The Surf Loop
Mount Maunganui -Tauranga - Matapihi - Bayfair - Papamoa - Paengaroa - Maketu - Papamoa - Mount
Approx: Total 92.1 km + flat, one small hill. 57.22 miles
All year around trail ( except August )
+ 2.6km extra for Little Waihi
+ 3.4 for Ford Rd to The Cut
+ 2km for Pacifica Home and Garden
+ 1.2km Nautilus Restaurant and Fort Nautilus Dry Stack
+ 1.7 km Tauranga Marina + return
Bike Type: Suitable for road bikes ( some fine gravel surfaces ) , trail bikes or Mountain bikes.
This can be started anywhere you please. It is a Loop so you will come back to your car. A consideration will be where you can safely leave your car if you are doing this ride over several days and accommodation options.
Park and Start: We started at Paengaroa ( Road bikes ) and parked outside the Paengaroa Community Hall in 4 Old Coach Rd, out of the way of the village traffic.
Click here for a detailed Route description
Approx: Total 92.1 km + flat, one small hill. 57.22 miles
All year around trail ( except August )
+ 2.6km extra for Little Waihi
+ 3.4 for Ford Rd to The Cut
+ 2km for Pacifica Home and Garden
+ 1.2km Nautilus Restaurant and Fort Nautilus Dry Stack
+ 1.7 km Tauranga Marina + return
Bike Type: Suitable for road bikes ( some fine gravel surfaces ) , trail bikes or Mountain bikes.
This can be started anywhere you please. It is a Loop so you will come back to your car. A consideration will be where you can safely leave your car if you are doing this ride over several days and accommodation options.
Park and Start: We started at Paengaroa ( Road bikes ) and parked outside the Paengaroa Community Hall in 4 Old Coach Rd, out of the way of the village traffic.
Click here for a detailed Route description
