Funding Approved for the Lake Track

BikeTaupo Media Release

The Ministry of Tourism advised today that Government funding will be made available to Bike Taupo to construct the Lake Track Cycle Trail on the western shore of Lake Taupo.
The track as proposed is one of the National Cycleways Projects and will be approximately 100 kilometres in length.

The first part of this track, approximately 35 kilometres, has already been constructed by Bike Taupo and includes the popular W2K Track.
The funding now made available by the Government is to construct the remaining 65 kilometres of the track through to the Waihaha Road bridge on State Highway 32.

Sponsors of the Lake Track

(listed in no particular order)

Iconic Cycle Track

Taupo could soon be welcoming another great cycle track into the stable of tracks that makes the central North Island such an exciting cycling destination. Local cycling advocates Bike Taupo are welcoming news that the Ministry of Tourism has granted their bid to undertake a feasibility study into a track from Whakaipo Bay through to Waihaha on the western side of the lake. The new track will extend the current track from Kawakawa Bay to Waihaha.

After the initial seven ‘quick start’ trails picked to get ‘Nga Haerenga- The New Zealand Cycle Trail’ started, the Taupo track has been identified as part of phase two of the national cycle trail project. Granted as one of 13 projects from across the country to be funded by the Ministry of Tourism, a feasibility study is now required to be undertaken by Bike Taupo. This study will involve pricing and checking the visions proposed in the concept plans to ensure the tracks can be built and will deliver what they promise.

The idea behind this project is to create an epic ride of the Central North Island.
Imagine:

• riding down to the Taupo boat harbour after breakfast in town
• catching a shuttle with your bike and tent
• getting dropped of on a beach to start a 100km ride, through native forest with spectacular views of the lake and the mountains
  
• your tent and gear will be waiting for you somewhere at the half way point
• ride back to Kinloch or Taupo the next morning with a daypack, leaving your overnight gear for the shuttle