“Island Hopper” Route Details (Makuri Islands)
Looking for the full Urukazi tour? The Island Hopper covers all Urukazi roads (except for the connector roads to Neokyo and Yumezi). This route takes you on two loops of the Urukazi island complex. Your first loop takes the innermost roads on each of the islands, while the second loop takes the outermost roads.
Looking for the full Urukazi tour? The Island Hopper covers all Urukazi roads (except for the connector roads to Neokyo and Yumezi). This route takes you on two loops of the Urukazi island complex. Your first loop takes the innermost roads on each of the islands, while the second loop takes the outermost roads.
Route Basics
Length: 18 km (11.2 miles)
Elevation: 129m (423‘)
+0.1km (0.1 miles) lead-in with 2m (7‘) elevation
Map: Makuri Islands
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Rating: 8.8/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 35 minutes
3 W/kg: 29 minutes
4 W/kg: 26 minutes
Start & Finish
Starts and ends at a virtual banner just north of the Mech Isle pens.
Achievement Badge: 360 XP
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
Go aero! There’s a bit of dirt here, but the route is mostly surfaces which roll fastest on road bikes. And while there’s a bit of climbing, an aero bike will outperform a climbing rig even on the uphills since they’re not very steep or long. See Fastest Frames and Wheels at Each Zwift Level >
Route Description
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Beginning at the Mech Isle start pens, wind your way around the Isle and across the bridge to Festival Harbor’s colorful boardwalk and its Boardwalk Sprint. This is the first of four sprint points you will cross on this route! Then turn left and ride to Mangrove Maze, taking the more climby inner road before descending and turning left again to take on the Tidepool Sprint.
Then it’s another left turn toward Mech Isle, where you’ll ride the dirt road up the climb then descend back to the pavement to cross the bridge a second time to Festival Harbor. But here you’ll turn right, beginning your climb up to the highest point in Urukazi, near the shisa and onto the boardwalk which hosts the Shisa Sprint.
Descend through the bamboo forest back to the main Festival Harbor boardwalk, then head to Mangrove Maze once again, this time taking the outer road before taking on the Tidepool Sprint a second time.
You’re at the home stretch! Just a bit of Mech Isle road left. Once you ride through the virtual start/finish banner, your Urukazi island tour is complete.
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