Enjoy a shuttle transfer from Queenstown to our Arrow Junction start point. Here we cover mountain bike fitting, navigation, bike safety and very importantly: winery information. Get straight into your pre-wine warm up! Ride 5kms along the beautiful Arrow and Kawarau Rivers to the Kawarau Suspension Bridge – home of the world famous Bungy jump.
From Bungy spend the afternoon biking at your leisure along the Gibbston River Trail, using our informative winery map to visit as many of the cellar doors linked throughout this easy riding trail. Enjoy a relaxed lunch en-route or picnic at one of the many wineries.
We will pick you up at 4:30pm (4pm on our winter schedule) from the Church (or another pre-arranged point in the valley) for your relaxing shuttle transfer back to Queenstown.
Wineries enroute are:
• Chard Farm
• Gibbston Valley Winery
• Gibbston Tavern and Tasting Room
• Rockburn
• Kinross
• Mt Rosa
• Brennan Wines
Posted By : Flyer27493918871
A brilliant way to spend a day in Queenstown. Encompasses all good things about the area, amazing scenery, beautiful wine, gorgeous food, lovely gin.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 01:34:44 
Posted By : leanneculinapenza
Pick up and drop off from central Queenstown makes this experience easy. After heading out to pick up our bikes, we were shown how to use the ebikes and given instructions to send us on our way. The ride is decent, some steep edges and narrow paths but decent quality the whole way. Important to note: there is a suspension bridge and its a decent height that may be difficult for people with any fear of heights or falling. Once you get to the winery areas there is plenty of options. Would recommend taking yourself a backpack if you plan on buying any wines whilst out.
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Posted On : 2024-04-23 23:20:56
Posted By : Carla_2009
Brilliant fun, thought 3/4 of a day would be enough, but would did less that 1/2 the wineries and would love to have biked more and then drank more!
The whole meet at the shop, van ride to bike collection point, and the comprehensive safety brief were all well run and co-ordinated. Then we were off. Following the very clearly marked bike path, Criss crossing the river at times, the weather was perfect, the bikes were smooth and well maintained. We managed 4 wineries inc lunch but the day gets away with you for sure. If I'd had another day I would have done this again to get to some other venues. Have to peddle faster and drink faster or less maybe?
We got the collection point, the bikes were loaded for us and all too soon it was back in the van trundling back to QT, full of tales of differnent wines whilst comparing overall speed and distance data on our phones, ever competitive!
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Posted On : 2024-03-29 16:56:39
Posted By : Navigate58290369366
Staff was very helpful and it was apparent they enjoyed their work. Great bikes! Trailers very scenic and easy on our E bikes. Wineries were informative and had great products. Really enjoyed the Church winery!
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Posted On : 2024-02-22 16:06:05
Posted By : shburrus
From beginning to end, it was a great trip. The pickup in Queenstown went well. The bikes were easy to operate. We stopped at the new Church winery, which is at the end of the trail. We were served some good wine and had great food enjoyed in an uncrowded peaceful setting. Josh picked us up on time and took care of the bikes. All we had to do was enjoy the trip.
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Posted On : 2024-02-17 03:13:41
Posted By : Imapepper79
This was a really fun day! The service provided by Around the Basin was super. Especially the last minute scheduling change. You meet downtown and they bus you out towards Arrowtown , then fit your bike and safety talk. Give you the map and you're on your way. With the 3/4 day, we biked up to Arrowtown and had coffee. Highly recommend this as it was the most beautiful part of the ride and shaded. Then returned and started the winery tour in Gibbston Valley. Great wineries and beautiful views into the river canyon. You really don't need the E-Bike, but they made it lots of FUN! Highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-02-03 15:10:17
Posted By : Niser37
We thoroughly enjoyed our day with around the basin. The electric bikes were the best ones we've hired so far and the guys were great!
Fantastic scenery along the way to multiple wineries. An amazing service provided, we would highly recommend!!
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Posted On : 2023-03-28 00:32:23
Posted By : Kirsty_L
My brother and I did this in march and had one of the best days of our trip, the wineries were amazing , sights incredible and the team were friendly and helpful, highly recommend this to anyone 😁 top tip is to go for the electric bikes !
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Posted On : 2023-03-16 19:40:58 
Posted By : gjaws
You really don’t need the 3/4 day. 1/2 day is plenty. You also really don’t need an e-bike . It’s easily doable on a regular mountain bike. Beautiful scenery and good wine.
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Posted On : 2023-03-04 13:25:15
Posted By : Sean_H
What a great experience this was. Easy pick up and drop off procedures as well as great knowledge of the trails and wineries by our driver. The wineries that we got to were all great and best represented the great wines in the region. As a warning to people thinking about getting regular bikes. It was very hard work and would probably get the e bikes if we ever did the tour again. That being said it was a very good experience and recommend this highly.
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Posted On : 2022-10-01 00:48:46
