The 3 Best Cycling Tours in the Philippines

1.Intramuros, Manila: Historical Bamboo Bike Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 583 reviews · 2 - 3 hours · from $27Our pick

Explore Intramuros by locally made bamboo bike on a 2 to 3 hour small-group tour led in English or Tagalog. Guides such as Josh, Paolo, Chi, and Prime explain Manila’s Spanish colonial past, World War II, and the walled city’s major sites. Expect a flat route, regular stops, safety support, a cold towel, and ice cream at the finish.

“This is a great tour! the bikes are beautiful and easy to use, the route is safe and not too arduous, the sites are super interesting and our guides Josh and Jenjie were super informed and helpful! highly recommend this tour.”

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2.Guided Sunset Bamboo Bike Tour in Intramuros

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 119 reviews · 3 hours · from $40

Spend three hours cycling Intramuros on a locally made bamboo bike with an English or Tagalog guide. You will see Casa Manila, Fort Santiago, Manila Cathedral, Puerta Real Gardens, and other key sites, then watch sunset from Bayleaf Hotel Skydeck. Guides such as Paolo, JD, Chi, and Justine are known for lively history talks.

“I done the tour with guide Ang. I was the only one on the tour so it ended up been a private one. Ang is a fantastic tour guide & a fantastic person! She was super friendly, helpful and informative. She seems to have done a lot of research into the area and had historical pictures on her phone to give more context and history to each site we visited. She had excellent attention to detail, thinking of everything like mosquitos repellent, lights for the bike when it got dark, spare loo roll! The tour itself is a very leisurely cycle and is really cool way to see all of…”

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3.Express Bamboo Bike Tour inside Intramuros

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 66 reviews · from $22Best value

Start at Bambike HQ in Casa Manila, choose a bamboo bike, and pedal through Intramuros with a local guide such as Anj or Josh. Expect compact history stops, Spanish-era gates, a Japanese cannon, Manila Cathedral, sunscreen or rain gear when needed, and a small group capped at 15 people.

“Great tour with Anj. She was very informative and friendly. Nice to go the cafe and for the ice cream”

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