Off-Season · Locals Only
This one's not for the tourists. A local guide takes you out on the trails, you plant a native tree together, and finish with a burger on us. Queenstown locals keeping Queenstown beautiful.
Your day sorted
Rock up to the pickup spot. Meet your guide, grab your e-bike, quick briefing, helmet on. Your guide leads the way from here.
Your guide leads the ride out to the planting spot. Dig in together, plant a native tree, tag it with your name. It's yours — growing long after you leave.
Drop the bike back and head to Altitude for a free burger or fries on us. You've earned it — you just made Queenstown a little greener.
Riding with you
This isn't a self-guided ride with a map and a wave goodbye. A local guide rides with you the whole way — someone who knows every trail, every shortcut, and the best spot to plant your tree.
They'll lead the ride, run the planting session, share the stories behind the trails, and make sure everyone has a good day. It's like riding with a mate who happens to know everything about the basin.
Everything sorted
A guide rides with you the whole way. They lead the ride, run the planting, and know every trail.
Full-spec e-bike and helmet for the day. The motor handles the hills — you just enjoy the ride.
A native seedling and the gear to plant it. Tag it with your name and watch it grow over the years.
We pick you up and drop you back. No car needed — just show up at the meeting spot.
Burger or fries at Altitude when you're done. Cold beer optional (but recommended).
More than a ride
Queenstown runs on tourism. But the trails, the rivers, the mountains — they belong to us too. This is about locals getting outside in the off-season, putting something back in the ground, and having a good day doing it.
Every tree planted is a native species chosen for this area. Over time, these plantings will help restore habitat along the trail corridors that everyone — locals and visitors — gets to enjoy.
Every ride plants one native tree along the Queenstown trail network. Your tree. Tagged with your name.
Simple pricing
Locals
Launching in ~1 month
The Tree Planting Ride is launching in approximately 1 month. Drop your email to be the first to know.
In the meantime: Book the Gibbston Wineries Ride
Queenstown Trails Trust
Tiaki Promise