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Ale Trail Adventure: Scenic Biking & Brews
4.6
14 Ratings
Queenstown
Explore the Ale Trail: a self-guided biking adventure with stunning views, craft beer stops, and flexible shuttles in Queenstown.
Explore the Ale Trail: a self-guided biking adventure with stunning views, craft beer stops, and flexible shuttles in Queenstown.
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Arrowtown - Arrive in the charming historic town of Arrowtown by 10:30 AM. After a brief orientation from 10:30 to 10:45 AM, enjoy the freedom to explore at your leisure.
- Millbrook Resort Golf Course - Pre-Ride Beer Stop: Begin your journey with a refreshing beer at the stunning 36-hole golf course, at the Hole in One Bar/Cafe. Soak in the…
- Arrowtown - Arrive in the charming historic town of Arrowtown by 10:30 AM. After a brief orientation from 10:30 to 10:45 AM, enjoy the freedom to explore at your leisure.
- Millbrook Resort Golf Course - Pre-Ride Beer Stop: Begin your journey with a refreshing beer at the stunning 36-hole golf course, at the Hole in One Bar/Cafe. Soak in the inviting atmosphere and prepare for your ride.
- Wharehuanui - Self-Guided Bike Ride: Embark on a scenic 1.5 to 2-hour bike ride at 11:45 AM along the 16 km Countryside Trail. Enjoy the stunning views of the Whakatipu Basin as you ride at your own pace. Maps, helmets, and text support are provided to ensure a seamless experience.
- Cargo Gantley’s Pub & Café - Arrive at Gantley’s Tavern around 1:15 PM, an ideal spot to relax and enjoy a refreshing drink or a snack.
- Canyon Brewing - For those wishing to extend their adventure, continue to Canyon Brewery, arriving at 2:15 PM. Here, unwind and enjoy the alpine scenery with a final drink. Pick-up is at 3:10 PM.
What's Included
- Café and Brewery Stops: Ride at your own pace, stopping at local cafes, bars, and breweries
- Premium Equipment: Top-quality bikes, helmets, maps, locks, and a repair kit.
- Self-Guided Flexibility: Explore at your own pace from Arrowtown, enjoy stunning views.
- Expert Local Knowledge: Receive insider tips and route recommendations to enhance your ride.
- Café and Brewery Stops: Ride at your own pace, stopping at local cafes, bars, and breweries
- Premium Equipment: Top-quality bikes, helmets, maps, locks, and a repair kit.
- Self-Guided Flexibility: Explore at your own pace from Arrowtown, enjoy stunning views.
- Expert Local Knowledge: Receive insider tips and route recommendations to enhance your ride.
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information
The Ale Trail offers a distinctive, self-guided cycling adventure, allowing participants to explore at their leisure. Cycle along the picturesque 16 km Wharehuanui Trail, enjoying the breathtaking alpine scenery of the Whakatipu Basin.
Begin with a shuttle from Queenstown and make brewery stops at Slowcuts, Gantley’s Tavern, The Cargo Collective, Canyon…
The Ale Trail offers a distinctive, self-guided cycling adventure, allowing participants to explore at their leisure. Cycle along the picturesque 16 km Wharehuanui Trail, enjoying the breathtaking alpine scenery of the Whakatipu Basin.
Begin with a shuttle from Queenstown and make brewery stops at Slowcuts, Gantley’s Tavern, The Cargo Collective, Canyon Brewery, and Searchlight Brewery. Ride on some of the finest bikes in New Zealand, with access to top-notch equipment, helmets, maps, and comprehensive support via text.
Benefit from flexible pickup options, either from the Pig and Whistle or directly from your accommodation, and unwind on the scenic shuttle journeys. This tour seamlessly blends cycling, craft beer, and the natural beauty of Central Otago for an unforgettable experience.
Location
43 Camp Street
Camp Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(14 Ratings)
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Lisa_h
Mar 26, 2025
Beautiful day - Absolutely well run and organized self guided eco bike tour
We loved this and had such an amazing day cycling around from arrow town back into Queenstown. You take your time it was a rather challenging cycle with some switchbacks on the hill, but we loved it. Highly recommend Canyon brewing to stop and have a pizza and a beer.
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Mary_d
Jan 18, 2025
The ebikes were... - The ebikes were comfortable and provided enough assistance to ride all the way back to Queenstown. The map provided by the GoingBlue Team was very simple to read and knowing that we could watch for and follow color-coded signs along the way of each route was very helpful.
