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flag Invictawhite
Posted: Aug 12, 2025 at 0:15 Quote
I’ll be driving the entire North & South Island in early 2026 and won’t want to miss any mountain biking places whilst I’m there. I have the following on the list:

Skyline - Queenstown & Rotorua
Christchurch bike park
Coronet
Cardrona

What other bike parks/trails should I put on the itinerary? We will have to hire bikes at each location. Want to make sure we don’t miss anything! Thanks!
flag BenLow2019
Posted: Aug 12, 2025 at 6:02 Quote
Invictawhite wrote:
I’ll be driving the entire North & South Island in early 2026 and won’t want to miss any mountain biking places whilst I’m there. I have the following on the list:

Skyline - Queenstown & Rotorua
Christchurch bike park
Coronet
Cardrona

What other bike parks/trails should I put on the itinerary? We will have to hire bikes at each location. Want to make sure we don’t miss anything! Thanks!

Have you checked Trailforks? There's literally hundreds of riding areas to choose - a mega selection. I'd start there and figure out what would be best.
My bucket list includes the Old Ghost Road. LINK
Entire list site:
LINK: https://www.trailforks.com/region/new-zealand/ridingareas/

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flag teedubya
Posted: Aug 13, 2025 at 4:48 Quote
I used to live in NZ and I've also spent a fair bit of time there as a tourist.
I would certainly make time to visit Nelson. The area has great riding and lift accessed trails at Cable Bay along with some of the country's best riding at Wairoa Gorge (even if the manager's a dick).
Alexandra is worth a visit, it's quite different to any riding you'll do elsewhere.
Dunedin has some good riding and uplifts are available.
Wanaka has some great trails (Sticky Forest, Dean's bank and Dublin Bay) and it's a far cheaper place to base yourself for Cardrona (Queenstown is piss take expensive for accommodation). You also have the bike park at Glendu Bay.
Wellington's surrounding areas have some great riding
Another place missing from your list is Redwoods Rotorua, arguably the best riding ion the North Island and a way better use of your time/money than Skyline Rotorua.

I would imagine bike hire will be available at all these locations.
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