Rameka Track

The Rameka Track starts 10 minutes up from the Canaan Downs car park on Pages Saddle and sidles gently downhill through beech forest for the first five km. Expect rocky sections, creek crossings and a steeper descent for the last section. Note that bikers need to give way to walkers.

At the end of the DOC section of the track you can continue along a gravel 4WD road or ride down mountain bike tracks on publicly accessible private land: The Pack Track, Great Expectations and The Klicks. These popular tracks have been built by Project Rameka and Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club volunteers and provide a much better experience than riding the road.

At the end of these trails you will join the Rameka Creek Road by which stage you are only 6 km from Takaka township and you have lost 700 m of height from the start of the Rameka. Most people continue on into town rather than returning the way they came or riding the 47 km back to Canaan by road.

Other mountain bike tracks in the area:

• Gold Creek Loop
• Canaan Big Loop Bike Track

From SH60 on the Takaka Hill Rd turn off at Canaan Road and follow it 11 km to end.