Waitangi Park to Puketapu via Swamp Rd

This mostly off-road e-bike loop ride starting from Waitangi Regional Park on the coast, follows the banks of the Ngaruroro River alongside very productive farmland, past Pakowhai Regional Park up to Fernhill. From there it’s a long country road (Swamp Road) to Puketapu. The return off-road route is along the Tutaekuri River via Awatoto, along the Hawkes Bay Trails.

Distance 46kms. The long shared pathway tracts alongside river banks, orchards and vineyards. There is one section along a country road that does not have a cycle lane. Cafe: Puketapu Pub

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