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Bas Kruisselbrink

Bas Kruisselbrink

Bas Kruisselbrink is our lead guide in New Zealand. If his surname sound a little un-Kiwi to you than you are right. Bas was born in The Netherlands in 1961 and was literally raised on a bicycle. At the age of 16 he cycled with a friend from Holland to Spain and Portugal and that was the start of a life full of cycling adventures, the longest one a five and a half year cycle ride around the world through 44 different countries. A year and a half ago he cycled 3500 km from Sydney to Cairns predominantly using gravel roads in the Australian bush.

Cycling and travelling is in his blood and he loves sharing his cycle expertise with other people. Bas is a very keen cycle mechanic and keeps our cycle fleet up and running in the winter months while he is not guiding. Bas was trained as a mechanical engineer and studied business management in London. He managed a leasing company for the importer of Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche in The Netherlands, but that became too much of a life in the fast lane for him. After visiting 87 countries he thinks that New Zealand is the best place to be! Besides Dutch and English, Bas is fluent in German and proficient in French and Spanish.

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