Travel writer Rob McFarland talks about his five-day mountain biking tour with Adventure South, a trip that stitches together four North Island Great Rides between Rotorua and Lake Taupo.
Rob's last encounter with a dedicated mountain biking trail was terrifying. During a white-knuckle plummet down a steep, squirming single-track, he fell off twice, ripped his shorts and vowed never to go near one again.
Thankfully, his latest journey on some of New Zealand's 23 Ngā Haerenga Great Rides is nothing like that.
