nzbiketrails Wānaka Bike Tours

This product is for experienced and active cyclists only - remember, and you may not yet believe it - gravel is the new road - one of the fastest growth sectors in the cycling industry.


In partnership with ilabb - one of NZ's leading adventure and sporting brands - you can hire one of our fleet of ilabb gravel bikes (based on a Scott Speedster Gravel Bike, 2x11, flat pedals with Maxxis 40mm tires). Please note that these bikes have both front and rear gears and harder seats than all of our other bikes. They do not have rear trunk bags so you will carry what you need on the ride. Our gravel bikes are designed for great trail riding. If you are a regular drop handlebar road cyclist and you want to try something different on the trails, without any 'e' assistance, this could be for you. Similar to any normal road bike the gears are within the brake levers. Please do not ride these bikes if you are not a regular cyclist. Specialized Camber helmet hire is included in the rental price.


Catch a shuttle from central Wanaka at 0900, 1030 or 1230hrs and nzbiketrails will drop you out at Lake Hāwea. nzbiketrails will explain the route on the way, plus some options to extend your ride further. The base ride from Lake Hāwea is 36km but we have numerous options to increase this up to an 80-90km gravel ride - no roads, just gravel - the nzbiketrails team have a lot of road riding in their backgrounds but we all buy into 'gravel is the new road' - Lets give it a go and let's go riding. Please pick the earlier shuttles if you want to ride the longer distances. Bikes have to be returned by 1600hrs outside the Wanaka i-Site.
Riders should be between 165cm and 195cm tall.
After your ride take a look at the local ilabb stores in both Wanaka and Queenstown and enjoy a 15% discount as an nzbiketrails ilabb rider.


Please only choose this gravel bike option if you are an experienced rider. If you are not an experienced rider please select the e-bike option (recommended) or the regular bike option.