Guided Wellington Tour by Electric Bike
Description
Choose a Morning or Afternoon Departure. From the centrally located Waterfront to the quiet bays and panoramic lookouts, you’ll be enthralled from start to finish. These quality electric bikes are easy to use and suitable for any level of fitness. If you can ride a bike, you can ride an eBike! Your guide will keep you safe with helmets provided and full riding instruction. The tour is lighthearted, fun and engaging with the focus on riding and finding the best view points. You’ll get a local’s perspective on the culture and history of our vibrant city and surrounding bays. This tour mainly rides around the Wellington's stunning bays, with minimal city riding.
Tour Options
Itinerary
This is where our tour starts. You'll have time set up and get used to your bike.
We ride down the Wellington Waterfront from our store toward Oriental Bay. The Waterfront is bustling on a sunny day and we ride on shared paths.
Your first tour stop is an essential and fascinating story about the first inhabitants of New Zealand, from nearly one thousand years ago. Learn about Wellington/New Zealand Māori culture and history as you go throughout this tour.
We ride past Te Papa Museum one of Wellington's top visitor attractions so you know where to find it for after your bike tour.
Hold its hand and pose with this iconic and poetic statue on the waterfront as your guide tells you about the legendary and awesome wind of Wellington! Don't forget to get a picture with the eye-catching Wellington sign while you're here as well!
We ride past the bustling Oriental Bay. On summer days locals will be swimming and sun bathing.
This is our tea or coffee stop and the nearby Cog Park is a stunning location for photos with the harbour in the background and yachts parked up
It's time for a rest break as take we take in Wellington's iconic wind needle. Watch as this 85 foot wind sculpture sways to the wind and learn about NZ's innovative energy system.
View funky and custom made wind sculptures as you ride underneath them on a glorious cycle path! Look out for marine life such as dolphins, penguins or if you're lucky, Orcas! Marvel at large aircraft landing over your head as you ride pass Wellington's Airport.
Wonderful lookout over Wellington's bays
This unique and culturally significant building with statue of Kupe outside. We'll introduce you to a little Māori culture and tell of their ancestor's travel to Pōneke (Wellington) and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The Wharewaka houses some beautiful carved waka (canoes).
Our tours ands where we started at Switched on Bikes.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Are you joining us for a tour from a cruise ship? We'll pick you up! Please note that pick up is available to customers arriving on cruise ships only. Other customers must make their own way to our shop for their tour. Cruise Ship Pick up details below: When: 9:15am (day of tour) Where: Ship Side (Independent Operators Pick up Area) Who: One of our guides with a blue Switched on Bikes Sign next to a van/car. Make sure you walk past all of the big buses and look for us in a parking lot with vans.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Riders must be comfortable riding a bicycle on the road (mix of path, on-road cycle lane and regular roads)
- Riders must advice height if under 59 inches (150cm)
- Remember sunscreen in summer
- Please dress appropriately- bring an extra layer in case or wind
- Moderate fitness advised- pedalling activates the electric assist
- Age Restriction: 13 Years
- The tour requires a minimum of two people to operate. We will contact you prior to your tour time if the minimum number is not met.
- Riders should be comfortable with some physical exertion when riding electric bikes up hill
Reviews(232)
We enjoyed this tour. Jack was a great guide and had some fun stories. He even gave us a great dinner recommendation.
Fantastic experience, highly recommended. The guide was very informative and friendly. A great way to orientate yourself to Wellington.
Well organized, great commentary along the way. Bikes were easy to operate. Jack and Ryan were terrific. Our group of 7 was a great size.
The tour guide was very informative & knew her stuff when we stopped at the different attractions. The ebikes were very easy to ride & well maintained. I would recommend this company to anyone who is thinking of a bike ride around Wellington.
This was our first e-bike experience and it was the way to explore the area. Our guide Carra was very knowledgeable about history and legends of the area. Beautiful scenery, mostly flat with 1 long hill, that’s where the e-bike part came in really handy. I loved every minute of it.
Good tour round the bay with lots of information about the city and the surrounding area. Done at a comfortable pace on good quality bikes.
Relaxing bike ride that also taught us more about the lovely city of Wellington. Our guide was informative and made the afternoon so fun!
Biking around Wellington, what could be better? I was worried because I am not an experienced cyclist, nor am I in great shape however, the E bike was perfect even on the uphill areas. My guide Stephanie was wonderful. She was full of interesting information about Wellington as she is from here and was funny and very sweet. I truly enjoyed this activity. I would suggest doing this on one of your first days in Wellington so that you can see so many sites and get an idea where everything is. On a clear day at the top of the mountain you can see all of Wellington. At the end we enjoyed an ice team at the pier. This is such an amazing place!
Great experience, pretty windy, interesting commentary by Patrick, great views over the city from the high point
Thanks Patrick for your excellent guiding, informing, showing, talking, joking, ice feeding during our tour with you. It was fun and inspiring to see how Te Ora is situated we had lovely weather💪 Thanks also for advisinh the Coene’s Restaurant in the Yacht Club. It was great and lovely sight towards harbour.
