Your ride starts from Hanmer Springs, enjoy biking the best parts of the high country of Molesworth Station, Maruia and Awatere Valley. Tour includes all meals and accommodation, one night in fabulous high country farm stay complex.
Hanmer Springs
9am
You might like to bring a Gel seat cover for added comfort.
If you are bringing your own mountain bikes, thick tyres are recommended and shock absorbers are not essential but will make the trip more comfortable. Make sure it is in good condition and has been recently serviced and you have a spare inner tube. We can arrange bike hire for you.
Full suspension bikes $440, E-Bikes $560
Grade 1 – 3
You will need a moderate level of fitness with some off road experience biking on shingle surfaces.
9am pick up from Hanmer Springs in North Canterbury, enjoy the drive up the Western side of Molesworth Station, commence your ride in magnificent high-country scenery, biking from Lake Tennyson to Hanmer. Arriving back in the alpine village with time for a soak in the thermal hot pools before a group dinner in the village tonight.
INCLUSIONS morning tea, lunch, dinner, and accommodation.
Departing Hanmer Springs in your support vehicle we drive westward to the Lewis Pass saddle to start your ride on the Maruia trail an off road forty km ride to Murchison through native bush and farmland. A good variety of safe biking today with overnight accommodation in Blenheim, enjoy a riverside dining experience tonight.
INCLUSIONS morning tea, lunch, dinner and accommodation.
Departing at 8.30am to drive to the start of your ride, 20kms south of Blenheim in the Awatere Valley. Bike in sections with breaks during the morning, stopping to enjoy a homestead farm visit for lunch on a generational farm. Enjoy a ride further up the valley to our overnight accommodation at one of NZ’s most remote stations, set in the mountains of the upper Awatere Valley arriving about 5.00pm. Relax in quality accommodation and enjoy excellent cuisine tonight.
INCLUSIONS Breakfast, morning tea, lunch and dinner and accommodation.
After a farm style breakfast enjoy the picturesque cycle ride to the start of Molesworth Station for morning tea. We cycle on the flatter sections on the station, enjoying a picnic lunch in the high country, ride along the Acheron River reaching Hanmer Springs approximately 5.30pm.
INCLUSIONS Breakfast, morning tea, lunch.
We really enjoyed our trip last week. The rides were beautiful, food great, and met some lovely people. For us city people it was all quite a unique experience.
Thank you for a very enjoyable, informative cycle tour through Molesworth Station. Geoff was an excellent guide, looking after everyone very well.
I particularly enjoyed cycling the Maruia Saddle Road the most.
We really enjoyed our bike trip. Middlehurst was differently a treat.
And riding through the bush on the Maruia track was lovely.
Geoff and his true stories definitely made the experience more real. With his knowledge of the history of the areas and stations.
I really enjoyed our trip, despite the weather on the first day. Geoff’s company and knowledge was great as I really enjoyed hearing about the area. Thanks for a great experience.
Really enjoyed the bike tour especially the bit before and after Middlehurst station.
