Self Guided Cycling

These trips are led by two qualified and experienced Wilderness guides. Switching roles each day, one of these guides will cycle on the road with you each day giving guidance and imparting their local knowledge of the landscape, flora and fauna. While the other acts as an all-round trip wizard driving the support vehicle, shuttling luggage, preparing gourmet coffee stops and lunches, acting as mechanic, taking care of essential tour arrangements and a whole lot more besides.

For further insight and full details please check out guided cycling tours.

Our Self Guided Plus+ trips are not guided but provide a highly personalised level of support you won’t find on regular self-guided bike tours. A dedicated member of the Wilderness Team will be on hand throughout the trip, preforming the equivalent role of the “soigneur” a key member of every pro cycling team. Essentially they will take care of everything on the trip, except for the riding. Throughout your adventure, they will be on hand to drive the support vehicle, transferring your luggage, provide snacks and drinks throughout the day, shuttle riders where required, offer navigational advice, first aid and take care of cleaning and servicing bikes at the end of the day. On each trip, you can choose to bring your own bike or hire (for an additional charge) a high-end Trek bike.

Using the route files and Garmin GPS head units provided, you can choose to ride at your own pace stopping for coffee and lunches along the way at locations recommended by your Soigneur. As with our guided trips, you will stay at hand-picked accommodation pre-booked by us and, in the evenings, you can choose to eat from a selection of recommended restaurants.

This is our simplest type of cycling trip which is neither guided nor supported. On each trip you can choose to bring your own bike,  or hire (for an additional charge) a high-end Trek bike, accompanied by a Garmin Edge 1030 GPS with route notes fully loaded. In addition, you will also be provided a digital copy of each day’s route, along with recommendations for places of interests, cafes and local lunch spots.

All of your accommodation will be pre-booked by us using the same care and attention we apply to all of our other cycling trips. Each day your luggage will be transferred from place to place, leaving you free to ride with only the items you need. In the event of any problems on the road, we offer an on-call support service to ensure you receive the necessary assistance wherever you might be.

Bike Hire

We have an excellent fleet of bikes available to hire – including road bikes, hybrid bikes, mountain bikes and E-bikes.
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Bring Your Own Bike

You are also more than welcome to bring your own bike.

If you choose to do so, please ensure it’s in excellent working condition and has been recently serviced – either by you or by a reputable bike shop.

In addition, please bring the following:

• Multi-tool, including a chain tool
• Mini pump and/or CO2 canisters
• Two spare tubes and a puncture repair kit

Because we will need to load your bike onto one of our trailers, please ensure that:

• Your rear wheel is clear of any obstructions; including lights, mudguard or panniers
• Your tyres are no wider than 45mm

Due to the nature of our trips, we are unfortunately unable to carry bike boxes or bags with us, so please make prior arrangements if necessary.

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Our friendly and knowledgable sales team are always delighted to answer any queries you may have.