This blog describes our six day bicycle ride around the East Cape of New Zealand – from Gisborne to Opotoki.
The timing of our trip was remarkable, as we squeezed it in just a week before New Zealand’s COVID-19 Level 4 shut down. This is also William’s first cycle tour.
Our adventure started with a long day on Friday 13th – luckily we had no bad luck or misfortune! We had a long drive from Wellington to Gisborne (7 hours) to drop our bikes off, then another 2 hour drive to Opotoki to leave our car and meet up with William, and then another 2 hours back to Gisborne with William’s car.
So we had a car at our start and end points, thanks to the helpfulness of the White Heron Motor Lodge in Gisborne and the Opotoki Holiday Park, who allowed us to park our cars on their premises.