Guided Tours - Adventure Cycling Association

Find Your Grand Adventure with a 2025 Guided Tour

Early Bird Special: sign up before Jan 1, 2025 and save $100!

With an Adventure Cycling Guided Tour, you can count on five things:

Curated experiences traversing the histories, cultures, and landscapes of the U.S.
A tour type to fit your travel style
Small groups of 10-15 participants, except for our larger Fully Supported Events
A fully planned trip, without the worry of routing, navigation, or reservations, from an experienced organization
Warm fuzzies knowing your Guided Tour purchase supports a nonprofit and its mission, not a for-profit company

We’re excited to hit the road with you!

Our goal is to facilitate a life-changing journey with a Guided Tour that fits your needs. Our Guided Tours provide a range of experiences: long weekend to epic, pavement to dirt, historically focused to earning the scenic vistas. They also come in a variety of lengths and difficulties as well as different levels of support and price points. We offer everything from self-sufficient nights under the stars to fully catered experiences and inn-to-inn options.

Every tour comes with knowledgeable Tour Leaders, routing, navigation, and reservations. All you have to do is participate! Some tours provide opportunities to get to know your fellow riders better, such as group-made meals and grocery shopping, while other types of tours are less interactive. Participation in these small group activities on some tour types is all part of the Adventure Cycling experience.

“Without a doubt, the best part of the tour was the friendships we made. We came from all levels of experience. Everyone was supportive. Every single day, no matter what the difficulty of the day, we laughed.” – Sam, Tour Participant

Types of Tours

We have a variety of tour formats that suit different styles of touring. All come in different lengths and levels of difficulty, which we call Adventure Levels, ranging from Level 1 to Level 5. Generally, our tours have between 10 and 15 participants, with the exception being our larger Fully Supported Events.

Self-Contained
This type of touring is all pedal power and no vehicular support. All shared gear is carried by the group, and cooking responsibilities rotate among its members. A majority of nights are spent outdoors under the stars. An indoor stay or restaurant may be sprinkled in just when you need it the most.

Inn-to-Inn
This is the type of tour for those of us who prefer the comforts of a cozy bed. As the name suggests, each night is spent indoors. Breakfasts and dinners are enjoyed in restaurants. Although there is no vehicle support, you’ll only need to carry the minimal gear of your clothes, toiletries, basic repair items, water, and a bag lunch for the day.

Van-Supported
If you prefer touring without the load of a full set of panniers, but you still love camping, we have a van and trailer to haul your gear. Just worry about pedaling. Carry nothing more than water/lunch/snacks and maybe some rain gear if the weather’s dodgy. You’ll still have fun with your partner rotating on camp cooking duty. But not to worry, on certain tours, there are occasional restaurant meals and indoor stays.

Fully Supported Events
The top level of support! Meals are catered. Luggage is hauled. Starry night camping for those into tents and motel options for those who aren’t. Water and snack stops along the route. Just enjoy the riding, the scenery, and the people to your front and back. These tours are larger in size (20–50 participants) and staffed by several tour leaders all looking out for you.

“This was my first organized multiday trip. I was traveling solo and I had a wonderful time. I could set my own pace and never felt rushed. The food was fantastic and there was lots of it! I can’t say enough good things about the leaders. I will definitely sign up for another one.” – Kelly, Tour Participant

Doing Good with Every Pedal Stroke

Adventure Cycling is a nonprofit. Every Guided Tour purchase supports our mission of inspiring, empowering, and connecting people to travel by bicycle.

For nearly 50 years, we’ve been researching and mapping one of the largest bicycle route systems in the world. And we’re not done yet. Our programs focus on making bicycle travel more accessible to more people through mapping short and long routes, hosting educational resources and events, and creating an open, supportive community for all riders.

All of our tours are listed below. If you have any questions, give us a call or reach out through our online chat. We’re here for you — because Your Adventure Awaits!

