About Baltic Bike Travel

Guaranteed departure escorted and self-guided bike tours with accommodation, baggage handling and bicycle transport between cycling sections in the Baltics is the most popular product offered by the company. Most tours are guaranteed with minimum 2 or 4 participants and trips typically are not cancelled at a short notice! After booking confirmation you are free to book your flights as early as possible in order to get the best deal available. Besides this top cycling product we also provide a full range of travel services for other groups and individual travellers. ....less

BALTIC BIKE TRAVEL was awarded by the Lithuanian state tourism authorities as the most successful tour organiser in 2018. ....less

As tourism becomes a truly global industry, we recognise our obligation to operate our tours in a responsible and sustainable fashion. We view this not only as an environmental issue but an economic and social one as well. At Baltic Bike Travel we are aware that the travel industry challenges the local environment and the entire ecosystem of the planet. Our ambition is to minimize this impact in our business.

The following are the key points in our philosophy:

- Small groups travelling by the most ecological transport, bicycles, have less impact on local communities and environments;
- Where possible we believe in putting money directly into the communities we visit by using locally owned and run accommodation and eating locally produced food;
- We are careful to ensure that local staff receive a fair rate for their services;
- We encourage our own staff to take an active interest in responsible and sustainable tourism and train them accordingly so that they can put our policies into practice, etc. ....less

BENEFITING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY:
- we employ local tour guides who live and know her/his own country and neighbouring countries;
- on long distance trips we hiring local guides in big cities who support our tour leaders with their local knowledge,
- on guided tours we always include visits to museums and galleries of local handicrafts with preference to small family owned places, for example, amber gallery in Nida, Lithuania, or bicycle museum in Saulkrasti, Latvia, or Angla windmill park in Saaremaa Island, Estonia;
we prefer accommodating our guests at local hotels rather than in international chain hotels;
- we offer locally produced food, for example, where it is possible our staff or tour leaders organise picnic meals served by local people in their homesteads, and in general support the travellers' interest in the local cultures;
- we support local communities in our region by donating used bicycles to child care homes, St Franciscan Oncology Center, etc. ....less

- we employ local tour guides who live and know her/his own country and neighbouring countries;
- on long distance trips we hiring local guides in big cities who support our tour leaders with their local knowledge,
- on guided tours we always include visits to museums and galleries of local handicrafts with preference to small family owned places, for example, amber gallery in Nida, Lithuania, or bicycle museum in Saulkrasti, Latvia, or Angla windmill park in Saaremaa Island, Estonia;
- we prefer accommodating our guests at local hotels rather than in international chain hotels;
- we offer locally produced food, for example, where it is possible our staff or tour leaders organise picnic meals served by local people in their homesteads, and in general support the travellers' interest in the local cultures;
- we support local communities in our region by donating used bicycles to child care homes, St Franciscan Oncology Center, etc. ....less

Our cancellation policy makes it as easy as possible to change your bike tour to different dates or destinations. Even in uncertain times, you can rely on us to provide flexibility so you can book your trip with confidence. Your trip deposit is fully transferable up until 30 days before departure in case of guided group tour and self-guided supported (half-guided) tour or 14 days in case of self-guided individual tour, and your deposit on file does not expire.

Cancellation Policy due to Covid-19:

Baltic Bike Travel does not typically cancel a trip once it is guaranteed. However, due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation, we will consider cancelling a guided trip and self-guided supported (half-guided) trip in the 30 days or an individual self-guided trip in the 14 days prior to the tour start date based on information provided from the Governments of the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia), Poland or Finland. If Baltic Bike Travel cancels a tour according to the information from one of the governments above mentioned, we will transfer all your credit to use as future trip credit, which does not expire. In the event of cancellation, Baltic Bike Travel is not responsible for any loss incurred for non-refundable travel costs. ....less

We encourage our own staff to take an active interest in responsible and sustainable tourism and train them accordingly so that they can put our policies into practice, etc.
Baltic bike travel takes part in cycle tourism development projects, for example,
- Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route which is still the only signposted cycle route in Lithuania (opened in 2006);
- European Cycle Routes - EuroVelo in Lithuania - EuroVelo 10 (Baltic Sea Circuit) and culktural route EuroVelo 13 (Iron Curtain Trail) - both of them overlapping with the Seaside Cycle Route and go along the Baltic Coast, while the EuroVelo 11 (Eastern European Route) is planned to go via Vilnius but this route is under development in most places ....less

BALTIC BIKE TRAVEL is an independent, family-owned and perhaps the most experienced incoming tour operator in Lithuania specializing in cycling and nature holidays. We provide our customers with the ultimate fully-guided and self-guided cycling tours in the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) and neighbouring countries like Poland, Finland, Russia and Belarus.

