Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Holidays
Spectacular mountain bike holidays in British Columbia, Canada since 1996! Specializing in one-week all-inclusive adventures for the passionate mountain biker, with delicous meals, mind-blowing trails, and friendly, certified guides. Over 1000 happy riders served! Rated Top 40 Adventure Tours in the world by National Geographic Adventure magazine. Cross-country tours, Downhill trips, and mountain biking skills camps! Deluxe lodge/hotel tours and camping adventures.
Member since: 21 Apr 2006
How the minimum criteria of the responsible travel standard was met...
Economic responsibility
- All of our staff is hired locally and has been since our inception. We work, whenever possible, with local suppliers and local stores.
- All of our sponsors are from either our local area, or from Canada.
- We invest in local community initiatives, such as local races and programs for youth.
Environmental responsibility
- We have a full environmental policy, as covered by the BC Ministry of Tourism commercial recreation license.
- We educate all of our clients on proper riding technique, and backcountry and camping etiquette before every tour.
- We provide guests with guidelines that encourage the reduction of water usage, systems for collecting, recycling or safe disposal of litter and relevant suggestions to minimise damage to the environment and wildlife ecosystems.
Social responsibility
- We work with every community that we ride in to develop shared trail use agreements, and every spring our staff visit each community to put in 2 days of trail maintenance and buidling.
- We are in constant contact with local landowners and land use organizations to work out responsible land use policies.
- We have our own non-profit organization, Bicycles Without Borders, which distributes bicycles to needy families in the developing world.
