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    Cycle trail experts share their advice

    Nov 22, 2021 3 minutes

    POU HERENGA TAI TWIN COAST CYCLE TRAIL

    The best way to ride the Great Taste Trail is anti-clockwise, giving more balanced cycling days and more downhill.

    This trail can be ridden all year around, even in winter. Steph Godsiff, from Northland Experiences (which runs a fully supported tour) says temperatures in Northland average around 16° .

    Supported or self-guided, Godsiff suggests cycling over two days, starting each day in Kaikohe, the mid and highest point of the trail, giving a downhill cycle to either coast. Jump aboard the vintage diesel train running along

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