2021 Circumnavigate Tasmania
Satisfy your lifelong dream for cycling around Tasmania
Coastal rides, climbing mountains, gravel expeditions
Wineries to breweries, traditional bakeries to modern cuisine, Tasmania is the place to explore.
13 days
Hobart, Tasmania
Tour Departs
Hobart, Tasmania, March 13, 2021
Tour Finishes
Hobart, Tasmania, March 25, 2021
Tour Style
Group Size: 15 guests – 3 staff
Rides: Sealed roads, some bikeways – an option to take a gravel detour on some days
Challenge Rating: Some hills – Adventure /Backroads
Accommodation: 3 to 4 star hotels, twin share, optional single supplement when booking
Trip Suitability
Social Riding and Leisure: We understand that your cycling holiday is a HOLIDAY! We understand that you don’t normally ride everyday at home. Our ride routes cherry-pick the best areas.
Experienced Riders: Your cycling holiday is all actually about the bike! Our epic and challenge ride options seek more vertical metres and longer miles.
Meals Included
Buffet breakfast every day, 6 dinners and 2 lunches
Tour Inclusions
- Professional and experienced cycling guides
- 12 nights accommodation in the stunning Tasmania
- Travel in air-conditioned vehicles
- Transfers from designated collection and drop-off locations
- All meals (as listed on itineraries)
- Mechanical assistance with your bike
- Ride nutrition (including drinking water, sport powders and bars / muffins and fruit)
- Tour ride jersey and bib-shorts
- Ride files and detailed tour itinerary
- Entry fees (as listed on itineraries)
Why we Love this Tour
- Travelling in a small group of cyclists on carefully designed ride routes that maximise your safety, enjoyment and challenge
- Mechanical and vehicle support for peace of mind
- Fully guided and supported rides
- Winery and Brewery Tours
- Cycle through World Heritage Wilderness
- Magnificent Coastlines and fascinating historic villages
Pricing
Price: AUD $5400 (twin share)
Single Supplement: AUD $1300
Note: All trip costs are per person, not including airfare and based on two persons per room. If travelling alone we will match you with a person to share. Alternatively, you may choose to have a room of your own by paying the single supplement.
Note: It is a requirement of Bikestyle Tours that you have Travel Insurance for your trip.
Cycle through World Heritage Wilderness, Magnificent Coastlines and fascinating historic villages
Tasmania is ready for us to discover and a rich history to understand. Many tourists plan their trip to Tasmania for a weekend, maybe for four days, expecting that they’ll whip around the island and see the sights. I may have fallen foul to this belief on my first trip, I barely made it out of Hobart! We’ve connected with our local Tasmania crew and captured some of their favourite rides to create an itinerary that incorporates many of the great locations in Tasmania, as well as great fun in making our way around the Island.
Each region offers a different landscape, as too can be the weather. Subject to the roaring forties, the West Coast is wet, often. But over the summer months, the wet weather is drawn farther south and more clear days are available. Locations like Cradle Mountain, Freycinet, Wineglass Bay, Bay of Fires are just a few of the places we’ll visit on our Discover Tasmania trips.
From wineries to breweries, traditional bakeries to modern cuisine, all using the freshest local ingredients, Tasmania is the place to explore.
Coastal rides, climbing mountains, gravel expeditions make our ride routes varied and interesting. Satisfy your lifelong dream for cycling around Tasmania, knowing you have the full support of our professional cycling guides and ride support.
Not all of us have two weeks to ride our bikes! So we have an easier front-end of the trip from Hobart to Launceston or the more challenging back-end from Launceston to Hobart. All three trips include a Mt Wellington summit ride and a visit to the Cascade Brewery.
Circumnavigate Tasmania – Daily Itinerary
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 6
- Day 7
- Day 8
- Day 9
- Day 10
- Day 11
- Day 12
- Day 13
Arrive Hobart, vibrant harbour city with rich history and cutting edge new-ness

As flights from mainland Australia vary guests are free to arrive in Hobart during the day and make your way to our hotel. You’re conveniently located close to the wonderful harbour precinct with its many restaurants, rich history and great pubs. Your guides will be on hand to help with check-in, prepare your bike ready to roll and go over the trip ahead.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Arrive, Hobart
- Hobart Harbour
- Welcome Dinner
Richmond, Coal River Valley, River Derwent and MONA

Those Palawa people who had survived often were put to work with convicts to build key infrastructure for development. An example of colonial Australia is on display in Richmond, our main stop today. We can set on the banks of the Coal River under the main attraction, the Richmond Bridge. A short distance away is the Richmond Gaol and the oldest Catholic Church in Australia. The Ice Creamery, cheese shop and lolly shop are also a must-visit.
Our ride finishes at MONA today, where we can explore the museum - curators took the opportunity of COVID to redesign several aspects. This is the most unique gallery I have personally ever visited. David Walsh’s creation is an international hit, and is most noted for its central themes around sex and death.
Tonight, enjoy our welcome dinner, sampling some of Tasmania’s finest food, including beer and wine.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Tasman Bridge
- Richmond Bridge
- MONA
Mt Wellington and the Cascade Brewery

