I recently took part in my biggest, and most enjoyable, ride yet – riding the length of New Zealand with around five or six hundred others. the Tour Aoteroa, 2024 edition.
The ride was really enjoyable, everyone was very friendly and the route covers a huge variety of locations. ,. It is amaizing how much outdoor focussed New Zealand is.
In the end I didn’t quite make it. I had been trying to reach the bus company to organise a ride back to Queenstown after completion at Bluff for about 4 days. I needed to make sure I would be back in time for my flight, but I couldn’t reach them until about 20 minutes too late for the last ferry I could take!Very frustrating, I will have to go back to finish off the last 200km or so.
The following pages are a breakdown of each day, hopefully these will be useful for others looking to do the ride.. Or a future me.
Tour Aotearoa
One more day and then I fly to Auckland, a day for provisions and then up to […]
Tour Aotearoa – the start line
The surf is rolling in at Tapoputa Beach at the top of the country, it is a […]
Day 1-2 Apiraha Past the God in the Forrest to Kauri Holiday Park
Apihara The ride starts at Cape Regina, about a 5km very hilly ride from the campsite. Cape […]
Day 3-5 Kauri Holiday Park – Pouto Point – Auckland – Miranda
Pouto Point Today was not as hilly as the first few days, but it was dry, long […]
Day 6-7 From Miranda – Matamata – Waikato River Trail to Mangakino
Miranda – Matama It was a pretty easy ride today, ending in another hot spring in a […]
Day 8-9, Riding The Timber Trail
Timber Trail Day 1 – Camp Epic The Timber Trail started today, I had been really nervous […]
Day 10. The Bridge to Nowhere and a Jet Boat to Taumarunui
The Timber Trail had been a huge amount of fun, the next stage was to the Bridge […]
Days 11-13 Whanganui ( My favourite town so far) – Pahiatua
Day 11 Whanganui After staying the night in Pipiriki the next day was quite a nice ride […]
