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So... just booked the tickets for a boys MTB trip to Rotorua at Easter. Looking for recommendations of must-do trails, and any other stuff/restaurants/pubs/etc. Ta.
Edit: Should probably mention I'm more into flowy XC trails than seriously bone rattling DH stuff, especially as I'm still recovering from a back injury.
Check out [url= http://www.riderotorua.com/ ]ride rotorua[/url] for info on the trails. Also check at any of the bike shops or at Waipa carpark there is a café/bike hire/info centre.
The dancing sheep?
Rotorua is flow-central. You can't really go wrong.
http://www.riderotorua.com/maps.php
I rode there a year ago with the Mrs - so we didn't do much super-gnar.
Didn't do the longer 'outback' trails () which I've heard are good.
We both [b]LOVED[/b] Billy T. Rockdrop and Rose Garden (on the return to the trailhead) are good fun and not too gnarly. However you'll skip The Dipper which is flowy and fun. Corridor was good, had some decent drops.
A-Trail good, Be Rude Not To... well, you'd be rude not to 🙂
Do everything on the trail map with the possible exception of the top level blacks 🙂 Use the uplift on the corners/billy T side and make sure you do split endz 🙂
After that find out about Lake Taupo and the back country stuff out there. (I need to sort that out for our trip in May/June)
http://flowmountainbike.com/features/10-video-special-rotoruas-top-ten-trails/
http://flowmountainbike.com/page/2/?s=rotorua
Check out Flow's trip too!
Thanks all for the trail suggestions - I'll be working my way through them in the coming days and making my must-do list. Now, what about après-MTB? Any suggestions of fun activities to do on the days off/evenings?
Any suggestions of fun activities to do on the days off/evenings?
I wasn't joking about the [url= http://www.agrodome.co.nz ]dancing sheep.[/url]
Make sure you get a place with a thermal spa too, great to unwind after the riding.
There are zorbs and I hear the toboggan track is great for racing down.
It's also Hobbit town up the road somewhere.
I wasn't joking about the dancing sheep.
Do you get to slow dance with them, but them a drink, and .... 😯
Noseclip. That's a definite recommendation for Rotorua.
I loved Rotorua when we visited NZ, it was definitely my favourite place on the North Island
Most of the stuff in Whakarewarewa forest was great.
Apart from the riding the thermal stuff in the area is really amazing. One of the thermal spa places is fed by a river that boils!
Do you get to slow dance with them, but them a drink, and ....
Bear in mind this is NZ you're talking about.
slight thread resurrection...
Got any accommodation sorted?
Just looking at splitting our time (end of may start of june) between there and the Taupo area, catching Rainbow mountain and a few others.
Got any accommodation sorted?
Luckily got a mate who lives half an hour away from Rotorua. Used to ride with him every weekend in Perth until he went back to Kiwiland.
well that is cheating!! Assuming he is going to show you all the good stuff off the map too!
He's only recently gone home after a few years paying off his mortgage by working in the mines in WA, so the idea is more that we explore them together - hence my request for suggestions...