This Mountain Bike event takes you on an iconic course through the magnificent Motatapu, Soho and Glencoe Stations. There is only one chance to mountain bike this course each year and it’s by riding the Motatapu! Set in the spectacular southern high country of New Zealand, there are many rivers to cross, hills to climb, and a few steep descents thrown into the mix.

The ride starts at Glendhu Station near the shore of Lake Wānaka and finishes at historic Arrowtown. Your journey follows a route early Māori used for hunting and gathering, and to move Pounamu (Greenstone). The valley was not discovered by European explorers until around 1862 during the gold rush.