Off The Rails' 4 day / 3 night Cycle Tour

(Please note that your driver may recommend some modifications to this itinerary, depending on circumstances at the time.)

Pick up in Queenstown between 8.00 and 8.30am
Transfer in Off The Rails' van to start of the Rail Trail in Clyde.
Bikes, helmets, panniers fitted to begin cycling around 10.30am
Our driver will meet you in Alexandra, to make sure everyone is comfortable and riding well.
A couple of hours' cycling across the Manuherikia River and through Tucker Hill gold diggings.
Lunch at the historic Chatto Creek Tavern. Our driver will check in with you here and see how you're all going.
After lunch, grab Tiger Hill by the tail (at a gradient of 1:50, there's nothing to panic about)
Down hill to Omakau and Lauder. Our driver can meet you at either destination and will bring you to our properties in Ranfurly.
Dinner: Ranfurly Lion Hotel

After breakfast, our driver will return you to wherever you finished cycling the day before.
Crossing the Manuherikia River again, through the Poolburn Gorge tunnels and onto the 37m high Poolburn Viaduct.
Then down the Raggedy Range to the Ida Valley, with the Ida Burn Dam, which is a natural skating rink in winter.
A side trip to the Hayes Engineering Works before lunch at the Oturehua Tavern.
After lunch the Rail Trail's other hill takes you up to Rough Ridge and the highest point of the Trail at 618m.
Then it's an easy ride down to Wedderburn and the possibility of afternoon refreshments before the final 8kms into Ranfurly.
Dinner: Our driver will take you to St. Bathans for dinner at the historic Vulcan Hotel.

Ride from Ranfurly across the Maniototo Plain to Waipiata
Then a pretty run following the Taieri River to Kokonga and Daisybank.
Prices Creek brings you a 32m high Viaduct and 152m long Tunnel (this is where you really need that torch!).
Late lunch stop at the Otago Central Hotel in Hyde, with its view back down the trail you've just ridden.
Our driver will meet you here and bring you home to Ranfurly for some r&r before heading off to Naseby, where you can try your hand at some curling before dinner at the Ancient Briton Hotel.

After breakfast, our driver will take you back to Hyde to pick up where you left off.
You'll cycle past the Hyde Railway Station, were 21 people lost their lives in a tragic accident in 1943.
Then you leave the Taieri Gorge behind as the land broadens into the Strath Taieri plain.
Look out for cloud formations known as the Taieri Pet over the Rock and Pillar range.
Off The Rails' driver will meet you at the end of the Trail in Middlemarch and take you to one of the charming cafes for some well-earned refreshments.
If you have chosen to travel on to Dunedin via the Taieri Gorge Railway, he will take you and your luggage to the 'station' at Pukerangi.
Otherwise, it's all aboard for the scenic drive back to Queenstown, with pit stops for sightseeing and refreshments.