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New Zealand — The Heaphy Experience

A full service guided mountain biking journey in New Zealand's remote back country

  • Golden Bay - Golden Bay (including retrun by helicopter)
  • 4 days
  • 80 km
  • Grade 3-4 Single Track

A full service guided mountain biking journey in New Zealand's remote back country

The Heaphy Track is a remote, multi-day, mountain bike ride that has no equal in New Zealand. 80km of single-track starts in beautiful Golden Bay and traverses to the West Coast through diverse landscape and vegetation.

We have created a 4-day guided mountain biking journey that will allow you to experience everything the Heaphy has to offer without any hassle of organising the logistics! We'll get you there, fuel your engine and tantalize your taste buds, enrich you, exhaust you and send you home with a smile as wide as a West Coast beach.

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What is the biking like?

  • 80 km cross country single track riding in a back-country environment.
  • GRADE 3-4 Suitable for riders with a minimum of intermediate mountain biking skills. The track is technical and rocky in parts with steep slopes, exposed sections and frequent creek crossings. Winter riding conditions can increase riding level to a Grade 4+ when factoring distance and remoteness.
  • FITNESS: A good level of mountain biking fitness and experience is required.
  • 3 DAYS mountain biking - two half days and one full day. 16-45 km per day.

Included in your 4-day trip:

  • TRANSPORT: Vehicle transport from Takaka to the start of the track and return from Karamea to Golden Bay by helicopter.
  • GUIDING: Professional, qualified and knowledgeable local guides.
  • FOOD: Your guides will transport and cater delicious and nutritious meals and snacks
  • from Dinner on day-one to lunch on day-four.
  • ACCOMMODATION: One night in coastal lodge, two nights in bunk style DOC Huts.
  • GROUP SIZE: 2-6 bikers.

PLEASE CONTACT US - for an itinerary and more detailed information

Trip Price (Takaka return):

NZ$1950 per person | single supplement $100 | bike & rack hire: $200 | rack hire (if bringing your own bike) $45 | minimum 2 |
* price includes Department of Conservation (DoC) concession fees and NZ goods and services tax (GST).

Our Mountain Bikes:

  • Our hire bikes are 2011 Avanti Torrent 140mm travel full suspension mountain bikes available in S,M,L & XL.
  • Our hire bikes are fitted with freeload pannier racks and we'll supply a 20 litre dry bag if needed.
  • Helmets are also included if needed.
  • We are mountain bikers and know that your bike performing is imperative to an enjoyable trip. Our bikes are maintained by us and kept in top running condition. Your guides will carry spares specific to these bikes.
  • If you choose to bring your own bike you will need to bring your own spares and be capable of keeping it serviceable throughout your Heaphy Experience.

Departure Dates 2012

  • Thursday 3-6 May
  • Thursday 17-20 May
  • Thursday 31 May - 3 June
  • Thursday 14-17 June
  • Thursday 28 June - 1 July
  • Thursday 12-15 July
  • Thursday 26-29 July
  • Thursday 9-12 August
  • Thursday 23-26 August
  • Thursday 6-9 September
  • Thursday 20-23 September
  • Thursday 27-30 September
  • Or contact us to schedule a date to suit you!