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Kaikoura Cycling Club

Kaikoura Cycling Club progresses and promotes Kaikoura cycling.

Cycle at Kaikoura

Find out where to cycle at Kaikoura and surrounding areas.
Browse the rides by grade and distance in the tabbed area or explore the map for trail locations.

Please observe the Mountain Bikers Code, leave no litter and respect our environment when cycling the trails.

Easy Trails Intermediate Trails Hard Trails
Easy Trails
  • The Kaikoura Trail  48 km circuit or cycle a section
  • Haumuri Bluffs  9.2 km return
Intermediate Trails
  • Beach Biking  Various distances up to 24 km return
  • Puhi Puhi Valley  60 km return from Kaikoura
  • Hurunui Heartland Ride  204 km multi-day or an epic day ride
Hard Trails
  • Mt Fyffe  51 km return from Kaikoura, 8 km climbing from Mt Fyffe carpark
  • Clarence Reserve  55 km return from Kahatura River to Forbes hut (was Seymour Hut).
  • Okiwi Bay to Halfmoon Bay  21.5 km This trail is currently closed

Trail Grades

Trail grading is based on biking trail grades as implemented in The New Zealand Cycle Trail Grades 
See also the NZ Cycle Trail Guide: Back Country Mountain Biking Guide

Trail Status

Please check the News page and our Facebook page for any important messages

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August 30, 2019

Hurunui Heartland Ride


The Hurunui Heartland Cycle Ride is an on-road route that you can ride to your desire, either a multi-day explore or an epic one-day trip.

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February 16, 2018

Half Moon Bay to Okiwi Bay


Big climbs on old farm tracks and logging roads over retired farmland with great views of the ocean and Seaward Kaikoura Ranges.

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