Unique Trails - Mountain Biking Website

Highlights on this Tour
• Incredible landscapes - dramatic cliff faces, jutting headlands, natural waterfalls and deserted beaches
• The pristine forests and estuaries of this rugged coast
• Experience the warmth of amaXhosa hospitality and get an insight into traditional customs of this community
• The chance for wildlife sightings, from amazing birds to rhinos to dolphins!
• If there’s not enough adrenaline, try to Oribi Gorge Swing or the Wild Slide

Season
You can do this ride anytime during the year really as the Wild Coast has a temperate climate with temps rarely under 10 degrees, even in Winter. We find that the best times for this ride are in the Spring and Autumn. Winter is also good as the weather is the most likely to be clear and the days are not too hot, but the nights are of course cooler and you are less likely to want to take advantage of the great swimming! Summer is also ok, but there is a higher chance of rain and the days are pretty hot for cycling, but of course the swimming is very appealing then!

Service
We take excellent care of you on this ride, with 2 professional mountain bike tour guides and full vehicle support and luggage transfers. We take care of all transfers and shuttle services, nature reserve permits and ferry crossings. You will have 11 nights of excellent but diverse accommodation from hotels and guest houses to camping. All meals included as per the itinerary AND we provide you with a full on bike service at the end of the trip before it is boxed for the trip home!

Price per person
US$2195

Included in price
• 7 Cycle Days fully guided, with vehicle back-up, with the services of 2 professional trail guides (1 – on the trail, 1 providing vehicle back-up support)
• All Transfers & Shuttle Services:
- Pick-up from East London Airport
- transfer through to Morgans Bay Hotel (1-1.5hr)
- Pick-up from Mpande – transfer through to Port Edward (4 –4.5 hrs)
- Transfer from Port Edward to Ingeli Forest Lodge(1.5hr)
- Pick-up from Wild Coast Casino – transfer to Margate/Shelly Beach (20 –30min)
- Pick-up from Margate – transfer to Durban International
• 11 Nights Accommodation: 3 hotel nights (Morgan Bay, Kob Inn, Ocean View), 3 nights backpacker / community lodges (2 nights Bulungulu, 1 night – Bengaleni Camp), 1 night – nature reserve (Dwesa), 1 night – Guesthouse, 2 night at beach cottage (Shelly beach)
• Meals as per itinerary
• Vehicle Back-Up & daily luggage transfers.
• All Nature Reserve Permits & Ferry Crossings
• Post-trip Bike Service & Boxing for flying – at the end of the tour we’ll have all the bikes fully stripped, flushed out with fresh water (to help prevent any salt water corrosion), new cables (inner & outer – front & rear) and a full service provided – included as part of the tour package. Any extras (such as shock service) or parts – will be for clients own account. The bikes will be bubble-wrapped & boxed for easy transportation in flying.

Not Included
• International and domestic flights.
• Bicycle hire. We strongly recommend you bring your own bike for comfort & reliability, but please do enquire if you do need to hire a bike.
• Personal Medical or Travel insurance (and we insist you have one). You need to ensure that your travel / medical insurance fully covers mountain-biking.
• Emergency Evacuation due to any natural calamity or medical emergency.
• Alcoholic and soft drinks (limited refreshment will be provided at meals, otherwise all the hotels & accommodation venues have cash bars & we’ll supply beers, wine & soft-drink (on a bar tab system) for those nights we are in self-catered accommodation)
• Bar Bills, laundry services & tips
• Any fees levied for flying with bicycles or excess baggage charges.
• Optional trips, activities and sightseeing tours – e.g. those that which have been proposed for Day 11 of tour
• Prices are per person sharing and a single supplement will be applicable.

This ride is not our most technically challenging, but we do have some long days and we have to get from A to B without any shortcuts or alternative routes available. We have well scheduled rest days though to give the legs a break and explore the incredible surroundings in ways other than on our bikes.

Wild Coast Epic