5 Day Tour - Hobart, Maydena, Derby (with trail guide)
- Duration: 5 Days (approx.)
- Location: South Hobart, TAS
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This guided mountain bike tour is 5 days and 5 nights of Tasmanian mountain bike awesomeness!
Unlock the secrets of Hobart's Mount Wellington trails, the mighty Maydena Bike Park will blow your mind, and finally, Blue Derby - simply World Class.
Your trail guide will make sure you get to ride all the good stuff! Unlimited shuttles in Hobart and Derby.
You will stay in quality local accommodation and be transported in a modern 14 seater Toyota minibus with a custom-made enclosed bike trailer.
As well as riding, you will have opportunities to experience some of Tasmania’s amazing wilderness, food and cultural attractions.
Your friendly and knowledgeable tour/trail guides, will make sure this is one of your best adventure holidays ever!
Fly into Hobart Airport. Fly out of Launceston Airport or Hobart Airport.
Itinerary
Arrival Day, Hobart
Fly into Hobart International Airport. We will collect you and take you back to your accommodation in Hobart. Those bringing bikes can build them. Those hiring bikes will be introduced to their new steed, including bike set up. For those arriving before dinner, we will have a dinner destination organised so we can all eat together.
Day 1: Ride Hobart, Mount Wellington
Start the day with a hearty breakfast at Ginger Brown (one of Hobart’s best cafes) before we take you to the top of Mount Wellington to take in the views (clouds permitting). We then descend a few hundred metres to ‘The Springs’ to commence riding the North-South track (approx 12km).
This iconic trail is suited to riders of moderate ability but has lots of extras for those wanting greater challenges. The forest, views and riding terrain are constantly changing and few go home disappointed! The trail concludes at the Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park.
After lunch, we'll jump back in the minibus and head up Mount Wellington again and explore the great trails in the foothills surrounding South Hobart.
After a great day on the bike, you'll be taken back to your accommodation for a freshen up before rejoining the group for dinner and drinks at Salamanca on Hobart’s waterfront.
Following breakfast, we will drive to Maydena to ride one of the world’s newest and best gravity parks. With over 800 meters of elevation and heaps of trail options, you are in for some real thrill riding! This is an uplift park, so you can save your legs for the impressive descents. The shuttles run from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, so go hard before we take you back to your accommodation in Hobart for a freshen before dinner will be at a local venue.
Day 3 – Derby
A very early start with a simple breakfast at your accommodation before heading up into North East Tasmania to the Blue Derby network of trails. We will arrive for an early lunch and get you straight into the action. We will shuttle you to the black stump and you can either chose to ride the challenging blue trails - Upper Flickerty and Flickerty Sticks or the black runs of Shearpin and 23 Stitches before heading up Krushka’s. You can choose to either descend the blue Krushka’s or take the Double Black Trouty all the way back into Derby. Of course, you might prefer to ride Return To Sender, or Snig Track, or Roxanne, or Kings Wall, or Kumma-Gutza, or Air-Ya-Garn! Talk about spoiled for choice!
We will then go to our accommodation followed by some liquid refreshments and dinner.
Day 4 – Derby
After another hearty breakfast you will be ready for a big day of riding! You will start the day on the mighty Blue Tier Trail (the trail head is a 50 minute shuttle from Derby). Blue Tier is the jewel in the crown of the Derby trail network, this 19km trail will have you frothing for more…and we will provide! After lunch at the Weldborough Hotel, we will shuttle you to the top of Atlas, where you will then descend another 12km into Derby! As an alternative, the Blue Tier to East Coast is available to the group.
After these amazing trails, if you've still got the legs for more riding, we'll shuttle you to Black Stump for more Derby trail goodness.
Day 5 – Derby
Choose to ride any of the amazing trails that start from Black Stump, We will run continuous shuttles to Black Stump until it's time to pack up the bikes.
For those wishing to fly out of Launceston Airport, we suggest targeting flights after 6.30 pm.
We will be back in Hobart by about 9.15 pm.
Please let us know if you would like help organising a 6th night of accommodation in Hobart.
Tour includes
- Airport pick up and drop off
- Accommodation
- Transportation around the state to various riding venues
- Tour guide/s (depending on numbers)
- All shuttles at Derby and Hobart
- Uplift pass for Maydena Bike Park
Tour doesn't include
- Flights
- Customer pays for all meals
- Bike hire. If bike hire is required, please ask us.
Conditions
This tour is designed to run with a minimum of 7 riders and a maximum of 12 riders.If the tour has less than 7 riders, the tour may need to be modified to reflect the lower group numbers. This will be discussed with the group.
Options include:
(i) tour runs without a trail guide, in other words, self-guided
(ii) tour runs with a trail guide, group agrees to pay extra for this service