Run or walk the best trails in the Craters forest, some old and some new. Big ups to Bike Taupo, who did a great job rebuilding tracks and trails following that pesky cyclone, Gabrielle that we were able to hold this event last year. Hit the trails and run or walk a variety of distance options at the revamped John West Craters trail run/walk; an awesome 21km half marathon, 12km, 6km and 1km tiger trails kids dash!! Just like the old school Craters trail run/walk event, but a bit different now! It’s going to be so great, and will be a popular event in the festival!!

In 2024 we partnered up with the Taupo Orienteering Club on this little beauty! The legends (Phil & Tony - current North Island 4-hour rogaine champs - nice!) put on a great Rogaine course for us and it was a hit! The feedback from last years event was that everyone had so much fun out there.

Designed for teams and individuals, about the most fun you can have with your running shoes on!

After the Fri Colour Run event finishes, we’ll get you night runners out there again.

We have an awesome 2.5km course for you to knock out as many laps of that 2.5km course as you can in 2 hours! Designed for individuals looking to smash out the miles, or a relay team of between 2-4 people. The atmosphere for this event last year along with DJ Alexi pumping the tunes was epic!!

A first for Total Sport! We are adding some colour to your evening with a super fun color run! Participants will head out into the trails through a cloud of colour on a 2.5km lap. Your choice to do one or head back out at do a second lap. This event is perfect for everyone no matter how big or small! Wear your white and leave all the colours of the rainbow

DJ Alexi will be pumping the tunes with all the lights at the finish line, with the light show waiting for you to join him

Are you ready for some fun on your bike, and provide some festival party entertainment?

Same concept as the night run, we have an awesome 8km course for you to knock out as many laps of that 8km course as you can in 4 hours! Designed for individuals looking to smash out the miles, or a relay team of between 2-4 people.

After each lap you will ride right through the crowds enjoying the live music at the festival, I’m sure they will have the beers for you!

One of the themes we continue to proudly stand behind at the Taupo Trail Festival is the conversation around our mental health & fitness. It’s a really big deal and great to see it becoming somewhat normalised. Once again we’re partnering with the good people at Movember, who are doing such great mahi in this space. Come and join us for a delicious fully cooked breakfast and listen to some super cool people share their stories around the outdoors and nature, success + failure, what they’ve done and do, and their journey in and around mental health. This event is designed to be honest and interactive.

Please note, this is a ticketed function - /person, limited numbers.

This spot is going to be so awesome and will be open at all times the Festival Site is open. We’re working with the super-cool Sarah from Stepping Stones, who has put together an amazing line-up of kid-focused activities and entertainment - with a focus on nature and the outdoors of course. Who doesn’t love to sit down and paint a nature-based rock. To be fair, us adults could probably do with a bit of that in our lives too!!

I think we all know secretly that if we hit those trails reasonably regularly, that we should supplement all of this fun stuff with equally fun exercises that restore and rejuvenate our bodies - we only get one of them, so best we look after the one we got given! We have a great selection of classes lead by Bex and Rachel at Studio.two. This Taupo pair are super knowledgeable in the areas of stretching, pilates, yoga etc. Rach and Bex have kindly agreed to come and be a part of the festival, and to share and guide (for free!) some of these things. Aimed at anyone with a body, keep an eye out for the schedule, which will run regularly throughout the festival. These are non-ticketed events, and are on a first come-first sorted basis.

In 2024 we partnered with our friends at Supercars and Greening Taupo and together planted over 2,000 trees close to the festival site. We are proud to be bringing this partnership back for 2025

If you’re a Taupo local, Greening Taupo won’t be a stranger to you for those who aren’t aware, they do amazing things in our Region.

Greening Taupo was established to improve the Taupo environment for the people and native wildlife