Best Mountain Bike Trails in Waitekohekohe Recreational Park

Waitekohekohe Recreational Park is located in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park south of Katikati in Bay of Plenty, featuring five new grade 2-4 mountain bike trails alongside horse riding and walking tracks. The trails, built by experienced designer Rob Metz, offer pure flowing descents from beginner-friendly grade 1 loops through small pines to advanced downhill tracks, with the park providing a high-quality riding experience in an 87-hectare reserve.

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Grade 4 - M41 M41

OPEN

Advanced

808m

-61m

5h 51m

Longest downhill track in the park - fast, flowy and fun. Trail can be ridden at all speeds, and as you increase your speed, a few rollers can be turned into doubles. A few small rocks and roots in some places, but relatively low difficulty to navigate. Trail does get slick and slippery in the wet.

Kids Loop M24

OPEN

Easy

493m

-4m

2h 22m

Kids Loop - Trail ref = M24. 500m. Easy warm-up loop. Starts and finishes at western end of the MTB carpark (opposite end to main park entry).

M23 Uphill Track M23

OPEN

Easy

680m

44m

-9m

5h 1m

Uphill track from MTB carpark to mid station of MTB tracks. Accesses grade 2 M22 & grade 3 M31 downhill trails. Continue easy uphill on MW1 shared forestry trail to access park summit and more downhill trails

M43 M43

OPEN

Advanced

1.2 km

-115m

MTB M21 M21

OPEN

Easy

1.3 km

-32m

3h 17m

M21 - 400m. Grade 2 downhill from park summit to mid station. Continue via M22 to MTB carpark if required.