Cycling the Heaphy Track

The Heaphy Track is open to cyclists for the second year of its three-year trial. Now that DOC’s built some new bridges, will riders get over it?

‘Riders have been itching to get back on the Heaphy since it was declared off-limits to them in 1996 when Kahurangi National Park was gazetted. According to John Etherington, who runs guided cycling tours at home and abroad from his base in Golden Bay, “it’s widely considered among riders to be the best multi-day trip in the country”.’

Read more about cycling the Heaphy here.