GUIDED MOTORCYCLE TOUR ITINERARY
Please refer to the tour calendars on the Ultimate Tours Summary & Prices page for scheduled tour dates for 2009 and 2010. Please note the booking closure dates (twelve weeks prior to the tour departure date to ensure availability of accommodation and motorcycles).
Bookings for tour groups of six or more can be accommodated outside of the scheduled tour dates shown as required. (A minimum of twelve weeks' notice prior to the tour departure date is required to ensure availability of accommodation and motorcycles).
Please refer to the pricing tables for this tour on the Ultimate Tours Summary & Prices page for your group configuration and accommodation requirements. Please refer to the table notes accompanying the pricing table regarding rental machine availability and price inclusions/exclusions.
If you would like to book a tour then please contact us via the Book Guided Tour page with your requirements.
The tour itinerary narrative is currently being completed. This tour is fully developed and ready for sale so please contact us for full itinerary details.
Please refer to Ultimate Tours Summary & Prices for price and availability details.
'The Ultimate in BMW Touring'
Experience the wonder, mystical beauty and motorcycling paradise that is Australia’s Apple Isle…corner after corner! Tasmania holds some of the world’s last pristine temperate wilderness and this tour is the unique opportunity to see it all from the ultimate viewpoint: The saddles of the world’s ultimate touring machines.
Enjoy evenings in luxury accommodation surrounded by the peace and tranquility of nature after every breath-taking day of motorcycle touring.
The tour comprises of:
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9 hotel nights
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2 nights on the Spirit of Tasmania sailing across Bass Strait
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9 riding days
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2,000 kilometres on sealed roads
Each day’s riding is of at least 8 hours duration - actual daily distances covered vary according to the nature of the roads and terrain.
Rest days can easily be included at any point in the tour in addition to the riding days as required. Please contact us if you require any advice.
The tour begins and ends in Melbourne, the cosmopolitan capital of Victoria, and riders will experience many facets of rural Australia: Farming and coastal communities, forests, beaches and national parks.
This tour operates at selected times from February to December inclusive. The Ultimate Tasmania Tours are not conducted during the winter months due to the extreme conditions which are not conducive to motorcycle touring over winter. Please refer to Ultimate Tours Summary & Prices for our tours itinerary.
This tour takes in the spectacular coastal route from Melbourne to Adelaide riding along the world-renowned Great Ocean Road. Experience the beauty of Adelaide's wine producing regions, the Adelaide Hills, the open plains of inland South Australia and Victoria and the spectacular Grampians region.
The all inclusive tour price covers:
- Airport transfers
- Secure baggage storage whilst on tour
- Your BMW motorcycle
- Luggage panniers and top-box
- Complete rider equipment from helmet to boots (if required and subject to availability)
- BMW motorcycle insurance
- 24 hour BMW Roadside Assistance
- Emergency mobile telephone
- GPS navigators fitted to selected motorcycles (with pre-loaded detailed routes)
- Communications systems for music and GPS audio commands (if utilising Vicmoto Motorcycle Tours helmets)
- All meals
- All hotel accommodation
- All fuel
- Daily issue of backup maps, emergency telephone numbers by region and Standard Operating Procedures
- Embroidered men's or ladies' polo shirt
- Embroidered cap
- Tour DVD and tour photographs CD for all tour members
Note: All motorcycle riders are required to be a minimum of 25 years of age.
Tour Exclusions
The tour price does not include:
- Domestic or international air fares
- Personal medical & evacuation insurance
- Personal effects insurance
- Personal spending money
- Alcoholic beverages
- Entry to tourism venues not organised by Vicmoto Motorcycle Tours
- Accommodation and other expenses incurred prior to or after completion of the tour
Your two tour guides, Steven and Martin Craig, travel at the front and rear of the tour group leaving tour members to travel at their own pace.
The tour guides are in regular contact with each other throughout the day by radio and mobile phone.
Tour members can either travel as a single group or in small groups with a GPS navigator in each group as they prefer.
Tour guides and tour members meet up during each day at scheduled stops for morning tea, lunch and during refuelling. These scheduled stops assist in allowing the whole tour group to remain within a reasonable distance of each other so that your tour guides can assist in the unlikely event that any problems occur.
Ideally, the tour group will depart at 0830 each day to allow plenty of time to complete the day’s riding at a comfortable pace. Most days take 8-9 hours of riding and rest stops to complete and the aim is for tour members to arrive at their overnight accommodation at around 1600 to 1700 each day. This allows time to relax, shower, enjoy a pre-dinner drink and take full advantage of each exciting venue prior to dinner.
Pre-Tour Activities
If travelling to Melbourne by air from an overseas or an interstate destination all tour participants will be personally met at the airport by a chauffeur who will transport you directly to your CBD hotel. If arriving more than one day prior to the commencement of the tour, accommodation is at the individual’s expense: The tour officially commences with the pre-tour welcome dinner, presentation and lodging the night prior to departure from Melbourne by motorcycle.
It is important to note that airport transfers are included in the tour price irrespective of when they occur. For example, participants may arrive several days before the tour departure date and leave Melbourne several days after completion of the tour.
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