NZ Cycling Trail: The diverse Kaikoura Trail

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The diverse Kaikoura Trail

Loosely following the perimeter of the Kaikoura plains and skirting the Kowhai and Hapuku Rivers, the Kaikoura Trail features trails that are as diverse as the scenery. Cycle the entire loop or hop on and cycle a section.

It’s too easy to pass through Kaikoura without stopping to explore. The Kaikoura Trail takes you on a pleasant cycle tour of the district and gives you the chance to explore some of the places you don’t see from the highway.

Suitable for most riders (some single trail sections are intermediate grade), the trail circles the Kaikoura plains on a mix of single track and quiet country roads.

The climbs are gentle with the optional Mt Fyffe carpark section climbing to just under 200 metres. Many entry places on the trail make it easy to choose and cycle a part if you don’t have time for the entire circuit.

The Kowhai and Hapuku single trail sections meander through some beautiful clumps of bush, the Hapuku . has a stand of impressive mixed size totara trees. There is often fantails and other birdlife to keep you company on your journey through the river bush sections.

Some parts of the Kowhai and Above: On a quiet country road. Below: The trail goes beside a pine forest.

Hapuku trail are intermediate grade, always ride within your ability.

Mt Fyffe and the Seaward Kaikoura Range watch over you for the entire trail, and you will get many glimpses of the ocean as you make your way around. The trail works equally well in either direction.

The Kaikoura Trail is continually improving, much of the work being done by the Kaikoura Cycling Club Trail Team.

Enjoy your tour of Kaikoura.

Below right: Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle and the NCTIR team cut the ribbon on the stretch of shared path. Shared Kaikoura pathway connects loop

Anew section of shared pathway for people walking and cycling in Kaikōura is now open. The section runs alongside SH1 into South Bay and completes the Kaikōura Cycling Club’s 48km biking loop track.

This track runs all the way from Kaikōura township to the Hāpuku River, along the Kowhai River, and back to the town.

The section was completed as part of the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Alliance improvements work following the Kaikōura earthquake in 2016.

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