Cycling from Auckland to Gisborne

Over Christmas we headed to New Zealand to do a cool cycle ride. From Auckland we headed South and then after visiting all the volcanic stuff around Rotarua, we headed up into the hills and via a dirt road across to Lake Waikaremoana - a really unspoilt area of New Zealand. From there we eventually descended to the coast and then cycled North to Gisborne on the East Coast.



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Isabelle cycling in New Zealand

Isa escaped work for two weeks and took her bike for a journey across New Zealand to Gisborne, where she used to live.


It took her 7 days to cycle the 600km from Auckland. She loved it because she could eat fresh fruit, go to hot springs (her dream) and breathe good air. However as a perfect experience it suffered because I was hard at work in HK and this prevented her from really having a great time. Everywhere she went people were really helpful - letting her stay in their house and feeding her as well. I was seriously jealous but at least she'll have sorted out some of the problems for our long ride next year.


When she arrived in Gisborne she stayed with Briar, Carl, Ari and India.

New Zealand slideshow and map

Christmas 2004 we spent 20 days in New Zealand, flying to Christchurch on the South Island, visiting Mt Cook, Fox Glacier, Nelson, Abel Tasman NP. We then crossed by ferry from Picton to Wellington and then drove to Gisborne in the far North East where Isabelle went to school.