Here you will find most (hopefully all!) bikepacking events, brevets and get-togethers in New Zealand.
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Distance: you choose! Swift Campout is a global call to go bike-camping on September 26th and 27th, 2020. For the sixth year in a row thousands of adventurous spirits will load camping gear on their bikes for a weekend adventure.
the Le Petit Brevet starts and finishes in Christchurch. Over the years there have been various routes over Banks Peninsula all including eye water amounts of climbing and some horrific weather. The weather has nothing to do with the event organiser.
Distance: 515km Height Gain: 9000m Come and join us for a speedy (or more relaxed) Kahurangi 500 challenge. It's a loop that’s around 500km, linking up the Old Ghost Road, Heaphy and Rameka Tracks. Check out the basic route overview below. We'll post the GPX file & some other stuff in the event feed below […]
This is an incredibly beautiful 1100km ride. Depending on your pace, it is one of the tougher bikepacking rides, so the reward is huge! :)
Held every odd year starting on the first weekend in February, the Kiwi Brevet has two courses, the Brevet (around 1100km) and the Brevette (around 750km). Both start and finish in Seymour Square, Blenheim, following the standard Great Kiwi Gravel Rules.
Distance: 1100 km Kopiko Aotearoa is a route across the North Island of New Zealand from East Cape to Taranaki (or the other way if you prefer). The first start date is 13 Feb 2021, with several other start dates over the following weeks. Route Map
Distance: 1350 km Elevation Gain: 22,000m+ Terrain: Singletrack 140km / Hike-a-bike 50km The Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race will start at Cape Farewell on Sunday 14 February 2021. It will end at Slope Point a week or more later. In between it will traverse the South Island’s high country, that land between the plains and […]
Distance: 3000 km The big daddy original end to end brevet. Tour Aotearoa is one of the world’s great bikepacking trips: stretching 3,000 km from Cape Reinga to Bluff it follows a combination of cycle trails, tracks, paths and lanes connected by the most enjoyable country roads available. Event Website
Taking in around 1100km of the deep south, the Tuatara departs from Invercargill offering an alternative way of racing through the Southland countryside. Starting on the last Saturday in February, you can expect a healthy challenge, plenty of small towns and lots of rugged coastline.