Bike Rotorua – Planet Bike
Bike Hire – Mountain Bike Tours
Real Life Manifestation of Turning Passion into Reality – “Planet Bike”
Planet Bike has the highest standards in service and safety so you can relax and enjoy your Rotorua bike ride. Our guides are first aid trained, skilled mechanics and love biking! They’ll make sure your ride is what you want.
Planet Bike is a friendly company, based in the action-packed centre of the North Island, New Zealand – Rotorua!
A cycle friendly town famous for it’s geothermal activity from boiling mud pools to huge geysers. Rotorua has some of the best mountain biking on the planet, ‘the best single track ever’ is what Gary Fisher had to say. Surrounded by forest we have 140km of purpose built single track on our doorstep, beautiful lakes to cycle to and spectacular rides through thermal areas.
We recommend 3-7 days in Rotorua, the cultural heart of New Zealand – but if you’re a mountain biker you had better make it a couple of weeks! We can arrange all your accommodation, transport and sightseeing requirements.
We are on site at Whakarewarewa Forest where the best trails start. First left off Highway 5 to Taupo after Whakarewarewa thermal area.
No. 8 Waipa Bypass Rd, via Waipa State Mill Rd.
If it’s not chocolate brown, it’s not us!
Passion
We live to ride, ride to live…’Feel the Spirit, Ride Rotorua’ Whaka MTB Park. Famously Rotorua!
Gear
We stock the latest range of Banshee, Scott and Avanti mountain bikes. All expertly maintained in full-suspension, hard tail or kids 🙂
Knowledge
We can take you on a tour of the forest and show you the most amazing trails with some of the best views to match!
What do others think of us?
We think we’re pretty special, but don’t take our word for it, read what many of our customers think of us.
"Exceptional team!"
One on one guided tour of mtb trails was an awesome experience. Very knowledgeable and patient in giving invaluable tips to improve my riding style. Will definitely book again.
"Epic times!"
I had the pleasure to experience mountain biking in the redwoods during the 2016 Rotorua i-SITE famil thanks to these guys at planet bike! As an experienced mountain biker I rarely choose to use a guide or company but my bike was absolutely amazing as it was a brand spanking new model and felt very well looked after and my guide Harry is also worth a mention as he happily and skilfully tailored the trip to my wishes. It was the best possible way to get as much out of the bike park in a short period of time! Thanks heaps!
"This is how ALL businesses should be run!"
My wife and I hired 2 dual suspension bikes from Planet Bike in early July, 2015 - wintertime in New Zealand. Both of us are accomplished mountain bikers with more than 20 years of riding experience, our own bikes are fairly high-end models, and thus we are quite discerning (i.e., picky!) about how a MTB should be set up and perform. And everything about their bikes was spot on: Eddie made sure the suspension was tuned properly for both of us, everything worked flawlessly, and he graciously switched out a handlebar on my wife's bike to provide a better fit. AND, he even offered to inspect/repair a front fork that was not functioning on another hire bike that I had on the campervan rack, thinking that it was my own personal bike: that is stellar customer service! These things, plus what others have mentioned - the great coffee and post-ride snacks (ginger crunch!) provided by Lenore, clear trail directions and recommendations, and just the friendliness and willingness to chat about whatever - made our experience in Rotorua just that much better.
