E-Bike to Napier Wineries - SELF-GUIDED, 3-5 hours

Explore Hawke’s Bay Wineries by bike – a fun SELF-GUIDED cycle ride along dedicated, flat cycle trails to visit Napiers leading wineries for a wine tasting or grab a bite to eat, before heading back to Napier and your start point. This is a SELF-GUIDED ride - we will give you a map. Allow at least 3 hours for cycling this route with 1-2 winery stops. NOTE: not all wineries are open everyday, please note winery opening days below. Your route is on a dedicated cycle pathway (approx 40km/25 miles) 2.5 hours cycling beside the Pacific Ocean to trails through farmland, orchards, river stop banks & estuarys. Visit wineries/bars along the way: LOOP TRAIL 40km/25miles - wineries along this trail - Brookfields OPEN 7 days, Mission OPEN 7 DAYS, Church Road OPEN 7 DAYS, Urban Winery OPEN Thurs-Sun, the Gin Trap OPEN 7 DAYS. NOTE you MUST BOOK the wineries, they will always be busy (sometimes SOLD OUT) on cruise days!

Itinerary

1. Your tour starts by walking to our base on Marine Parade, Napier. 650m from your drop off point - Napier isite. You will see the beach coastal trail behind the isite, take this to our base (turn back towards the port) to collect your bikes. Check out the Napier pier along the way. (10 min)
2. Your cycle tour starts at the Takaro Trails site at 26 Marine Parade, Napier. You will start with a tour briefing to determine how far you will be cycling on your route today. NOTE if you want to visit a winery PLEASE BOOK directly with them. Some days they are BOOKED OUT and you wont get a tasting. Get going and cycle down the coastal trail towards the spectaculer Cape Kidnappers which you can see in the distance. After 8km, you can either turn up the Tutaekuri River and head to Brookfields, Church Road (open 7 days PLEASE BOOK) or Mission Estate (open 7 days PLEASE BOOK) wineries OR keep following the coastal cycle trail across the Tukituki River via Black Bridge to head to Clearview (open Wed-Sun PLEASE BOOK) or Elephant Hill (open Thurs-Sun PLEASE BOOK) wineries. You choose, they are all around 22km/14 miles ride away from the starting point. YOU MUST return though so thats another 20-22km! We will give you a MAP to follow. (10 min)
3. Please book a wine tasting yourself if you want to stop here. 12km from the starting point - on the Taradale 40km Loop trail. (30 min)
4. Please book a wine tasting or lunch here if you want to stop. 23km from the starting point - on the Taradale 40km Loop trail. (45 min)
5. Please book a wine tasting direct if you want to stop here. 25km from the starting point - on the Taradale 40km Loop trail. (45 min)
6. Please book a wine tasting here if you want to cycle here - 22km from the starting point and on the Cape Kidnappers coastal trails. (45 min)
7. Please book a wine tasting here if you want to stop - 21km from the starting point and on the Cape Kidnappers coastal trails. (45 min)

Meeting & end point