PRICE: 990 euros Air flight excluded, Minimum 7 participants
TECHNICAL SHEET-PROGRAM
> ATTENTION: THE DAY OF DEPARTURE CAN BE DECIDED BY THE GROUP, IF ALREADY ESTABLISHED <
■ If the arrival in Olbia is the day before the departure by bike: (7 MAY)
Each participant will reach the Olbia area independently either by car, plane or ship.
- Free day, overnight stay, lunch, dinner, breakfast not included.
- Bike assembly.
- Meeting-Presentation Naturaid Sardegna Explorer material delivery - souvenir.
Your personal luggage-suitcase will be picked up in the morning and taken with the van from time to time at the end of the stage in the evening, you will ride only with a small backpack. ATTENTION: THE LUGGAGE OF EACH PARTICIPANT MUST NOT BE LARGE SIZE AND MUST NOT EXCEED 20 KG (EXTRA 50 EURO)
1st day bike (8 MAY)
departure by bike from Olbia to Mammone.
Breakfast, picnic, dinner, overnight, INCLUDED - 70 km. difference in altitude +1600 m
2nd day bike from Mammone to Oliena.
Breakfast, picnic, dinner, overnight, INCLUDED - 60 km. difference in altitude +1400 m
3rd day bike from Oliena to Orgosolo.
Breakfast, picnic, dinner, overnight, INCLUDED - 50 km. difference in altitude +1500 m
4th day bike from Orgosolo to Villanova Strisaili.
Breakfast, picnic, dinner, overnight, INCLUDED - 50 km. difference in altitude +1700 m
5th day bike from Villanova Strisaili to Seui.
Breakfast, picnic, dinner, overnight, INCLUDED - 70 km. difference in altitude +1600 m
6th day bike from Seui to Villassalto.
Breakfast, picnic, dinner, overnight, INCLUDED - 70 km. difference in altitude +1600 m
7th day last bike (14 MAY) from Villassalto to Capoterra (25 km from Cagliari). 60 km + 1400m
Breakfast, picnic, INCLUDED. -
Pizza offer (BEVERAGES EXCLUDED)
Overnight NOT INCLUDED.
8th day DEPARTURE including transfer to Cagliari. End of services Free day
L'accoglienza tipica sarda e la squisita cucina vi faranno passare ottime serate ascoltando racconti e gustando ogni sera le specialità locali. Incluso acqua e vino della casa.
Troveremo a Capoterra l'imballo per impacchettare la bici.
Per chi riparte, trasferimento per Cagliari (compreso), all'aeroporto, al porto, alla stazione dei treni FS.
Gli scatoloni delle bici verranno trasportati dal punto di partenza al punto di arrivo dell’avventura.
Let's go! The exploration-adventure begins NATURAID SARDINIA EXPLORER from Olbia to Cagliari crossing suggestive and still little known places, such as Gallura, the impenetrable Supramonte, the mountains of Gennargentu and Ogliastra, the valleys of Flumendosa before ending in the huge cultivated expanse which was the granary of ancient Italy: the Campidano.
Wake up is at 7:00 and the stage departure is set at 8:00 every day after a hearty breakfast.
Check the backpack: repair kit, camera, hygienic wipes, foular or hat, change shirt, windproof jacket, high protection cream, mobile phone, goggles, salts and bars.
Cold or packed lunch along the track. (2 sandwiches, and fruit or cold pasta salad).
Dinner, overnight stay and breakfast are in a farmhouse or similar structures.
The typical Sardinian welcome and exquisite cuisine will make you spend excellent evenings listening to stories and tasting local specialties every evening. Water and house wine included.
We will find in Capoterra the packaging to pack the bike.
For those leaving, transfer to Cagliari (included), to the airport, to the port, to the FS train station.
The boxes of the bikes will be transported from the starting point to the arrival point of the adventure.
This is a journey that you will remember for its intensity and beauty of the places.
WE RECOMMEND PACKING THE BICYCLES IN THE APPROPRIATE BOXES,
It is a very special and unique journey, a great spirit of adaptability and coexistence with the group is required.
During the trip, possible changes may occur due to, for example, setbacks, flight schedule changes, climate, natural disasters, interrupted roads, etc. which do not depend on the Naturaid organization.
IF FOR ANY REASON ANY MEMBER OF THE GROUP HAS TO GIVE UP OR STAY AWAY FROM THE NATURAID TRIP DURING THE COURSE, IT WILL BE HIS DUTY TO ORGANIZE HIS RETURN WITHOUT REQUESTING ANYTHING FROM THE GROUP OR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE FEE.
We are at your complete disposal for any clarification, anyone who is seriously interested and motivated can contact. It is advisable to book in advance to try to organize all bookings for this Naturaid trip as soon as possible.
The organization, while committing itself to its full potential, disclaims any liability arising from participation in the tour and any unforeseen events that may occur during the adventure.
A spirit of adaptability is needed.
A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED, WHICH WILL ISSUE YOU YOUR PRINCIPAL DOCTOR WHO CERTIFIES
YOUR GOOD STATE OF HEALTH TO MAKE THE JOURNEY BY BIKE, OR THE AGONISTIC TAG.
