New Zealand on a motorcycle

Riding through New Zealand means discovering sweeping coastlines, alpine passes, crystal lakes and dense native forests - all from the saddle and under your own steam. Over 3 weeks and roughly 6700 km, I travelled solo through this diverse island nation, taking in both high mountain roads and quiet back‑country lanes.

The video below provides a full report of the ride, showing the route, scenery and experiences from start to finish. In the sections that follow you’ll find the full route and downloadable GPS tracks.

Video report of the trip

On- and Offroad route

Hotel Whangamomona New Zealand

Places I have slept

Hotels & campings

Rotorua Geneva Motor Lodge
Lake Waikaremoana Waikaremoana Holiday Park
Dannevirke Dannevirke Holiday Park
Picton Atlantis Backpacker
Murchison Hampden
Hokitika Stumpers
Fox Glacier Lake Matheson Motel
Queenstown Reavers Lodge
Te Anau Fiordland Great Views Holiday Park
Owaka Owaka Lodge Hotel
Dunedin Cable Court Motel
Hooker Valley White Horse Hill Campground
Christchurch Urbanz
Reefton Reef Cottage Bed and Breakfast
Kaikoura Kaikoura TOP 10 Holiday Park
Plimmerton Moana Lodge
Whangamomona The Whangamomona Hotel
Waitomo JunoHall Backpackers
Fletcher Bay Fletcher Bay Campsite
Garmin Zumo XT2

TomTom and Garmin

Download Routes for GPS

All my routes are mostly created by myself in MyRoute-App (MRA) whereby inspired by several other routes and sites. In MRA you can verify your route against all major map sources and you can download the routes in any format, suitable for your GPS.

A special thanks goes to Adventure Riding NZ for providing me with lots of inspiration for the offroad routes.

The download contains all .int and .gpx files, including a simple pdf route description (distances and time between points). The complete route is cut into six parts, to be able to adapt it to your riding style/speed. I have also updated the routes after the trip for minor errors and I have added the exact overnight stays to the route.

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