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ADVENTURE IN SIBERIA
MAY 23 - JUN 06, 2010
AUG 22 - SEP 01, 2010

Siberia, what a huge landmass. What an enormous variety of cultures, languages, landscapes and opportunities to experience the extraordinary. For our Adventure Siberia tour we picked the Altai Mountains region that extends into Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan and, of course, Russia. This area is the most attractive for enjoying mountain vistas, cruising along serene mountain lakes, chasing bears, fishing in raging rivers, taking a bath in some of the cleanest waters on our planet and for seeing and feeling how Russians, Kazakhs and the Altay people are so vastly different while living alongside each other. The route on this tour runs on tarmac as well as natural surface roads, steep gravel mountain passes and some river crossings that require a good sense of balance and a steady right hand on the gas. Of all the Edelweiss Adventure tours worldwide, this is the most difficult one for off-road riding! But also the most rewarding for people who like a challenge!

The “Golden Mountains” cited by Unesco peak at Mt. Belukha at over 14000 feet. It’s great riding here on hardtop and dirt roads along winding rivers. On the ferry on Lake Teletskoe you’ll feel like you’re in Norway or British Columbia. The real off-road fun starts at the southern tip of the lake. It’s incredible to ride up to the mountain pastures on small roads, single-track paths and through green fields of moss with no one around but a few horses, some sheep and cows. The number of unforgettable moments riding here on enduro bikes is beyond counting.

The overnights in resorts, jurtas, Ails, camping and some hotels are memorable. If you’re an off-roader and looking for something extremely different, in an unknown area, with new surprises everyday, this is your tour!

ROUTE
Day 1 Arrival in Barnaul
Day 2 Barnaul - Manjerock
Day 3 Manjerock - Artybash
Day 4 Artybash - Golden Lake Ferry - Chulishman
Day 5 Chulishman - Aktash
Day 6 Aktash - Kochevnik
Day 7 Kochevnik - Ursul River
Day 8 Ursul River - Belokurikha
Day 9 Rest day Belokurikha
Day 10 Belokurikha - Barnaul
Day 11 Flight Barnaul - Home

For more information, go to www.edelweissbike.com.

HIGHWAY NUMBER 1
Cruise along the Pacific Coast and discover some of America's best roads.

TOUR DATES
JUL 11 - 23, 2010 from Los Angeles to Seattle or
AUG 22 - SEP 3, 2010 from Seattle to Los Angeles

The Pacific Coast Highway on the American West Coast is considered to be one of the most beautiful roads in the world. For a good reason: the picturesque beauty of the landscape, the unbelievable mixture of colors and the interesting cities – quite often with Spanish heritage – make this road absolutely unique.

Add some twisties and hills and you have a dream road that makes for a great motorcycle vacation! You will get to know three states – California, Oregon and Washington State, which have a lot in common, but at the same time are also very different – you’ll see why.

The tour starts in Southern California, where – according to the song – it never rains. The landscape is correspondingly dry, almost desertlike, but fortunately we have the blue Pacific on the left and the green coastal mountains on the right. The stretch to San Francisco has enough highlights for a whole week: the Pismo Sand Dunes, Santa Barbara, Hearst Castle, Carmel, Cannery Row in Monterey… As a bonus, there are sea elephants, seals and pelicans to be seen along the way. Further north, the trees become a lot taller, you have entered the region of the famous redwoods. Crossing through Oregon, you finally reach Washington State.

The temperatures are quite a bit cooler than in Southern California, and the vegetation has also changed. What remains the same are the little motorcycle roads with their turns and vistas that make it very hard to go home.

TOUR ROUTE
CALIFORNIA | OREGON | WASHINGTON STATE
Day 1 Arrival in Los Angeles
Day 2 Los Angeles - Pismo Beach
Day 3 Pismo Beach - Carmel
Day 4 Carmel - San Francisco
Day 5 Rest day San Francisco
Day 6 San Francisco - Mendocino
Day 7 Mendocino - Crescent City
Day 8 Crescent City - Newport
Day 9 Newport - Aberdeen
Day 10 Rest day Aberdeen
Day 11 Aberdeen - Port Angeles
Day 12 Port Angeles - Seattle
Day 13 Flight Seattle - Home

AT A GLANCE

Highway Number 1 leads you along the American West Coast. Surrounded by beautiful landscape and interesting cities you ride on changing routes through California, Oregon and Washington State.

DATES: July, August, September
START/FINISH: Los Angeles/Seattle
DURATION: 13 day vacation, 11 riding days
ROUTE: Total distance 1500 - 1900 miles (2400 - 3040 km). Daily rides 140 - 250 miles (225 - 400 km). On good asphalt roads.
ACCOMMODATION: Comfortable middle-class hotels and motels.
REST DAYS: San Francisco, Aberdeen
HIGHLIGHTS: Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Highway Number 1, Napa Valley, Redwood National Park, Oregon, Sand Dunes, Olympic National Park

So if you want to be part of this extraordinary tour please contact your Edelweiss agency. Contact details to be found below.

For more information, go to www.edelweissbike.com.