Best Mountain Bike Trails in Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve
A spectacular 769-hectare reserve 22km north of Geraldine, Peel Forest Park protects rare lowland podocarp forest with 36% of New Zealand's fern species. The reserve offers mountain biking alongside extensive walking tracks through pristine native forest featuring 1000-year-old tōtara and kahikatea trees. DOC-managed facilities include a campground with powered and non-powered sites, making it an excellent base for exploring South Canterbury.
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2.4m
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Time: 1 hr 30 min one wayDistance: 3.3 kmTrack category: Walking track Start this track at Te Wanahu Flat.The early part of the track passes through Mills Bush,16.2 hectares of virgin podocarp forest containing giant lowland tōtara, mataī and kahikatea trees, many of them probably 1000 years old. Their roots are spread across the path. Ferns abound along the walk – most of the 68 species of ferns in Peel Forest can be seen along the way.Look out and listen for bellbirds/korimako, riflemen/tītitipoumanu, grey warblers/riroriro, tomtits/miromiro and silvereyes/tauhou.