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We get some amazing feedback from people when we pick them up at the end of their journey, so we wanted to find a way to share their stories with other people who are considering riding the trail some day.
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Testimonials
maxinewashere01/12/2022Verified Highly recommend Great trip. Comfortable bike. Take care not to use your battery too much at beginning of each ride so it lasts. First day hardest (Vonn Hill). Don’t stay in Lumsden…Mike did a great job of organising us. I’d do it all again (but skip Lumsden as an overnight stop) Chris W02/04/2022Verified Wonderful Ride 11 friends really enjoyed this ride Around the Mountains in great weather. Mike's service with comfortable shuttles and baggage transfer was excellent. They were on time and also flexible to change times as suited us. We appreciated the care taken with our e-bikes on the trailer including covers to protect them from dust on the ride from Mavora to Te Anau. Mike's recommendation to have 2 nights in Te Anau and ride the Lake to Lake trail to Manapouri was a highlight. Our accommodation in Te Anau was good and as expected but in Lumsden was not up to scratch. We'd recommend checking Lumsden accommodation out for yourself. This ride is highly recommended by our group. jydgmstewart6211/01/2022Verified Around the Mountains Booked this trail through Mike. Can’t thank him enough for sorting this for us. Very flexible. He managed to accommodate an extra person on the trip the day before we left. And was happy to change shuttle times to suit us. The biking itself was great. Beautiful scenery. Accomodation along the way was great. All shuttles were exactly on time. So glad we took his advice and stayed Te Anau for two nights. The Lake to Lake trail to Manapouri was excellent. dicke-nz24/02/2021Verified Great ride My wife and I completed a number of bike rides and this one is right up there. We started from Kingston and biked to Mossburn. It’s quite an easy ride, mainly flat and some great views of the area. The last 15 km was really tough going into a howling westerly wind. We stayed at the Mossburn hotel which we fully recommend to anyone wanting to do this ride. The second day was a very early start at 5:15 am, as we had a 1-15 sailing back to Queenstown. The first part to Centre Hill is very easy slightly downhill all the way. But from Centre hill to the mavora Lakes turn off has to be one of the hardest we have done. It was raining and into a wind all the way. The second 50 km, is slightly uphill with a good downhill going into Walter Peak. I always check reviews, feedback for any info I can find on any bike rides that we are looking at doing. Our experience on the service provider is no different. My suggestion, if you want a hassle free, helpful service contact the Publican/owner of the Mossburn hotel.I cannot recommend him enough on his helpfulness and how he went out of his way to help us. Martin_JOrme25/02/2020Verified Simply The Best - Better than all the rest! We were a group of 7 cyclists who used ATM Mike Barnett for two day rides out of Queenstown and a four day ATM self guided tour starting in Kingston and ending at Walter Peak.Mike was simply outstanding in everything he did - advice on ride content, securing clean well run accommodation, reliable shuttle and bag transfers for our group and was able to deliver reliable bikes and deal with last minute requests such as changing to e-bikes to enhance our overall enjoyment .The 58kms ride from Mavora Lakes to Walter Peak is simply stunning as was our day ride out to Jacks Point.If you’re planning rides out of Queenstown or plan on doing the Around The Mountain Trail there is only one person to go to and that is Mike Barnett! Annabelle Barry B26/11/2019Verified AROUND THE MOUNTAINS BIKE Mike Barnett is excellent flexible coordinator -handled complications well when some of our party were majorily delayed by wind preventing planes landing, He came up with alternatives. He worked hard to get us on and off the track and gave plenty of advice re suitable accomodation and eating spots. Very pleasant chap . Great 3 day bike , awesome varied scenery. All off main roads ,ie coarse gravel bike tracks or barely used unsealed roads. includes ride on Earnslaw . took advice to skip mavora to central hill.worth taking into account dominant wind directions. no cellphone coverage in mavora, advice adequate clothing and bike repair kit. Alferd26/04/2019Verified AroundTheMountains Outfitter Mike Barnett Is Wonderful Mike Barnett is a wonderful outfitter. He is one of the original architects of the entire Great Rides of NZ and his attention to detail, timely, flexible approach to our quasi-supported ride was outstanding. He thought of everything, accommodated our change to an E-Bike, and was extremely customer oriented (he offered me a cushy gel seat for Day 4 after hearing of my sore bum; what a relief). The ride itself is spectacular (we did it in 4 days/3 nights but if we repeat, may drop to 2 nights (Athol and Mossburn) as the first two days were really short rides). We wish we could go back again next year. Thank you, Mike - we wish you continued success!