12 Day North Island

Self-Guided Tours, Tours

Auckland to Auckland
11 Nights | 3160 km | North Island

This tour takes you on a 12 Day North Island Motorcycle Tour from top to bottom and the interesting motorcycling roads in between.

From the giant Kauri forest of the far north to the Motorcycling Nirvana that is the Thames-Coromandel highway, one of the top-rated motorcycle rides in the world. The tour continues in the same vein traversing through the wide sweeping forestry roads of the Kaimai Ranges, spectacular lake side roads of the Blue Lakes District – Rotorua and the scenic coastal roads of the East cape and West coast.
Finishing the tour you will be riding through Central North Island landscape and rolling King Country roads back to Auckland.

Tour Highlights

Sand Dunes
Coromandel Peninsula
Thermal Pools
Mount Maunganui
Mount Taranaki
Tongariro National Park
Bay of Plenty
East Cape
Art Déco City Napier

Tour Details

Day 1 : Auckland to Paihia

3h 6min

via Whangarei, SH 1

Day 2 : Paihia to Cape Reinga

2h 51min

Awanui, SH 10 & 1

Day 3 : Cape Reinga to Dargaville

4h 44min

via Opononi, SH 1 & 12

Day 4 : Dargaville to Thames

3h 45mins

via SH 12, 1, 2, 25

Day 5 : Thames to Rotorua

5h 11min

via Coromandel Loop, SH 25, 2 & 36

Day 6 : Rotorua to Rotorua

0 h

Rest Day in Rotorua

Day 7 : Rotorua to Gisborne

3h 44min

via East Coast, SH 30 & 2

Day 8 : Gisborne to Taupo

4h 26min

via Napier, SH 2

Day 9 : Taupo to Wellington

4h 45min

via SH 1

Day 10 : Wellington to New Plymouth

4h 58min

via Mt Taranaki, SH 3

Day 11 : New Plymouth to Tauranga

4h 7min

via Cambridge, SH 3, 1 & 29

Day 12 : Tauranga to Auckland

2h 44min

Finishing the 12 Day North Island Tour you will be riding through Central North Island landscape via Kaimai-Mamaku Forest and SH 2 back to Auckland.

Thinking of exploring the South Island with our motorcycles? Click here to check out the 14-day tour for the South Island. 🏍️✨

Tour Highlights