Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth District is one of three in the region and is home to more than 65 per cent of the population of Taranaki. The Stratford District includes the main centres of Stratford, Midhirst, Toko and Whangamomona. The South Taranaki District includes Hāwera, Manaia, Eltham, and Ōpunake. The motorcycling riding around this region is simply AMAZING!

If you are looking for rides around this amazing region, our motorcycle friendly hosts will be happy to share their local knowledge when you stay with them and if you are wanting to ride adventure routes we can highly recommend Adventure Guide which provide - The Adventure Map - Single or multi Adventure Routes and Adventure Tokens which mark on the map cool places to visit such as epic lookouts, iconic rivers and lakes, interesting historic places or weird and wacky landmarks.