Around the Lake #

You might think that cycling around Lake Rotorua is for roadies, but it’s actually not too bad because you can sneak in some nice off-road sections. Starting from town, you can take the Sulphur Point trail into the Redwoods, and cycle part of the Mokopuna Trail. Then you’re on roads for a while (avoiding SH 30 where possible), until you get to Hamurana where there’s a nice section of trail beside the lake. You then have more road riding to get to Leonard Road, where you turn off and again take a lakeside trail into Ngongotaha. Finally, you take the Ngongotaha Trail back into the city.