This is our premium cycle tour and our most popular product. Enjoy the luxury of a fully supported tour. 

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

Day 1 - Clyde to Lauder (44kms)

• 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

Day 2 - Lauder to Ranfurly (48kms)

• 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 can be made before lunch at the Oturehua Tavern or the Ida Valley Kitchen.
• 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 a historic country hotel for dinner.

Day 3 - Ranfurly to Hyde (32kms)

• 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 the ancient Scottish sport of curling before dining at an iconic pub dating back to the 1860's.

Day 4 - Hyde to Middlemarch (27kms)

• 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, where 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

Please Note: Lunches and dinners are at the guests expense.

Contact us for other four day options. We can tailor a tour to suit your needs and budget.

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