A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED, WHICH WILL ISSUE YOU YOUR PRINCIPAL DOCTOR WHO CERTIFIES
YOUR GOOD STATE OF HEALTH TO MAKE THE JOURNEY BY BIKE.
Each participant will reach the Olbia area independently. (WE RECOMMEND TO BOOK FLIGHTS AND FERRIES IN LARGE ADVANCE, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FEW TENS OF EUROS)
The Naturaid Sardegna Explorer trip will last 8 days including 7 days of cycling.
The stages vary from 50 to 70 km with altitude differences from 1300 to 1600 m per day.
The maximum altitude about 1800 m.
THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TOUR IS MEDIUM-HIGH AND IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR MEDIUM-TRAINED BIKERS
The affected area will be the east from Olbia to Capoterra (20 km from Cagliari).
It will be a continuous succession of landscapes and small villages, holm oak and cork forests, arid mountains, mining areas, gorges, archaeological areas.
The slopes will be good, even if some sections have been ruined and dug up by the exceptional rains of recent years.
There will be several single tracks in the woods and on the hills, they will be difficult and technical at times, but really spectacular that will give a lot of satisfaction.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY TO ALWAYS WEAR THE HELMET LATCHED EVEN ON HILLS, ALWAYS KEEP THE DISTANCE BETWEEN BIKERS, A MODERATE SAFETY SPEED AND GET OFF THE BIKE IN THE MOST DANGEROUS ROUTES.
There will be some sections of secondary asphalted road not very busy, limited transfer kilometers to link one path to another.
The distance for each stage will be around 50-70km with a positive elevation gain of around 1300-1600m.
The stage will be broken up with a refreshment point for a packed lunch (INCLUDED).
Lunch will be sometimes cold, pasta alla giardiniera with tuna and vegetables, and sometimes packed and will be provided: 2 stuffed sandwiches and fruit.
There will be no cars in tow (SOME TIMES IF POSSIBLE AT THE PIC NIC) because the tracks do not allow it, and each participant must be autonomous during the ride, bringing with them the material for small repairs and punctures, have some bars with them and for how long it concerns water at least 2 L at each refueling, which will be supplied only in the morning before departure and at the refreshment point.
Overnight stays will be in B&B and farmhouse with breakfast and dinner (INCLUDED). The accommodation in rooms according to the availability of the structures, double, triple or even quadruple.
It will be an important journey full of small unexpected events because the areas crossed are truly wild which offer many surprises that we are used to, but it will certainly be a nice memory for life.
The program may undergo significant variations if the climatic or unforeseen conditions do not allow the safety of the entire group.
It is recommended to adapt to the rhythms and to the local culture without getting irritated or impatient.
For more information write to maur.doro@gmail.com
The price not includes:
- Optional excursions
- Drinks outside or not included during the tour and at dinner.
- Expenses incurred to leave the tour and return earlier than expected.
- The journey from Cagliari to Olbia after the end of the tour.
- The plane flight
- Anything not expressly indicated in the program.
The price includes:
- Guide the adventure Maurizio Doro
- Basic insurance for the group: ELVIA ASSICURAZIONI and the values are 413.17 euros for theft and 2582 euros for medical expenses.
- All the B & Bs, hotels and agritourisms mentioned in the program with accommodation in double, triple or quadruple room according to the availability of the structures.
- Half board (abundant breakfast and dinner, dinners are based on genuine Sardinian products, and can be appetizers of salami and cheeses, homemade first courses, mixed vegetables, meats such as kid, wild boar, suckling pig, wine and homemade dessert ).
- All transfers: Capoterra / Cagliari to the airport, port, railway station.
- Packed food for the picnic lunch. (2 stuffed rolls and fruit).
- Water provided at the picnic.
- Driver with minibus for the transport of suitcases and personal bags that will be found at the end of each stage.
- NATURAID souvenir t-shirt.
- NATURAID certificate of participation.
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SARDEGNA
The crossing of Sardinia by Mountain Bike, on the ancient routes from North to South
450 km from Olbia to Cagliari
Many people know Sardinia for its splendid sea that is unrivaled in the world, but few people know its isolated and still wild interior.
Here is a truly spectacular new MTB adventure trip within this wonderful island.
An imaginary line to be pedaled, about 450 km made up of tracks, dirt roads, mule tracks, single tracks.
7 stages with about 10,000 meters in altitude to get to know the hinterland, its picturesque villages and its people, passing forests, arid areas, plateaus, through the mountain range that runs like a backbone on the highest, secret, hidden mountains and wild of the island.
You will walk the old paths of transhumance, carbonari, poachers, miners, away from the classic tourist routes.
You will discover the natural beauty of this wonderful island.
It will be an adventure for life.
TOUR TRANSARDEGNA EXPLORER
from 8 to 14 may
8 days
7 days by Mtb
450 Km
1.300/1.600 m for day
Baggage transport machine
Farmhouse, bed and breakfast
Maurizio Doro
Olbia
Cagliari
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