Our return journey is abbreviated with a stop at the Cascade brewery. To make good beer, one needs a good clean water source or a mountain spring, and that’s what ensured that Cascade is the oldest operating brewery in Australia.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Mt Wellington
- Cascade brewery
Coles Bay and Freycinet National Park

We’ll enjoy a morning snack at the traditional Ross bakery to fuel up for our ride starting from the central hub of Campbell Town, it is often a stopover on the journey between the major centres of Hobart and Launceston.
For us, we’ll depart off the main highway on our bikes and head east. It is very much about our destination today, as we discover one of Tasmania’s great jewels, the Freycinet National Park and Wineglass Bay. We’ll change our cycling shoes for some comfortable walking shoes and make the short hike through the National Park.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Traditional Bakery
- Freycinet National Park
- Wineglass Bay
Bay of Fires and the East Coast

Our first stop along the coast is Bicheno. Of an evening penguins take refuge in their burrows. As we reach further north, the long white beaches offer surfers with the best surfing on the island, and further offshore you may be lucky to spot a whale.
Today’s highlight will surely be memorable, as large boulders begin to appear on the northern beaches the colour contrasts are striking. The orange lichen that covers the boulders, set with a backdrop of turquoise waters makes this one of the most beautiful destinations in the world.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Bay of Fires
- Sparkling beaches
- Pristine coastline
Soon after departing Bicheno, we’ll cross the Douglas River, popular fishing, kayaking and surfing location. From here the surfing beaches begin.
Blue Tier, Vertigo to Scottsdale

World Trail was commissioned by the locals to build something exceptional, and with the combination of Derby and Blue Tier trail systems, new money was brought to the area. This is now the flagship model for many regional councils looking for future economic growth built on sustainability.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Derby
- Tasmanian Rainforests
Jacob’s Ladder and Launceston

Our epic challenge aims for Tasmania's premier alpine skiing operations at Ben Lomond. Development started on the ski area in the 1930s, and was upgraded to a resort in the 1950s. But it wasn’t until the 1960s that an access road took you all the way to the resort area, aptly named “Jacob’s Ladder”. This is an iconic climb, a twisting gravel road between towering dolerite cliffs.
We stay in Launceston tonight and we’ll enjoy dinner together celebrating our achievements along the west coast.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Jacob's Ladder
- 60km Gravel Roads
Launceston to Devonport, West Tamar

Launceston is at the confluence of the North and South Esk rivers. Both rivers share a similar catchment area, yet take a different journey to Launceston. South Esk is spectacular just before it reaches the Tamar, forming the Cataract Gorge a recreational reserve. These rivers form the Tamar River at Launceston before reaching the Bass Strait. Did you know that most of Tasmania’s electricity needs are sourced from sustainable hydro and wind generation? Not without its teething problems though.
After riding through the Tamar Valley, and stopping for a coffee we’ll reach the historic mining town of Beaconsfield. It is most renowned for the collapse of it’s gold mine where an incredible story of tragedy and survival. We then set our compass for Devonport, where the Spirit of Tasmania launches and connects Tasmania to the mainland.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Cataract Gorge
- Tamar River
Cradle Mountain and Lake Clair National Park

Tonight we’ll stay close to the mountain in warm accommodation.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Cradle Mountain
- Dove Lake Walk
Cradle Mountain to Queenstown

As we leave Cradle Mountain we ride along the edge of the Belvoir Conservation Reserve, a unique habitat that homes the densest population of vulnerable and endangered marsupials. From the highest point of the reserve, we turn south and follow the Murchison highway, enjoying a long downhill run before we cross the Murchison River. Our climb soon begins on a quiet road off the main highway where we enjoy great views to each of the peaks between Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair, the course of the Overland Track.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Belvoir Conservation Reserve
- West Coast Range
99 Bends Tasmania and World Heritage Wilderness

One of the opportunities today is to see the ambitious art project known as The Wall, a 100m long by 3m high wood carving recording the 100 year history of the central highlands.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
- Lake Saint Clair
- Wooden Hyrdo Pipeline
River Derwent and Hobart Arrival

We will stop at the historical town of Hamilton along the way. Once a frontier town for the early settlement serving as a hub for travellers and possibly more importantly for its illegal liquor trade.
Tonight we’ll enjoy a final dinner together in Hobart, celebrating our journey through Tasmania’s west coast.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- River Derwent
- Farewell Dinner
Cycling adventure around Tasmania

We have various shuttles to the airport throughout the day, enabling you to connect with your preferred flight back home.
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
- Depart, Hobart
Why Book with Bikestyle Tours?
A COVID-Safe plan
- All staff and guests must complete a pre-travel questionnaire prior to the start of the trip
- Bikestyle Tours complies with the QLD COVID Safe Industry Plan (Tourism and Accommodation, Bike Tours); such as controls for social distancing, cleaning and hygiene, vehicle transport.
Bookings are risk-free and guarantee you a spot!
Our covid-19 period booking system is a risk-free way to reserve your place. That means during the declared pandemic you are eligible to reschedule your trip or receive a full refund if due to travel restrictions enforced by Australian government jurisdictions you are unable to arrive at the designated start location on the date specified.
Are Trips Guaranteed Departures?
We make every effort to guarantee departures to give you peace of mind that once you’ve booked your trip – you’re going! We do not cancel trips due to insufficient numbers leaving you stranded.