Explorer MTB Challenge departs from Poiana Babei, a location located in Luncavița commune – Cetățuia village.
From here we depart on DJ229A towards Nifon, at about km 1.5 we turn right onto Valea Seacă, on the Țuțuiatu tourist route, we continue on the paved road and later on the dirt road until km 6.8 where we turn left and climb under the Căpușa peak. We continue our way until km 9.5 where the Italienilor spring is located, we go down to it, cool off and return to the route.
We continue until almost Țuțuiatu, from where, using the tourist route we can reach the Țuțuiatu saddle or the Țuțuiatu peak. After taking photos, we return to the route, continue until km 11.5, where we turn left and start descending to the paved road that begins at km 14.5, continue on this road until DJ229A.
Here we can shorten our route, if we wish, we turn left and in 8 km we reach Poiana Babei.
We continue the route by turning right until the entrance to Nifon, where, at km 22.5 we turn left onto the road that goes up to Cocoș Monastery. At km 28 we turn left onto the dirt road that enters the forest and go until we reach a wide paved road, which will take us to the end of our route, in Poiana Babei.