Cycling Through Spectacular

It’s a stunning experience to pedal 310 kilometres of the Alps 2 Ocean trail from New Zealand’s highest peak to the Pacific Ocean, writes Andrew Bain for The Sydney Morning Herald. “Alps 2 Ocean is a combination of roads and purpose-built tracks. The undulating road along [Lake Pukaki’s] shore is beautifully clear, and each time [the lake] appears through the pine trees, it’s as though someone has run a highlighter pen through the valley. It’s a scene as colourful as New Zealand gets: the impossibly blue lake, the spring-green willows, the pink and purple lupins … and just the faintest puff of dust from our bikes in the soft gravel.”