Monkey Bikes & Bad Ideas

What to Expect

A custom-built 14-day adventure anchored by the Monkey Bikes madness, with pre-and-post run time in Peru or Morocco, transfers and logistics sorted out — so you can focus on the ride, the chaos, and making it to the finish with stories worth telling.

The Vibe

This is the Monkey Run Peru and Monkey Run Morocco with The Adventurists — two wildly unnecessary, deeply brilliant little misadventures built around tiny bikes, big terrain, questionable routes, and the kind of travel decisions that sound ridiculous until they become your best story.

In Peru, that might mean mountain passes, jungle edges, dirt roads, river crossings, and scenery that makes your tiny bike feel both heroic and wildly under-qualified. In Morocco, think desert tracks, rugged backroads, mountain routes, remote villages, and “are we sure this is a road?” energy in every direction.

Each route takes about a week, depending on how lost you get — which feels less like a warning and more like the entire point.

The goal is not to come back perfectly rested. The goal is to come back with a story that starts with, “Okay, so there was this tiny bike…”

Pre-Run Arrival: Land, Settle + Question Your Choices
This adventure starts with a couple of soft landing days — time to arrive, shake off the travel fog, meet the crew, sort the gear, get your bearings, and have at least one proper meal before anyone starts making tiny-bike-related life choices.
In Peru, that might mean easing in with mountain-town energy, good food, altitude adjustment, market wandering, and that first “okay, this place is unreal” moment before the route gets dusty, bumpy, and deeply questionable.

In Morocco, think rooftop drinks, souk wandering, tagine-fuelled conversations, desert-edge anticipation, and just enough calm before the tiny-bike nonsense begins.

Then comes the main event.

Tiny bikes. Big terrain. Loose routes. Dirt roads. Mountain passes. Desert tracks. Jungle edges. River crossings. Wrong turns. Snack stops. Mechanical optimism. Local encounters. And the very specific bonding that only happens when everyone is slightly dusty, mildly confused, and fully committed to the bit.Day 2/3 -Pre-adventure beers. Because bad ideas start best with pints.

Day 3 – Bus to start camp. No turning back now.

Day 4 – Test drive & launch party. Figure out how your bike works (or don’t).

Day 5 -Launch day. Off you go. Try not to crash immediately.

Day 12 -Finish line & party. You survived. Probably.
As this is an unsupported adventure the exact route you take, where you sleep and how lost you get is entirely up to you, just as it should be.

Post-Run Recovery: Ruins, Food, Markets + Re-Entry to Society
After the ride, build in a proper recovery plan so you’re not crawling straight from monkey bike mayhem to an airport.

This is where we add the smarter pieces: a good bed, good food, lighter pacing, and a little space for everyone’s knees, nerves, and dignity to attempt a comeback.

April 24 - May 2, 2027

Oct 8, 2026 - Oct 17, 2026

Dec 29, 2026 - January 7, 2027

April 8, 2027 - April 17, 2027

Oct 7, 2027 - Oct 16, 2027

Before you pack your emotional-support knee brace: * Starting price is for inspiration and planning only and is based on double occupancy and estimated Adventurist Monkey Run entry fees, currency conversion, land accommodation, flights, transfers, and select activities. Actual pricing can shift based on flights, run entry cost, exchange rates, hotel rates, transfers, travel dates, number of travellers, pre- and post-run plans, and how fancy or feral you decide to make this thing. Pricing can change until confirmed in writing.

Final inclusions will depend on the quote you approve and the suppliers used at the time of booking.

This custom itinerary is built around the Monkey Run Peru, and the Monkey Run Morocco as provided by The Adventurists.

The Adventurists fit the Second Shift vibe because they turn travel into a story before you even leave. Their trips are weird, bold, a little chaotic, and built for people who want more than a polished, predictable vacation. Tiny vehicles, loose routes, big laughs, and questionable decisions? Very much our kind of nonsense..

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• A tiny, stupidly heroic bike – You’ll love it. You’ll hate it. Either way, it’s yours for the trip.
• Paperwork & third-party insurance – Just enough legality to keep things interesting.
• Raucous celebrations – A launch party to destroy your dignity, and a finish party to finish you off.
• Start and finish line photos – There’ll be proof you made it to the start and (somehow) the finish. What happens in between is up to you and whoever’s got a camera.
• A week of utter chaos – The kind of adventure you’ll still be banging on about in ten years.
• A start camp full of like-minded misfits – None of whom are remotely prepared.
• Mechanical training – Learn just enough to keep your bike moving. Maybe.
• An expertise handbook – Full of wisdom you can promptly ignore. But when everything inevitably goes wrong, you’ll be glad it’s there.
• Instant entry into the global Adventurists club – A tribe of like-minded misfits who also think strapping a tiny engine to chaos is a good idea. Club members get the good stuff: exclusive perks like discounts, questionable merch, and first dibs on future stupidity.

• Properly weird adventure travel
• Big landscapes and bad ideas
• Dirt roads, route chaos, and story-heavy trips
• Travelling with friends who enable questionable decisions
• Peru beyond the polished postcard version
• Scrappy, character-building travel
• A mix of planned support and loose adventure energy
• Trips that come with better stories than souvenirs
• The kind of travel where “comfortable” is not the main selling point

This is especially fun for people who want a trip that feels bold, ridiculous, physical, memorable, and just unhinged enough to become group-chat folklore.

This trip has an active, rugged adventure pace with riding, heat, altitude or desert conditions, rough roads, uneven terrain, long days, physical fatigue, and plenty of unpredictability. This is not a soft-landing trip. Travellers should be comfortable with discomfort, outdoor conditions, physical effort, basic travel chaos, and the reality that tiny bikes and big terrain are an objectively questionable combination.

That said, the larger Second Shift travel plan can be shaped to make the beginning and end smarter. We can look at better arrival timing, more comfortable pre- and post-run hotels, recovery days, lighter add-ons, and routing that gives your body a fighting chance before and after the tiny-bike nonsense.

This is not a high-performance adventure race. It is best suited for travellers who are comfortable with active travel, uncertainty, rough conditions, and a little beautiful Peru-flavoured or Sahara Desert ridiculousness.

Get your personalized quote, claim your spot, and start preparing for the kind of trip your group chat will still be laughing about when your knees finally forgive you.  Click on the Start My Adventure Request Button Below.

Pack your sense of humour. 
Leave your dignity somewhere safe.
For the ones who hear “tiny bike across Peru or the Sahara” and somehow think, “Honestly… yes.”