Arrowtown Bike Tour: Scenic Ride and Wine Tasting

Embark on a half-day self-guided bike tour from Arrowtown, exploring picturesque landscapes, crossing suspension bridges, and enjoying stunning mountain views. Conclude your adventure with a wine tasting and tour at Gibbston Valley Winery.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Your tour begins when you arrive for the 9.30am briefing at Arrowtown Bike Hire

After a comprehensive briefing on the mornings activities, the trail and your bike you set off on a self guided bike ride along the spectacular Arrow River Bridges Trail under a canopy of beautiful Willow trees. Following this fantastic cycle trail you will meander beside two rivers, cross purpose built suspension bridges, pass historic cottages, bike through scenic open farmland with stunning mountain views, and view breathtaking canyons before arriving at the historic Kawarau Bridge built in 1880.

The Kawarau Bridge is home to the famous AJ Hackett Bungy. Take time to watch the bungy jumpers as they leap into thin air. From here you will ride another 2 kilometres to Gibbston Valley Winery where you will join a wine expert and have a tour of their wine cave while sampling some of their fantastic local wines.

Transport at 1.30pm will then be provided back to the Arrowtown Bike Hire base after completion your wine tour.

Trip Break down : 1.5 hours actual riding time. 1.5 Hours Sightseeing time. 30 min wine tour.

Don’t panic if you run out of puff during your ride, we will discuss pickup locations should you need our Riders Rescue Shuttle!

Ride distance from 14 kilometers. Journey time to vineyard approximately 2 hours.

Our bikes are designed so riders of all skill levels can enjoy an adventure in the great outdoors. Adult, youth and 24” bikes have light alloy frames to create the perfect platform for riders to enjoy a scenic ride. A range of sizes ensure your ride to be a relaxed and comfortable day out.

Points of Interest

  • Gibbston Valley Winery

  • Arrowtown Bike Hire

  • Queenstown Trail

What's Included
  • All necessary equipment including bike and helmet
  • Wine tasting
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

This half-day bike tour, named “ride and wine experience”, kicks off from Arrowtown, and leads you on a scenic route alongside rivers, across bridges, under the cool shade of willow trees and against the spectacular backdrop of mountains. The tour wraps up with a fascinating wine tasting and guided visit at Gibbston Valley Winery.

Your journey begins at our Arrowtown store.

Departure time: 9.30am

Ends in Arrowtown at 1.45pm.

Riding distance: 14 kilometres.

Riding difficulty: Easy/intermediate Riding duration: 2 hours (ride time may vary based on cyclist)

  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
Location
59 Buckingham Street
Buckingham Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Excursion36621050202
Apr 8, 2024
Great bikes, awesome ride - Great bikes, awesome ride from Arrowtown Bike Hire to Gibbston. Took about 2 hours but with several stops. Recommend the coffee while watching bungy jumpers at Kawerau bridge.
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Seanvicky
Mar 31, 2024
A great business to hire from & ride with - A great business, we had an issue with a broken chain and they were onto straight away coming out and replacing the bike so we were on our way. 20km ride was a great way to see the sights kids aged 9 & 11 2 adults in there 50’s. I would highly recommend
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Activegirl9
Mar 23, 2024
A Fabulous day out - My friends and I hired bikes for a full day to ride the trail to visit wineries. It was a perfect experience. The bikes were ready and waiting and in excellent condition. We hadn’t ridden electric bikes before so we were given thorough instructions. I could fault anything with the whole experience.
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Elizabethh897
Feb 29, 2024
Beautiful cycle to the Kawarau Gorge, excellent service from this provider - Great organisation, friendly and helpful staff. The bikes were perfect and the cycle track down to the bungee jumping was beautiful, virtually all off road, gravel track, undulating but no difficult hills!! A fantastic afternoon, thoroughly recommend as a way to see both Arrowtown and the gorge without just driving.
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Andrewgy5950om
Feb 10, 2024
Great service and full refund in the event of bad weather - The unpredictable NZ weather got us - just after we'd finished a late breakfast the rain came in. After waiting an hour or so hopeful that it would clear we had to make the call to cancel our bike ride for the day. Disappointing as we'd been looking forward to it since we booked online weeks ago when back in Oz. No problem though - Adin promptly honoured their policy for full a refund in the case of bad weather. Have received the confirmation email already. Great service - shame we couldn't enjoy the bike ride. Just have to come back another time!!
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Jaynette
Nov 28, 2023
Great e-bike experience - We took two e-bikes on a half day tour. This was some of the most beautiful scenery we had ever seen and we have both travelled a lot. The staff were really friendly and helpful. Would very highly recommend!
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Sara_m
Sep 27, 2023
Great half day out! - A lovely morning ride, a few short uphills but overall a nice relaxing ride with lots of scenery to take in. Ride was 2.5 hours, easy ride with loads of little photo stops along the way. Lovely lunch and wine tasting at the end. Recommend bring gloves and layers (the wind chill by the river is cold in the early morning).
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G0ldie38
Apr 25, 2023
Arrowtown Bike Hire - great bikes, friendly team - Very good quality bikes and great friendly advice from Adin and Nick. I highly recommend Arrowtown Bike Hire to anyone visiting Arrowtown and wants to explore the trails.
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Judewebber
Oct 10, 2022
Arrow River Trail - Great friendly service from the start to finish!Absolutely fabulous trail to ride, highly recommend.
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Kaye_w
Mar 2, 2024
Great track. Spectacular... - Great track. Spectacular views and swing bridges across the gorge. Service from Queenstown bikes was very good.
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