coast, the terrain shifts to Acadia National Park’s historic carriage roads, a car-free network of crushed stone paths built in the early 1900s that wind through birch forests, across stone bridges, and along the Atlantic shoreline.

Bar Harbor’s fresh lobster and local catch close the riding days. The standout stage runs the Bar Harbor to Northeast Harbor Loop, tracing the rocky coast through the park before turning onto the carriage roads through the forest above Jordan Pond. These are roads with no cars and nearly a century of history behind them. New England gravel at its most distinctive.

Which of the 2027 gravel tours is right for you

These four trips cover meaningfully different terrain and difficulty. Morocco is the most demanding, rated Level 4 with technical off-road surfaces and sustained mountain climbing best suited to experienced riders. Thailand’s terrain is more varied, with gentler grades and cultural variety that makes it accessible to a wider range of gravel experience. New Mexico and Acadia offer high-interest riding in iconic American settings, well-suited to cyclists looking to explore underrated domestic destinations on quiet, low-traffic roads.

On every trip, daily route options allow riders to calibrate the challenge to their fitness. The Trek Checkpoint+ electric assist is available at any destination for guests who want additional support on the climbs without sacrificing the off-road experience. Review Trek Travel’s activity levels to match the right trip to your riding background, or call a trip consultant at 866-464-8735 for a personal recommendation.

Browse the complete gravel tours lineup, which now includes established destinations like Girona, Portugal, the Swiss Alps, and Bentonville alongside these four new 2027 additions. If any of these destinations are on your list, 2027 dates are open now.