As seen in The Age Sept 2009.
Due to popular demand (and the fact that it is great fun) we are taking off on the Cairns to Cape York MTB tour in 2010! From the tropics of North Queensland to the tip of Australia, get on your bike and let's go! This MTB tour featured in the Top Riders documentary, Channel 7 in 2008.
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1100 km mountain bike adventure. 21 days, 20 nights, 3 Rest Days
Don't miss out
$200 deposit secures your place on this top end adventure.
Accommodation is extremely limited, we are only taking 30 people and interest has been extremely high - BOOK EARLY!
Categories of Entry |
Price |
Nights of Accom & Camping |
| Package A |
$6,980 |
11 nights accom and 9 nights camping in own tent |
| Package B |
$6,125 |
4 nights accom and 16 nights camping in own tent |
| Package C |
$7,580 |
13 nights accom and 7 nights camping in own tent |
| Package D |
$8,750 |
12 nights accom own room and 9 nights camping in own tent (possibilty of a night or two twin share) |
Ride Inclusions
- Three Rest Days: Cooktown, Moreton Telegraph Station and Seisa
- Flight from Cape York back to Cairns (bikes return by road arrive 26th June)
- INCLUDES ALL MEALS PROVIDED ON TOUR (except lunch and dinner on rest days)
- Accommodation is the best and most suitable.Usually 3 to 4 star in towns perhaps cabins or motels
- Meals, all provided on tour (except lunch and dinner on rest day)
The most delicious and dinners in restaurants or around the campfire. Lunch, morning & afternoon tea usually under shelters or trees with seats, sun & salubrious snacks and filtered water
- Bike mechanic, friendly, competent, driving a mini bus with tools and parts for most makes of bike. Always on the look out to help a bike in distress. Advise us if you have a rare or unconventional bike
- First aiders level 2
- 4 staff, 3 vehicles for 30 cyclists
- People, fantastic, you and your fellow cyclists who support us time and time again
- Profile maps showing elevations, times allotted between snacks, lunch & finish times & map of actual route
- Support vehicles
AllTrails Landcruiser troop carrier with luggage trailer, especially set up to serve lunch, morning & afternoon teas
Mini bus with mechanic at hand for tired bikes & may be riders!
- National Park permits & entry
- Fully sealed roads with directional signage. Cycling Australia’s premier tourist destination
- Brochures & general information on areas visited and what there is to see and explore
- An information night in Melbourne where you can meet the us and some other cyclists who will be on the tour
- Training guide lines preparing you for the tour 6 months prior to departure
- Queensland diverse and delightful coastline and outback landscape
- MTB on gravel, sand, rough road and through rivers all the way to the tip of Australia
- All the fun and adventure you could imagine!
Note: Cairns accommodation is an optional extra (see entry form for details)
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Date
June
July |
Meals |
KMs |
Overnight & Destination |
(A)
Accom 11 Camp 9 |
(B)
Accom 4 Camp 16 |
(C)
Accom 13 Camp 7 |
(D)
Accom 12 Camp 8 |
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Sat |
5th June |
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Cairns accom is an optional extra |
$6,980 |
$6,125 |
$7,580 |
$8,750 |
1 |
Sun |
6th |
B |
L |
D |
90km |
Mossman |
Accom |
Accom |
Accom |
SS |
2 |
Mon |
7th |
B |
L |
D |
50km |
Cape Tribulation |
Accom |
Accom |
Accom |
SS |
3 |
Tues |
8th |
B |
L |
D |
40km |
Bloomfield |
Camp |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
4 |
Wed |
9th |
B |
L |
D |
64km |
Cooktown |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
5 |
Thurs |
10th |
B |
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Cooktown |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
6 |
Fri |
11th |
B |
L |
D |
87km |
Lake Horseshoe Bend NP |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
7 |
Sat |
12th |
B |
L |
D |
54km |
Kalpowar NP |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
8 |
Sun |
13th |
B |
L |
D |
50km |
Hann Crossing NP |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
9 |
Mon |
14th |
B |
L |
D |
80km |
Musgrave |
Accom |
Accom |
Accom |
SS |
10 |
Tues |
15th |
B |
L |
D |
103km |
Coen |
Accom |
Accom |
Accom |
SS |
11 |
Wed |
16th |
B |
L |
D |
65km |
Archer River |
Camp |
Camp |
Accom |
Camp |
12 |
Thurs |
17th |
B |
L |
D |
124km |
Moreton Telegraph Station |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
13 |
Fri |
18th |
B |
L |
D |
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Moreton Telegraph Station |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
14 |
Sat |
19th |
B |
L |
D |
38km |
Dulhunty |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
15 |
Sun |
20th |
B |
L |
D |
53km |
Eliot Falls |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
16 |
Mon |
21st |
B |
L |
D |
60km |
Jardine River |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
Camp |
17 |
Tues |
22nd |
B |
L |
D |
54km |
Seisia |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
18 |
Wed |
23rd |
B |
L |
D |
70km |
Seisia |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
19 |
Thurs |
24th |
B |
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Seisia |
Accom |
Camp |
Accom |
SS |
20 |
Fri |
25th |
B |
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Cairns - optional extra |
Accom opt |
Accom opt |
Accom opt |
SS opt |
21 |
Sat |
26th |
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Cairns – optional extra |
Accom opt |
Accom opt |
Accom opt |
SS opt |
22 |
Sun |
27th |
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Fly home |
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TOTAL |
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1100 km |
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Average distance cycled daily: 61km
NOT included
Mountain Bike (Bike hire is available if required.) Camping gear. Airfare to and from Cairns, accommodation 25th and 26th June in Cairns, optional ferry to and from Thursday Island.
Please note: Every effort has been made to ensure this information is completely
up to date and accurate however sometimes conditions change due to circumstances beyond our control.
Please ensure you clarfiy the details listed here when making a booking.