This combined bike tour and other experiences and adventures features the best of the South Island!
It's an 13-day tour that starts and finishes in Christchurch and includes the best sections of the South Island trails, including Alps 2 Ocean, Dunstan, Roxborough Gorge, the Queenstown, Wanaka and Hawea trails, concluding in the West Coast Wilderness.
2025
New Zealand
Christchurch
Christchurch
370 km
11 days
10 nights
10-13
Christchurch
Lago Pukak
Lake Ohau
Omarama
Clyde
Alexandra
Arrowtown
Queenstown
Wanaka
Fox Glacier
Ross
Hokitika
Kumara
Greymouth
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Price per person:
Em quarto duplo: 4.795 €
adicional de quarto individual: 690 €
*minimum of participants for these prices: 10 persons
Bicicleta convencional: 150 €
E-Bike: 350 €
*helmet and bag included
Individual arrival in Christchurch.
Dia livre.
Conforme o horário de chegada dos Viajantes nos encontraremos para um passeio pela cidade, seguido de um delicioso jantar e um bate bato sobre nossa viagem de bicicleta que se inicia por essa bela ilha Sul da Nova Zelândia.
Today will be our first day on a bike, but in the morning we will have a transfer heading south across the plains to McKenzie Country, on the shores of Lake Pukaki.
We ride from Mt Cook Station to Tommy Rotten, always with a view of Mt Cook in the background, and then we cycle back along trails to our accommodation in High-Country, where we spend the night.
Tonight's meal will be a hearty High-Country feast.
Bike route: Jollie Car Park – Rotten Tommy – Braemar
Distance: 27 km
Meals: Lunch, dinner
After a hearty rural breakfast, we'll visit a local farm for a tour with perhaps New Zealand's quirkiest farmer. Don't forget to concentrate, as there will be plenty of surprises!
We'll be on the bus for a short time, driving along Lake Pukaki, known for the battle scenes in the Hobbit movie, to reach our starting point for today's tour, on the shores of Lake Ohau.
Here, we will enjoy a fabulous view of the lake and the Ben Ohau Range.
The first stage of today's cycling is on the purpose-built trail along the shore of Lake Ohau and across Middleton Lake. We continue to Ohau Lodge, where we will have a sumptuous lunch while overlooking the lake.
From there, a challenging but spectacular 19 km stretch of trail awaits us, with a climb up to the high point of Tarnbrae and down again to Quailburn and the final stretch is an easy descent from Quailburn Road and a short distance along the country road to Omarama and Omarama country road to our accommodation.
After a delicious day of cycling, there's a well-deserved visit to relax your body in the Omarama hot tubs.
We'll have dinner in a local pub with a great country atmosphere.
Bike route: Lake Ohau Weir – Ohau Lodge – Omarama
Distance: 44 – 66 km
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
After breakfast, we'll take the bikes for a leisurely ride along the lake, from Omarama to Sailors Cutting. Then there's a favorite of many a new section of trail that will take us up, over and around some rustic hills, often along the lake all the way to Benmore Dam. This is a very scenic part of the ride, but rewarding and challenging, with many excellent vantage points for picturesque photos.
We'll have time to relax and enjoy a picnic before loading the bikes into the van and heading for Clyde. We'll enjoy the scenic drive to this historic town, where we'll be staying for the next two nights.
In the evening we will enjoy local food and wine in one of the Clyde's most popular restaurants.
Bike route: Omarama – Lake Benmore Dam
Distance: 31 km
Meals: Café da manhã, almoço,
In the morning, we walked a short distance to the start of the Roxburgh Gorge trail, which is simply stunning.
A 10 km bike ride is followed by a jet boat ride from Doctors Point to Shingle Creek. What a thrill! Be sure to hold on to your hat as you take a ride on "Hamilton".
The boat captains guide us through the gorge, sharing stories of the gold mining era, which was only 160 years ago. There are still many ruins of the stone huts where they lived along the hillside. We see how life has changed, those were very difficult times.
Back on land, we'll have a gentle climb and a 13 km ride to Roxburgh Reservoir, where we'll have a picnic.
