LAKE HAWEA & WANAKA LAKESIDE TRAIL RIDE WITH SHUTTLE INCLUDED
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Our Bike & Shuttle options make it easy for you to explore Wanaka’s picturesque trails at your own pace. With trips available for all ages and abilities, we provide bike hire and transport to the start of your adventure, as well as local knowledge on everything there is to discover along the way. You’ll love how easy we make it for you to relax and enjoy the ride!
The unguided Lake Hawea to Wānaka ride is the best value of any bike trip in Wānaka, which is why it is our most popular ride! We shuttle you from downtown Wānaka to the neighbouring lakeside town of Hāwea to head off on the Hawea River Track, an easy riverside amble set in mountainous surroundings. You’ll pass by Albert Town, where refreshments can be picked up before continuing along the mighty Clutha River towards its source at Lake Wānaka. A picturesque lakeside trail that will lead you back to Wānaka township, where ice cream and #thatwānakatree await.
Requires a MIN of 3 Passengers (Standard Bike) or MIN of 2 Passengers (E-Bike) to proceed. Single bookings will be waitlisted.
DOG FRIENDLY: Yes, we are a dog friendly operation. So long as your dog is used to being alongside moving bicycles, is friendly with strangers and will not interfere with other riders, then we welcome dogs into the shuttle vehicles at no extra charge.
UPGRADE OPTION – GLADSTONE TRACK
With the recent completion of the Gladstone Track, we now offer this 6.5km extension to the Lake Hāwea River Trail for those wishing to ride a little further. After dropping off our guests for the start of their Lake Hāwea ride, we will drive your group further on to Johns Creek, where you will start the Gladstone Track. This 6.5km extension will lead you into the Lake Hāwea River Trail meaning your overall ride will be around 36.5km. The Gladstone Track is a fairly new flat graded track which follows the foreshore of Lake Hāwea as well as open farmland. This extension can be booked under optional extra’s when you book your Lake Hāwea River Trail ride.
WHAT WE PROVIDE
- Shuttle from Wānaka to Hāwea, trips leave daily at 10.30am from outside the Wānaka iSite (08:30am & 1:00pm also available in peak season)
- Latest-model mountain bike, helmet & bike lock
- Thorough trial briefing with guide route map
- 30km ride / Grade 1-2 trail (Grade system 0 – 6)
- Visit local cafes and patisserie as well as ‘The Hook’ (note: The Hook is open Sun-Wed)
- Ride across the swing bridge!
- See #thatwanakatree
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING
- Day bag/back pack
- Plastic water bottle (fits inside bike bottle cage)
- Shorts, T-shirt
- Sturdy footwear (closed-toe)
- Windbreaker jacket
- Sunglasses/sunscreen
- Camera
There is very little hill climbing to do on this ride. The first section from Hāwea to Albert town is downstream. Some of the track does have ruts, therefore we recommend that children riding dismount and walk these short sections.
The Hawea River Track starts off from Flora Dora area on the lakeside in Hawea, you follow the Hawea river downstream until Albert Town, where you join the beautiful Outlet track and wind yourself around the lake back to Wānaka.
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