Your training playgrounds.

Wairakei Resort Taupō and Chateau Tongariro Hotel are proud to sponsor the BDO Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge. With these hotels based in two of the best biking locations in New Zealand, they make for the perfect base for your training.

Event day will be here before you know it, so lock in your training weekends now! Stay at Wairakei Resort Taupō or Chateau Tongariro Hotel and have two training playgrounds on your doorstep.

Wairakei Resort Taupō sits in the heart of Taupō’s mountain biking trails. Craters Mountain Bike Park runs through the Resort and it is a quick 20-to-30-minute bike ride to Lake Taupō. Plus there is secure bike storage to keep your bike safe. Once you are done for the day, unwind by soaking in the geothermally heated pools.

Chateau Tongariro Hotel is the perfect base for some of New Zealand’s most iconic rides. It’s perfect for the all-new Length of the Lake, tick of the Old Coach Road, 42 Traverse or the Mountains to Sea - Ngā Ara Tūhono as part of your training. Relax after your adventure with a swim in the plunge pool or a beer and some delicious food in the Ruapehu Lounge.

Whether you are hitting the roads or the mountain bike tracks, the training options from Wairakei Resort Taupō and Chateau Tongariro Hotel are endless.

Book your training weekends today.