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Lucky_luke61
Dec 6, 2024
Great ride and very helpful staff - Really great trail ride - we were glad of the e-bikes in part, as there are some steepish hills. Mostly fairly flat though. Found a decent pint at Arthur's Point. Worth the ride just to see the Millbrook Resort - blingy or what!
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Mjm1232015
Oct 20, 2024
Brilliant Going Blue - Great ride connecting Arrowtown with Arthur's Point!
Fantastic service from Going Blue.
Lots of options for pick up and drop off points and they're always on call if you have any questions.
Awesome new Trek E-bikes are super enjoyable to ride. Can't wait for our next cycle adventure and definitely us this company again!
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Brendonh150
Jul 29, 2021
Awesome experience - Excellent service, George was a great knowledgeable and helpful guide to share the ride to drop off point with and home, would do again!
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Wellandtrulytraveled
Apr 16, 2021
Best value for money in Queenstown and an amazing day out! - Absolutely the best! Totally supported by Jay with right up-to-date bikes, we had a blast, even with a bit of rain!
The guys gave great advice and info and were available by phone for any issues (which there weren’t’)
We were picked up and could drop the bikes off at any one of a large number of drop off points.
Extreme value for money for a great day out.
Highly recommended to anyone!
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Fran_bt99
Oct 15, 2020
Great way to experience Queenstown !! - The best way to experience Queenstown!! Only a 30-40minute bike ride along the Frankton river to Kelvin grove beach, such a nice ride with amazing views throughout !! The bikes were fast and made the ride home easier 😁
Shout-out to Jordie from Going blue for helping us out with the bikes and dropping them off right to our door in the morning !! 110% reccommend
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Smithynz
Apr 3, 2021
Good value for casual hire. - Booked a couple of bikes (not E bikes - the real deal) for a half day putter around by ourselves. Very good service provided both in the booking process with prompt text messaging to follow up, and also in the bike delivery and collection.
Bikes were fine and just what we were after for our wander around to Kelvin Heights.
Funny thing was we got chatting to the delivery guy and between us forgot to pay but sorted out later.
Would use these folk again.
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Rob
Mar 3, 2021
Lovely once we got to Kelvin Heights - My wife and I hired two e-bikes to do the ride from Jacks Point to Queenstown center. Booking was easy and Jay picked us up at the agreed time and drove us to Jacks Point. He was affable and good fun to deal with during the ride and the set up.
Our BIG challenge was the ride over the hill to the lake. I never had a long enough stretch of track to get the motor to kick in which meant I ended up pushing the bike up about 2/3rds of the hill. I was knackered before I even saw Wakatipu. When we completed that section of the track we saw that the sign said it was for advanced mountain bikers only. We had already told Jay that our preparation had consisted of my wife just doing some time on a spin bike and me not being on a bike for 30 years. Hardly experienced! There was a road next to the track we could have ridden on and that would have made all the difference. As a result I crashed a couple of times but was largely unhurt. My wife wasn't so lucky and is still in pain every time she sits down or gets up now nearly two weeks later. Sadly this ruined our experience. It's a real shame because everything else was great. Good bikes and a gorgeous ride from Kelvin Heights to Queenstown.
Bottom line if you are of average fitness get them to drop you at Kelvin Heights and go from there, you'll love it.
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Christined987
Jan 13, 2026
Disappointing cycle trail trip - We booked the bike trail on the morning of the tour we weren’t given any information about different trails or why to choose an electric bike so we booked on with manual bikes to then find once collected that we were only to do the Ale trail due to manual bikes and time. If we had wanted to do the trail with rivers and bridges we should have taken electric bikes. We were hugely disappointed. I feel the guy knew that from the moment I got on the tour bus as he knew I was excited to see the trail and cycle the bridges etc … I wouldn’t recommend the Ale trail it’s almost 100% by the road and once in town your 100% on road and even at some parts during the trail. The trail also followed the road almost all the way. Not one mountain or lake or bridge in sight. What a huge disappointment. I think the tour should make it clear to either go early in the day if this is an option or book an electric bike. The shuttle was fine although we weren’t told there is a charge for pick up. We hadn’t planned or wanted this but as same time felt it was encouraged to stop enroute and call for collection if needed. You can also book cushions $4 each again we weren’t offered when booking but could pay the shuttle driver if he had some.
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