February 2025: Southern Tier Spring | Feb 15-Apr 14 | $9,499.00 | Van Supported
March 2025: Natchez Trace | Mar 29-Apr 5 | $2,399.00 | Van Supported
April 2025: Texas Hill Country | Apr 5-11 | $1,999.00 | Fully Supported; Natchez Trace | Apr 7-14 | $2,399.00 | Van Supported; Outer Banks | Apr 13-18 | $2,769.00 | Inn to Inn; Outer Banks | Apr 20-26 | $2,769.00 | Inn to Inn; TransAm Express | Apr 20-Jul 3 | $11,599.00 | Van Supported
May 2025: Colonial Virginia Loop | May 1-6 | $1,199.00 | Self Contained; East Coast Greenway Spring – ME to DC | May 3-Jun 3 | $4,599.00 | Self Contained; TransVirginia Gravel | May 10-16 | $1,799.00 | Van Supported; Katy Trail | May 11-18 | $2,899.00 | Inn to Inn; C&O Canal/GAP Spring | May 17-25 | $1,699.00 | Self Contained; Black Hills | May 25-31 | $3,099.00 | Inn to Inn; Blue Ridge Bliss – Virginia | May 28-Jun 4 | $2,199.00 | Fully Supported
June 2025: Acadia and Mt. Desert Island | June 1-4 | $1,599.00 | Inn to Inn; Black Hills | Jun 1-7 | $3,099.00 | Inn to Inn; Maine Coast and Lighthouses | Jun 1-7 | $2,399.00 | Van Supported; Idaho Hot Springs Sampler | Jun 8-13 | $1,499.00 | Van Supported; Maine Coast and Lighthouses | Jun 9-15 | $2,399.00 | Van Supported; Great Parks North | Jun 14-Jul 5 | $3,599.00 | Self Contained; Crater Lake | Jun 20-26 | $3,999.00 | Inn to Inn; Glacier-Waterton | Jun 21-30 | $4,299 | Inn to Inn; Alaska Golden Circle | Jun 21-Jul 3 | $2,499.00 | Self Contained; Upstate New York Adirondacks | Jun 21-Jul 1 | $2,799.00 | Van Supported; Idaho Trails Relaxed | Jun 22-27 | $1,699.00 | Fully Supported; Oregon Coastal Loop | Jun 22-27 | $1,199.00 | Self Contained
July 2025: Great Divide Canada | Jul 7-17 | $2,189.00 | Self Contained; Glacier-Waterton | Jul 12-21 | $4,299 | Inn to Inn; Cycle the Divide – Montana | Jul 12-18 | $1,899.00 | Fully Supported; Selkirk Splendor | Jul 13-23 | $2,799.00 | Van Supported; Epic Great Divide | Jul 14-Sep 16 | $9,899.00 | Van Supported; New York Finger Lakes Wine Country | Jul 16-25 | $1,699.00 | Self Contained; Selkirk Splendor | Jul 25-Aug 4 | $2,799.00 | Van Supported; Great Divide Wind River | Jul 27-Aug 6 | $3,249.00 | Van Supported
August 2025: Great Divide Colorado Alpine | Aug 9-17 | $2,659.00 | Van Supported; Great Divide Colorado Alpine | Aug 19-27 | $2,659.00 | Van Supported; Allegheny Mountains Gravel Loop | Aug 30-Sep 5 | $1,899.00 | Van Supported
September 2025: Pacific Coast North | Sep 5-19 | $2,799.00 | Self Contained; Washington’s San Juan Islands | Sep 6-12 | $3,099.00 | Inn to Inn; Michigan’s Lakeshore | Sep 6-13 | $1,399.00 | Self Contained; Cape Cod & The Islands | Sep 7-14 | $2,059.00 | Self Contained; Idaho Trails | Sep 7-13 | $2,999.00 | Inn to Inn; Pacific Coast | Sep 7-17 | $7,199.00 | Van Supported; Vermont | Sep 13-20 | $2,899.00 | Inn to Inn; Washington’s San Juan Islands | Sep 14-20 | $3,099.00 | Inn to Inn; Acadia and Mt. Desert Island | Sep 14-17 | $1,599.00 | Inn to Inn; Idaho Trails | Sep 15-21 | $2,999.00 | Inn to Inn; Pacific Coast Central | Sep 21-Oct 5 | $2,799.00 | Self Contained; Southern Tier | Sep 26-Nov 23 | $9,499.00 | Van Supported; Arkansas High Country | Sep 27-Oct 4 | $2,099.00 | Van Supported
October 2025: Katy Trail | Oct 05-12 | $2,899.00 | Inn to Inn; Arkansas High Country | Oct 6-13 | $2,099.00 | Van Supported; Natchez Trace | Oct 19-26 | $2,399.00 | Van Supported; Patagonia Arizona Gravel | Oct 19-22 | $939.00 | Van Supported; Patagonia Arizona Gravel | Oct 24-27 | $939.00 | Van Supported
December 2025: Puerto Rico | Dec 7-18 | $4,199.00 | Inn to Inn

Testimonials

“I’ve done a number of tours with Adventure Cycling and loved them all, but this was the best group I’ve been with. The people on this trip were just plain fun. I loved everywhere we got to see.” — Jeff, Tour Participant

“I love the little towns, particularly Patagonia. Tombstone was interesting but did not get to see much of it. Bisbee is a fascinating and historic community. The roads were generally fine and not too busy. The terrain was sufficiently challenging, but not intimidating for this early season rider who was not in top shape.” — Stephanie, Tour Participant