2018 Travel News ArchiveTravel

For mountain biking fans: Pop Epic Race

Puerto Plata is preparing to host the 150-km mountain bike adventure, the Pop Epic Race. The competitors and their teams will defy the challenges of a route set out full of obstacles presented by rivers, hiking trails, and climbs.

The two-day race will be run both against the clock and rally modality. The event is scheduled for Saturday, 30 June 2018, covering a distance of 34.65 km and climbing to 565 meters high. The second phase is set for the next day, Sunday, 1 July with a distance of 115.70 km, reaching a height of 2,777.

The base camp is being set up at the installations of New York Ranch located near the second entrance to Playa Dorada hotel complex.

Puerto Plata Epic Race