Best of Biking/Cycling - Australia/South Pacific

From heavenly tropical isles to the Hobbit inspired landscape of New Zealand, the South Pacific is your cycling honeymoon. If isolation is what you are after look no further. These locations are as far away as you can get with cultures so unusual and bizarre from anywhere else in the world. Australia and New Zealand are the big guns here with the most organized routes. However, little visited places like Easter Island have plenty to offer for every sort of rider.

1. Adelaide to Alice Springs, Australia

   An journey from coast to coast known as "the Crossing".The 30-day excursion covers a wide variety of landscapes, giving you more than just a taste of the country.

2. Queen Charlotte Singletrack, New Zealand

   This 71 kilometer trail is the longest continuous track in the Queenstown, New Zealand

3. Queenstown, New Zealand

   Queenstown is often called the Adventure capital of the World, so heli-biking shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Take a chopper to a mountain peak and ride for 40 kilometers down for an unforgettable descent.

4. Victorian Alps, Australia

   This trip covers the route from Melbourne to Bendigo, riding through wine regions, farmlands, canyons, and a long decent from Mount Buffalo.

5. Southern Coast, Easter Island

   Thousand year old giant stone moai's dot the landscape of this 64 square kilometer island that's still baffles scientists.

6. North Island, New Zealand

   A completely different landscape from the South Island. Here you'll find hot springs, waterfalls, volcanoes and the Maori culture.

7. Sydney, Australia

   An easy way to get around the cities main attractions or just the pubs.

8. West Coast Tasmania, Australia

   Off the beaten track even for Tasmania. This Gondwanan frontier territory is dominated by frequent climbs and winding downhill rides.

9. The Outback, Australia

   Peddle dirt tracks all the way from Alice Springs, across the Simpson Desert, to the Dalhousie Hot Springs, Oodnadatta, and to finish at Coober Pedy.

10. Tahiti, French Polynesia

    The hilly terrain on Tahiti is excellent for the many specially designed mountain bike tracks that more and more honeymooners are beginning to notice.