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| Trans Americas Expedition |
Dates: 26 July - 6 December 2009
Price*: £16,995 (rider) £9,595 (passenger)
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Dates: 25 July - 5 December 2010
Price*: £17,995 (rider) £9,795 (passenger)
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Dates: 31 July - 11 December 2011
Price*: £18,995 (rider) £9,995 (passenger)
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| Duration: 19 weeks |
| Total mileage: 20,000 |
| Most miles in one day: 475 |
| Days off the bike: 42 |
| % unpaved roads: 10% |
| Highest altitude: 4,800m
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If you have not got the time to complete the full Expedition, why not simply select one of our shorter duration trips >>
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* Prices do not include your international
airline fares or insurances.
*Non-UK nationals should contact us directly for a price that
may reflect different air freight arrangements and other variations
in services.
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Riders Requirements
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Riders must have a full motorcycle licence and should have a minimum of 2 years experience of riding larger bikes. Riders will be riding their own motorcycles, which need to be appropriate and adequate to ride on this type of journey.
Riders must be confident and competent road riders and whilst off-road riding experience is beneficial, it is not essential. What is more important is your own attitude to motorcycle overlanding. You need to be flexible and adaptable if the going gets tough, have the ability to take a positive view to overcome the challenges that riding in developing countries will throw at you and keep a good sense of humor and team spirit.
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Itinerary
We have adapted our Trans Americas Guinness World Record™ route to
ensure that you see some of the incredible natural wonders
and archaeological sights, and ride remote off the beaten track roads.
Week 1 - Alaska
Anchorage. Sweat Lodge Ceremony. Fairbanks. Dalton Highway
to the Arctic Circle. Coldfoot Camp, Prudhoe Bay and the chance
to swim in the Arctic Ocean. Return through Delta Junction,
furthest point north on the Alaskan Highway. |
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Weeks 2 & 3 - Canada Alaskan Highway to Watson Lake. Stewart Cassiar
Highway to Bear Glacier, Stewart and Hyder (the most southern
point of Alaska). Watch the bears at Fish Creek. Prince George,
Jasper National Park, Lake Louise, Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump.
Enter the USA through the Glacier National Park and "Going to
the Sun" Road. |
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Weeks 4 & 5 - USA
Flathead Lake. Yellowstone National Park. Cody, home of Buffalo
Bill. Arches National Park, Canyonlands, Monument Valley,
Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon (North Rim). Tucson. |
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Weeks 6 & 7 - Mexico
Naco border crossing Nuevo Casa Grandes. Creel. Colonial
heartland to Zacatecas, the centre of silver mining production
and San Miguel de Allende. Mountain riding to Caribbean coast.
Ruins of Palenque and the village of San Cristobal. |
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Weeks 8, 9 & 10 - Central America
Guatemala - Lake Atitlan, Chichicastenango
market, Antigua. Border town of Esquipalas. Honduras
- Copan ruins. Nicaragua - Granada, San Juan
del Sur. Costa Rica - Arenal volcano and
hot springs. Northern Caribbean Coast. Panama
- Bridge of the Americas and the Panama Canal. Visit to SOS
Children’s Villages. Air freight of bikes. |
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Week 11 - Ecuador
Collect bikes in Quito. Meet local rider group. Visit the
Equator, the local Indian market town of Otavalo and experience
your first riding in the Andes. |
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Weeks 12 & 13 - Peru
Chiclayo, Lord of Sipan Museum, Huanchaco, adobe ruins of
Chan Chan, Paracas, Nasca Lines, Cusco (4 nights with many
optional excursions – Machu Picchu, Pisac market, Sacsayhuaman),
Lake Titicaca, Arequipa & Colca Canyon to watch condors. |
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- Chile
Arica, the Atacama Desert, The Hand, Tropic of Capricorn,
Pacific Coast villages, Pisco Elqui, Santiago, Chilean Lake
District, Andes crossing to Bariloche and Esquel (Argentina).
Cross back to Chile to ride the Carretera Austral. Puyuhuapi
Thermas. |
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Weeks 17 & 18 - Argentina
Ruta 40, the infamous gravel road through Patagonia. El Calafate
& Perito Moreno Glacier. Cross back to Chile to Torres
del Paine National Park, Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas.
Argentinian Tierra del Fuego, Rio Grande, Ushuaia (the most
southern city in the world), Tierra del Fuego National Park,
the end of the road and a celebration meal! |
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Week 19 - Argentina
The final week of the expedition will involve riding back
north along the South Atlantic coast to Buenos Aires for air
freight back to the UK. |
Other information
Our General Information
page contains more details about the Trans Am, and you can also refer to our Frequently Asked Questions page. Should you
have any more questions, prior to making your application,
please feel free to call us direct on +44 (0)8452 304015
or email tours@globebusters.com.
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