Product Overview

You'll love biking through the Wakatipu basin, past two lakes, three river gorges, countless mountain ranges, historic Arrowtown, crossing amazing suspension bridges, seeing the spectacle of bungy jumping and enjoying the wine area of Gibbston Valley. All trails we utilise are off-road and mostly Grade 1 to 2 for riders wanting an enjoyable, quality biking experience in one of the most beautiful areas of New Zealand renowned for its spectacular scenery. We offer bike hire, bike shuttles and bike tours for all types of riders.

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Product Description

We offer half day, full day, multi day rides and winery bike rides on electric bikes or regular bikes. Self-guided, supported or fully-guided options are available. We’ll take the hassle out of your planning with our local knowledge. Some brief descriptions of our tours are as follows...

Arrowtown Rides:
Arrowtown to Queenstown - A stunning 35km ride following the Arrow River, Kawarau River and then Lake Whakatipu back to Queenstown. This full day ride starts with a scenic shuttle from our shop in the centre of Queenstown, taking you to Arrowtown to start your ride. Your driver with brief you on important information to do with the Queenstown Trail and the bikes before you start your ride. You then have the remainder of the day to make your way back to Queenstown at your leisure.

Arrowtown to Gibbston Valley - A beautiful 15km ride with Swing Bridges, Valleys, Rivers and Vines. This half day ride departs our shop in the morning, or the afternoon taking you on a scenic shuttle ride out to Arrowtown, where you will be briefed on all important information to do with the Queenstown Trail and bikes before you start your ride, then we collect you at noon or the end of the day to deliver you back to Queenstown.

Winery Rides:
Bike The Wineries Half Day - Spend an afternoon enjoying some wine in the beautiful Gibbston Valley Wine Region. 9km of wineries for you to explore. We drop you at the Kawarau Bungy Bridge to start your ride. We then collect you at the end of the day from a winery and bring you back to Queenstown.

Bike The Wineries 3/4 Day - Start riding after breakfast! We shuttle you from Queenstown to Whitechapel Road, 7km from the first winery, you can enjoy stunning vistas, swing bridges and rivers before you get to the wineries. From the Kawarau Bungy Bridge the Gibbston Valley Wine Region begins, enjoy as many wineries as your heart desires before getting collected at the end of the day from your last winery to be driven back to Queenstown.

Bike The Wineries Full Day - Start early with a shuttle from our shop in central Queenstown to Arrowtown where you can enjoy breakfast and look around quaint historical buildings before setting out on your 15km scenic ride to the start of the wine region. Spend the afternoon cycling the 9km wine trail enjoying wine tastings and delicious food along the way, before being collected from your final winery and shuttled back to Queenstown.

Electric Bike and Mountain Bike Hire:
2hr Hire
4hrs Hire
8hr Hire
Ride from our shop in central Queenstown around Lake Whakatipu towards Kelvin Heights and Jacks Point, enjoy the awesome views the whole way around the lake.

Family Rides:
Beach To Bay - Depart from our central Queenstown shop at 11.30am to the Old Shotover Bridge to start your ride of 15km back to town following the mighty Shotover and Kawarau rivers onto Lake Whakatipu. Finishing your ride back at our shop.
** We have Child Bikes, Child Trailers and Half Bikes for all your families needs.

We have a wide range of quality Electric Bikes and Hard Tail Mountain Bikes available, so we've got everyone covered!

Departure Times

Summer Departure Times: (September 1st  - April 30th) 

Arrowtown to Queenstown - 9am. Bikes to be back in Queenstown by 5pm. 

Arrowtown to Gibbston Valley -
Morning: 9am start - 12.15pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 12.50pm. 
Afternoon: 1pm start - 4.30pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 5pm.  

Bike The Wineries Half Day - 1pm start - 4.30pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 5pm.  

Bike The Wineries 3/4 Day - 10.30am start - 4.30pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 5pm.  

Bike The Wineries Full Day - 9am start - 4.30 pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 5pm.  

Beach To Bay -
Morning: 11.30am start. Bikes to be back in Queenstown anytime before 5pm.
Afternoon: 3pm start. Bikes to be back in Queenstown by 5pm. 

 

Winter Departure Times: (May 1st - August 31st)

Arrowtown to Queenstown - 10am. Bikes to be back in Queenstown by 4.30pm. 

Arrowtown to Gibbston Valley -
Morning: 10am start - 1.30pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 2pm. 
Afternoon: 12 noon start - 4pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 4.30pm.  

Bike The Wineries Half Day - 12 noon start - 4pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 4.30pm. 

Bike The Wineries Full Day - 10am start - 4pm pick up Gibbston Valley, back in Queenstown 4.30pm.  

Duration

We have a number of great rides that can take you on full day adventures and half day adventures. Give us a call or send us an email and we can help choose the right one for you. 
Otherwise see our website for more details and timings of tours or bike hires.

What To Bring

What to bring in Summer:
- Sunblock
- Backpack with a light layer / rain coat if needed
- Drink bottle
- Camera!

What to bring in Winter:
- Gloves
- Small beanie for under our helmets
- Water
- Sunblock
- Backpack with extra layers and rain coat
- Camera!

Company Info

 

Since the Queenstown Trail opened in 2012, we have been a key operator on this trail network. A local family owned and operated company now into our 10th year of business we're a very experienced team and know how to get our riders onto these stunning Trails for an awesome day of biking.

We pride ourselves on offering a personalised Kiwi-flavour to turn your Queenstown riding experience from 'good' to 'unforgettable'.

Whether you want to bike the wineries, just hire an electric bike or spend a full day exploring the highlights of our region, we have an option for you.
Linking Queenstown, Arrowtown and Gibbston Wine Region the Queenstown Trail one of NZ's Great Ride Trails offers over 140km of purpose built cycle trail to explore.

We are the local team on the trails daily and we’ll make this your best day in Queenstown.