Best Mountain Bike Trails in Waitangi Mountain Bike Park
Just five minutes from Paihia, Waitangi Mountain Bike Park is a free family-friendly park with over 50 km of forest trails featuring 30 trails ranging from Grade 2 beginner to Grade 5 advanced. The park showcases fast flowing berms, rollers, jumps, and cross-country routes with elevated views. Designed by Southstar Trails, it provides shuttle services, rentals including eBikes, and holds significant cultural importance to tangata whenua.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 41 trails
Advanced
675m
-57m
3h 48m
Amazing track downhill with a heap of little jumps, some steeper sections and 100% fun in the 100% native.
Easy
2.5m
39m
-73m
11h 49m
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Easy
649m
50m
10h 36m
Atawhai – Distance: 1km | Grade 2 – EasyTrail Description: A manuka and punga tree lined trail that gently climbs its way to the top of Zone 5 without a single pinch. It weaves its way through the tall pines that shade you from the sun – a perfect climb in Summer.Trail name origin: Atawhai (Ah-tah-fai)This Maori word encourages all to journey along the pathway towards inner peace which will inevitably enable you, the master of one’s own being, to exemplify the atawhai essence of kindness, love and care for all life within your sphere of influence.
Advanced
2.1 km
37m
-205m
2h 8m
Trail Description: Bon Appetit is A warm salutation before someone is about to eat – this trail being a riders feast, prepared for us by Southstar’s talented French trail builder, Gabriel Tebib. It features some tight switch backs to start before opening out into more grade 4 advanced descending.
Intermediate
675m
5m
-46m
2h 52m
This track was built to provide an intermediate grade 3 alternative to the last 1/3 of the Grade 2 Ruarangi Track. It features some of the best linking berms in the park, it’s really fun to drive hard through the turns and spring into the next one like a skier/snowboarder.Basically this track runs you Down and Out, but its name is something you’ll certainly never be if you are in the WMBP
Advanced
477m
1m
-23m
2h 3m
First trail built in this section of Zone 5 it is a fast flowing trail with jumps.Built by Ryan Lovett and Martin Connell of Andrew Younger Contracting, May 2017
Easy
2m
42m
-62m
11h 41m
An easy two way track running parallel with Te Wairoa road . It is the main access track to and from the car park to all of the trails in the park. Track is open to traffic in both directions so please look out for other users.Named for Tif and Robin Holland from Focus Paihia who were the driving force in establishing the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park.
Easy
758m
11m
-24m
3h 50m
This two- way track is an extension of Holland Days, it leads in and out of Zone 4. Use this to access NGAAWARINUI. It also provides the exit for WAARAKI. Be aware of oncoming riders.
Easy
631.3m
5m
-8m
2h 48m
Holland Days Loop – Distance: 690m single side, 1.4km full loop | Grade 2 – EasyTrail Description: This part of forest is so beautiful it deserved more than just one single track so this section of Holland Days has been made into a family friendly loop. This two way track is gently flowing, never gaining or losing much altitiude but always keeping you on your toes.
Advanced
868.4m
13m
-79m
2h 23m
Fast and clean mini jumps track, even harder than Pakonga (the big jump line) when ridden wide open, definitely one of the best trails in Zone 3. Careful though as it's narrow and tight when hitting all the little gaps and inside lines.