Antipolo via Sumulong Highway
The standard training climb for Metro Manila riders: a short, steady paved ascent from Marikina to Antipolo. Mountain bike trails are nearby at Timberland.
- 12.7 km distance
- Moderate effort
Routes
Roads and trails worth riding in the Philippines.
- Angeles City
- Arayat
- Bacolor
- Batangas
- Benguet
- Bohol
- Candaba
- Cavite
- Cebu
- Clark Freeport Zone
- Guimaras
- Iloilo
- Laguna
- Luzon
- Mabalacat
- Magalang
- Metro Manila
- Mindanao
- Mountain Province
- Nationwide
- Pampanga
- Porac
- Quezon
- Rizal
- Siargao
- Visayas
Bohol: the Panglao loop and the Chocolate Hills
Two rides on one island: an easy, flat loop of Panglao and a longer day inland to the Chocolate Hills. Both suit unhurried riders on quiet provincial roads.
- Moderate effort
Candaba Swamp
Flat riding beside a great wetland where migratory birds gather from November to February. An easy dry-season outing, once you have checked the roads locally.
- Easy effort
Cebu Transcentral Highway
A paved road over the central mountains of Cebu, from Cebu City to the town of Balamban. A hard climbing day, known for cool air and views above the city.
- Hard effort
Clark Freeport Zone and the Parade Grounds
Wide paved roads and a short rubberized path inside a former air base. An easy place for beginners and returning riders to build up one lap at a time.
- 18 km distance
- Easy effort
FVR Megadike: Bacolor to Porac
A long, open ride on the lahar dike built after the Pinatubo eruption. For riders who are comfortable with distance, sun and a gentle uphill.
- Moderate effort
Halsema Highway: Baguio to Bontoc
A 150 km mountain highway through the Cordillera that passes the highest point on the Philippine highway system. Very hard, and best ridden over two or more days.
- 150 km distance
- 2,256 m high point
- Hard effort
Iloilo River Esplanade and city bike lanes
A flat, easy outing beside the river in Iloilo City, a city often cited for its bike lanes. It suits beginners and returning riders on any kind of bike.
- 9.3 km distance
- Easy effort
Kaybiang Tunnel loop
A very long day from Manila to the tunnel and coast road between Ternate, Cavite, and Nasugbu, Batangas. For fit, experienced long-distance riders.
- 226 km distance
- 1,517 m of climbing
- Hard effort
Laguna Loop
A full day of about 185 to 200 km around Laguna de Bay. The classic first very long ride for Manila cyclists, hard for its length and not for its hills.
- 183.7 km distance
- 726 m of climbing
- Hard effort
Marilaque: the Marikina-Infanta Highway
A paved mountain highway from the edge of Metro Manila over the Sierra Madre to Infanta, Quezon. Hard in full, so most riders do a shorter out-and-back.
- 117.5 km distance
- Hard effort
Mount Arayat loop
A short, mostly flat loop around the lone volcano of the Pampanga plain. It suits steady riders on wider tires, in the dry season only.
- 33.8 km distance
- 214 m of climbing
- Moderate effort
Porac and Sapang Bato: the Pinatubo foothills
Remote off-road riding through lahar country on the east side of Mount Pinatubo. For experienced mountain bikers with a local guide, not for a first ride back.
- Hard effort
Siargao loop
A 127 km loop of Siargao Island on mostly paved roads lined with coconut palms. A hard single day, or a comfortable ride split over two.
- 127 km distance
- 750 m of climbing
- Hard effort