Self Guided Cycling

These trips are led by two qualified and experienced Wilderness guides, switching roles each day. One guide will cycle on the road with you giving guidance and imparting their local knowledge of the landscape, flora and fauna. The other acts as an all-round behind-the-scenes trip wizard. This guide will drive the support vehicle, shuttling luggage, preparing gourmet coffee stops and lunches, acting as a 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 do 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. They will perform the equivalent role of the “soigneur”, a key member of every pro cycling team. Essentially we will take care of everything on the trip, except for the riding. Throughout your adventure, your dedicated team member will be on hand to drive the support vehicle and transferring your luggage. They will provide snacks and drinks throughout the day, shuttle riders where required, offer navigational advice, first aid and take care of cleaning and servicing the bikes at the end of the day. If required you can hire a 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 handpicked 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 the day. On each trip, you will receive a Garmin Edge 1030 GPS with route notes fully loaded. In addition, you will also be provided with a digital copy of each day’s route, along with recommendations for places of interests, cafes and local lunch spots. If required you can hire a bike.

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.