This diverse cycle tour includes quiet roads of the Marlborough Sounds, the challenging, remote and vast Molesworth Station before winding back to Nelson City through the stunning Nelson Lakes National Park. Of course we include plenty of quirky extras and special places in the true Escape Adventures’ style. This is a fully supported loop tour – ex Nelson so you can ride the Marlborough Molesworth Epic knowing that we have got your back!
*From November 2023 – the Marlborough Molesworth Epic will be starting and finishing in Christchurch city. The route will be exactly the same with the first and last nights in Hanmer instead of Nelson.
Whether you choose to ride the full length of New Zealand or just one Island at a time – we’ll sort the nitty gritty. Before your tour begins, we will organise all the logistics and book all accommodation.
We will give you daily digital route maps, that you can follow on your phone or GPS, and route cue notes so that you can ride at your own pace, stop when you like to smell the roses and grab a coffee when the opportunity presents, while always knowing that we are there if you need us.
On tour, your awesome Escape Adventures support crew will have your breakfast ready for an early start and provide snacks for you to carry with you. They will provide daily ride information and ride sweep with first aid and mechanical support. Our support vehicle will carry your luggage, and on most days set up a ‘floating picnic lunch’ on route so that you can dine’n’dash and top up on water and snacks. The support vehicle is also there if you need first aid or mechanical support, or if you need a break from the saddle.
Meeting Point: Christchurch City
Ride Start: Springs Junction
Ride Finish: Hanmer Springs
Finish: Christchurch City
I loved this trip. It was full of challenges and fun. Some of the highlights or memorable moments were the luxurious lodges we stayed in; the delish food; the spills on our mountain bike trail; going up a very very steep track that had me worried but fortunately we’d taken a wrong turn; biking for the first time in snow; the spas we soaked in; the laughter and great company; the dips in the sea; at the end of one day being covered in mud from head to toe and the hosing down afterwards; discovering new trails and roads by bike; and just so much beautiful peaceful scenery.
The Marlborough Molesworth Epic was an awesome ride. It had a bit of everything in the ride ranging from easy days to challenging. Scenery was varied from the beautiful coastal sounds to Mountainous high country. The ride was well organised with great tour guides (Alice and Bruce) and a great group of people to ride with.
Joan and I loved the experience.
An excellent tour. Great variety of roads from paved to gravel to forest tracks. Also scenery from coastal to high country to beautiful South Island forest. Organisation was spot on, our guides, Bruce and Zoe were first class and accommodation and food were both excellent. In all respects a very enjoyable and satisfying cycle tour. Even the weather, mostly, played its part.
Thank you Zoe and Bruce and I hope we can meet again on future trips.