Due to the Russian and Belorussian war agression against Ukraine no tours and services are possible in Russia and Belarus!

WHY BALTIC BIKE TRAVEL?
- Experienced team - more than 20 years of specialist travel know-how and experience in cycle map and travel guide publishing, developing cycle routes!
- Value - Quality trips at affordable prices!
Responsible Travel - Trips designed to protect the environment and help local people!
- Own fleet of quality bikes, E-bikes and tourist equipment (KTM, VDV, KONA, BIANCHI, Ortlieb, Abus, etc.), more than 10 trailers and comfortable minibuses for transfers of guests and bike transport!
- By travelling with us you support bicycle culture in the Baltic Countries!

Baltic Bike Travel welcomes you to discover the Baltics on bike! ....less

Baltic Bike Travel is a partner of the Responsible Travel organisation, member of the Lithuanian Tourism Association and Klaipeda Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts. ....less

We aim to minimise water and atmospheric pollution from any specific tourism development we use.

Offsetting carbon emissions: most of our groups travel by bus or minibus, while rental bikes are transported in trailer (not by separated motorised vehicle). To decrease the air pollution, we choose to work with transport companies offering newer, energy-efficient vehicles.

Our staff members are encouraged to use public transport or bikes instead of private cars journeys for commuting and business travels. We even provide company bikes and e-bikes for this purpose, and promote this financially by supplying our employees with monthly public transport tickets or supplement to their salaries for commuting by bikes.

Reducing waste: We aim to achieve zero litter policies everywhere. Therefore we encourage travellers to avoid disposable plastic and to recycle. From 2018 on all guided cycle tours we provide our customers with reusable plastic bottles for drinking water which we supply free of charge from big bottles re-filled by a local company. We recommend going off the beaten track, getting extraordinary travel experiences in the pristine nature and leaving it untouched afterwards.

Recycling and energy saving in the office: We run our head office in a responsible manner by using fair-trade products, monitoring, and where possible reducing, our energy usage, as well as recycling. We are strict about recycling in our office and garages. We have installed special garbage bins to sort out plastic, paper, glass/plastic bottles (deposit), metal and rubber tires. We challenge our staff old habits and encourage them to recycle printer cartridges and reduce printing (and reusing one-side used paper) and minimize all forms of waste. For example, our staff members are encouraged to drink locally collected herb teas and coffee from reusable cups instead of using plastic cups, and use water from big bottles refilled by a local company instead of buying small plastic bottles. ....less

Awarded by the Lithuanian state tourism authorities ....less

We attempt to operate our holidays in a way that encourages positive cultural exchanges. In our pre-departure information we always provide a recommended reading list about the countries our clients are planning to travel - it is always usefull to find out more about the cultures and people before you meet them :)

We encourage our clients, through our literature, staff and leaders, to act in a socially responsible way.

We promote environmental and social friendly bicycle transport and tourism culture in Lithuania and the Baltics:
- by supporting local cyclists group / non-governmental organisation, SPIKIS.LT, which makes cycle expeditions to other countries and produce high quality movies about their culture and nature (these movies are presented in cinemas of biggest Lithuanian towns);
- by supporting and participating in cycle tourism development projects, for example,
Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route which is still the only signposted cycle route in Lithuania (opened in 2006);
European Cycle Routes - EuroVelo in Lithuania - EuroVelo 10 (Baltic Sea Circuit) and EuroVelo 13 (Iron Curtain Trail) - both of them overlapping with the Seaside Cycle Route and go along the Baltic Coast, while the EuroVelo 11 (Eastern European Route) is planned to go via Vilnius but this route is under development in most places. ....less