Depois do almoço, voltaremos a Bannockburn e visitaremos algumas vinícolas, antes de seguirmos pela famosa desfiladeiro de Kawarau até nossa acomodação em Arrowtown.
É lógico que teremos degustação de vinhos da Nova Zelândia.
Para o jantar vamos te recomendar um bom restaurante em Arrowtown.
Bike route: Trail Roxborough Gorge
Distance: 32 km
Meals: Café da manhã, piquenique
We don't have any bike rides planned this morning, but it's time to explore this picturesque little gold mining town!
Stroll through historic Arrowtown and enjoy some shopping, local cafés and art galleries, or we can head to Queenstown to enjoy this famous tourist town.
Lunch is at your leisure, but don't be late to meet the boat!
In the afternoon, we plan to be on board the beautiful and iconic steamboat "The Earnslaw". We will sail Lake Wakatipu and visit a High-Country farm - Walter Peak Station, returning in the late afternoon.
Dinner tonight will be free in Queenstown. We'll recommend some great dining experiences.
No bike trip on this day
Meals: All breakfasts
Hoje vamos para a Costa Oeste!
Antes, porém, faremos um passeio curto para exercitar as pernas ao longo do rio Kawarau até o famoso AJ Hacket Bungy.
Em seguida, visitaremos uma propriedade rural local de High-Country Homestead e desfrutaremos da hospitalidade local com vistas icônicas do lago para um piquenique.
In the afternoon, we'll continue towards the west coast to the Fox Glacier, with a stop along the way at the sparkling blue and green waters of the Blue Pools, near Makarora.
Essa noite ficaremos hospedados na Fox Glacier.
Weather permitting, a panoramic helicopter ride to see the glacier can be a beautiful adventure.
Bike route: Kawarau River Trail
Distance: 28 km
Meals: Café da manhã, piquenique, jantar
This morning we will drive north to the small gold mining town of Ross and begin our tour of the West Coast Wilderness Trail, following an old railway line north.
After warming up your legs, we'll stop at the West Coast Treetop walkway, where you can enjoy a walk along a 450m steel platform suspended up to 150 feet above the forest floor, giving you an unbelievably unusual perspective of the forest.
The trail then heads inland through native forest with towering rimu trees and on to the bustling coast of Hokitika.
Stay in our accommodation in Hokitika for one night and enjoy the hospitality of the local west coast.
Bike route: Ross – Hokitika
Distance: 38 km
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Today we'll continue on the West Coast Wilderness Trail, with virgin rainforest and huge Podocarp trees, as well as serene canals and streams.
The first section features an impressive water race to Lake Kaniere. From there, the trail follows a road through farmland and native forest to the Arahura River, where the trail leaves the road and climbs along a well-marked trail to "Cowboy Paradise".
Here galleries occupy refurbished shops and the recently restored historic Theatre Royal Hotel,circa 1876, takes pride of place on the main street, the West Coast`s only restored miners’ hotel, and once world-renowned theatre.
We settle in here for the night and dine in, reminiscing and sharing stories from our South Island Cycle tour, apart from a final short burst, we are at the end of our action-packed cycling holiday.
Bike route: Hokitika – Milltown – Kumara
Distance: 72 km
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hoje terminamos a West Coast Wilderness Trail, pedalando por terras agrícolas, pela mata nativa, ao lado da costa agitada e, finalmente, ao longo das margens do Rio Grey até o centro de Greymouth.
É aqui que terminamos a parte ciclística da viagem e pegamos o trem panorâmico TranzAlpine para atravessarmos o Arthur’s Pass e voltarmos à Christchurch. Nosso guia e a van estarão milagrosamente presentes na estação de trem para nos levar de volta ao hotel.
Parabéns por ter realizado o melhor itinerário com as melhores trilhas de ciclismo na Ilha Sul da Nova Zelândia.
Bike route: Kumara – Greymouth
Distance: 31 km
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Today, unfortunately, our trip comes to an end.
É dia da partida! Com certeza, esse passeio fantástico ficará para sempre nas memórias!
