The Cycling Holiday of Your Dreams - Active Life New Zealand Bike Tours

By Scott Souness


A dream vacation for many people is to explore the real life shooting locations of the Lord of the Rings movies. Now you can experience just that with a biking tour of New Zealand!

A ruggedly beautiful and unspoiled land, New Zealand is located in the southern hemisphere in relative isolation from other land masses. Largely undeveloped and home to more sheep than people, New Zealand has some of the most beautiful natural scenery on the planet, unsullied by mass urbanization or industrialization.

Many people with active lifestyles want something more out of their vacations besides lying around on a beach - this is where Active New Zealand Cycle Tours can help. In business for more than 15 years, Active New Zealand Cycle Tours has taken more than 13,000 people on a range of bike tours across the country's vast and beautiful landscape.

When booking a cycling holiday with Active New Zealand you get the full package - accommodation, food, bikes, cycling equipment, local guides, are all covered. A number of different tour packages are offered to ensure that there is something to suit everyone, regardless of their individual fitness level or cycling ability. Customers are even given the option to create their own cycling tour package to meet their specific requirements and schedule - the team at Active New Zealand Cycle Tours are more than happy to help design a custom holiday.

Cycling tours are available in both the North and South Islands. Of the two, the unique geography and climate of the South Island makes it the more popular destination. Here are three South Island cycling tours available from Active New Zealand:

Deep South Ride - Experience the unparalleled scenic beauty of New Zealand's South Island with this challenging 14 day Deep South Ride. This ambitious two week excursion starts off in Christchurch and heads west through Arthur's Pass down to the rugged west coast where you will cycle through the majestic Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers before making your way to Wanaka. From Wanaka the trip takes you over the spectacular Crown Range road and into Queenstown. After some R&R in the adventure capital of the world the tour continues on to the pristine blue waters of Lake Tekapo and back into Christchurch. The entire South Island up close and personal, in 14 days!

The Zone - This 8 day trip is a great way to take in as much of the South Island as possible in as little time as possible. The Zone takes you from Christchurch to Queenstown by way of the majestic Southern Alps. Places of interest include Arthur's Pass, Hokitika (famous for greenstones), Franz Josef Glacier, Lake Wanaka the Crown Range and Queenstown. Recommended for first-timers!

Weka - This 13 day mixed terrain trip will test the limits of your biking skills! The Weka tour involves both off-road biking and on-road touring on the same trip. The tour goes all the way round the South Island starting at Christchurch and ending in Milford Sound. This two week tour gives you the opportunity to explore the hot pools of Hanmer Springs, bike through Lewis Pass and the Mt. Nicholas high-country station roads, bike along the Central Otago Rail Trail, and even includes a stopover at Queenstown.




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