8 days of shredding hero dirt with like minded riders while taking in mountain bikings greatest show on earth – Crankworx.
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Rotorua Epic
AUD $3899
USD 2699
GBP 2099+TAX
NZD 4320+TAX
CAD 3199+TAX
EUR 2299+TAX
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8 days of the best time you'll ever have on a bike
GRADE 4 INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED
DAYS 8
BACKCOUNTRY AND LOCAL
DEPART ROTORUA
ARRIVE ROTORUA
COST AUD $3899
COST USD 2599
COST GBP 1699+TAX
COST NZD 4199+TAX
COST CAD 2999+TAX
COST EUR 2199+TAX
November 6-13th 2022
FLIGHTS – Book your own or you can purchase ex Sydney return flights through Drift Bikes for AU$550 including 2 x 32kg Baggage allowance. Please note only 10 flights are available at this price so be quick!
Join the Drift Bikes and New Zealand Mountain Biking teams for the best week on the worlds mountain biking calendar – Drift Bikes Rotorua Epic. If you love riding single track, want it loamy and want as much ride time as possible, then THIS is THE trip to take. In the down time experience other great activites that Rotorua has to offer and take in some awesome kiwi hospitality. There’s a tonne of variety here with the riding and it’s right on our doorstep – technical and tight, steep, fast and flowy, and just plain sendy if you want to push it. We’ll even top it off with a helicopter shuttle into epic back country. Stay in cool lodging, have all your meals, transport, refreshments and details taken care of by an awesome team. Register your interest by clicking the “Check Availability” button below.
DAY 1
Arrive in Rotorua – ride!
Our trip begins in Rotorua where we’ll meet you at the airport – the capital of mountain biking in New Zealand. We will get sorted at the house and get straight out there onto the best trails you’ve ever ridden! That’s our very biased local opinion, but you’ll see what we mean as soon as we hit the trail after settling into our accommodation. Rotorua is famous for its “Hero Dirt” – tacky, with minimal rocks – all set up for maximum fun.
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: 2-3 hours DISTANCE: Up to you MEALS: (L,D)
DAY 2
Ride Whakarewarewa Forest
We’ll kick things off today with a ride on some local favourites, mixing in some tech, steep stuff and flow trails. Our riding house is just across from the forest so no need to travel a great distance to get to the goods! Later we’ll head over to Mount Ngongotaha – the home of Crankworx. We’ll check out the trails in at your own pace.
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: 3-5 hours DISTANCE: Up to you MEALS: (L,D)
DAY 3
Ride Rainbow Mountain & Rafting
A very short drive south this morning brings us to “Kerosene Creek”, where the Rainbow Mountain ride begins. We’ll start out with a short climb to the summit of Rainbow Mountain. From the summit, the views out to Lake Taupo and North to Rotorua and the surrounding forests are awesome. Then it’s time for the steep, tight, technical descent through the forest on winding single track, all the way back down to Kerosene Creek. The beauty of this run is that we can do it all over again and double the fun! There’s a chance to soak in the natural hot springs after the ride, then we’ll head back to Rotorua. If you’re up for some more gravity action, we’ll do it again this afternoon, only a whitewater raft on the Kaituna river – home to the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world. We’ll then head over to Crankworx to check out the action.
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: 3 hours DISTANCE: 11 km CLIMB: 500 metres MEALS: (B,L,D)
DAY 4
Redwoods Private Shuttles
Rotorua is, without a doubt, home to the best single track riding in New Zealand. Today we’ll have access to every corner of it. Our Redwoods Shuttles day means we’ll have access to an entire network of 200km of single track, have it to ourselves and do it in style on our very own vehicles. We’ll tailor the day to the type of trails you want to ride, and there’s no need to pedal uphill!
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: optional MEALS:(B,L,D)
DAY 5
Heli biking the Moerangi Trail
Things are always better when you introduce a helicopter into the mix, and the fun factor is ramped up even more when we’re dropped off in arguably one of the worlds most beautiful forests – and then we get to ride through it with absolutely no one around. After the chopper drops us into the mix, we’ll ride the tight single track through pristine forest, traverse big bluffs, take on some grunty climbs and enjoy a lengthy downhill descent to the end of the trail to finish it all off. It really is the jewel in the crown of New Zealand back country riding.
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: 5 hours DISTANCE: 32 km CLIMB: 2331 metres DESCENT: 2513 metres MEALS: (B,L,D)
DAY 6
A bit more Redwoods – backcountry!
It’s back into our Land Rovers and straight to the goods. Today we’ll get a little rowdier and delve deeper into Whakarewarewa Forest, exploring some of the lesser known gems and check out some local secrets. If you thought our first shuttles day was epic, then you’ll be frothing by the end of this day. With trails that have names like Kung Fu Walrus, Billy-T and Hot X Buns, you KNOW it can only mean it’ll be a tonne of fun, and just a little bit rowdy.
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: 5 hours DISTANCE: open CLIMB: none! DESCENT: As much as you want MEALS: (B,L,D)
DAY 7
Redwoods Enduro action & Shuttles
We’ll ride the best of the best and tackle the best tech in the forest at speed – get the cow bell out! As we’ll have shuttle, we’ll be able to get to the best viewing areas with minimal effort, and be able to shoot off for a few laps ourselves.
ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Riding House RIDE TIME: 5 hours DISTANCE: open CLIMB: none! DESCENT: As much as you want MEALS: (B,L,D)
DAY 8
Depart
Today is the last day of your Drift Bikes Rotorua Epic riding adventure with New Zealand Mountain Biking. We’ll head back to Auckland late morning in time for your afternoon flight back to Australia. We hope you’ll have enjoyed your time here, having ridden some of the best trails in New Zealand, taken in the best scenery on the planet and experience the best mountain biking in the process. Our specialty is first class guiding, being welcoming hosts, taking care of all the logistics and nitty gritty details, and ensuring it’s all done in style. We’ll send you home relaxed, refreshed and looking forward to the next epic ride.
MEALS: (B)
The Dirt on the Details
RIDER SKILL LEVEL
Grade 4, intermediate to advanced
ACCOMMODATION
Resting up in comfortable lodging and surroundings at the end of a days ride is important. We don’t like to dirtbag it anymore, so neither should you. We’ll be staying at our own lodge (right next to the forest) tailor made for riding trip and the needs of mountain bikers. We understand the importance of a place to hang out, wash your bike, socialise and exaggerate about riding experiences at the end the day on the trail.
INCLUSIONS
All riding, helicopters, shuttles, rafting, is all taken care of.
All breakfasts, lunches and dinners as per itinerary
Riding snacks and post ride refreshments – because you need fuel
All transport and shuttles – all you need to concentrate on is riding
Guiding and hosting
All park entrance fees to our national parks and riding areas
All accommodation
EXCLUSIONS
International flights – see Drift Bikes for a killer flight deal of AU$520 Sydney-Auckland return including baggage.
Travel insurance
Extra personal riding gear. Eg. elbow pads, water/hydrations system backpack etc
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