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Mar 3 2025

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Sound to Sound 2025

Name: Sound to Sound 2025
Start: 2025-03-03T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-03T08:00:00-05:00
Location: Ship Cove

 Malborough, New Zealand  932mi (1,500km)

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The Sound to Sound is a self-supported 1500-kilometer brevet from Ship Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound to Milford Sound, New Zealand…

When

Date: March 3

Time: 8:00 am

Details

Cost: $227

Event Website

Organizer: The Kennett Brothers

Email: shop@kennett.co.nz

Where

Ship Cove

Queen Charlotte Sound
Picton, Malborough 7220 New Zealand

A 1500 km bikepacking route from Queen Charlotte Sound to Milford Sound. You can ride it on your own, with a group of friends, or as part of the annual event (starts 1st March each year). It’s up to you. Note: The Ship Cove to Punga Cove section of the Queen Charlotte Track is open to cyclists from 1 March to the 31st November each year (it’s restricted to walkers only during the over-crowded summer season.)