My second time doing the Awakeri rail adventure and was just as awesome as the first time. My teenage daughter was made co-pilot by Paul (our guide) and had the... read more best time doing so. Lots of laughs and interesting facts about everything from the history of the Awakeri train station to the nature around us. There are 3 stops along the way one involves a short walk so wear comfy shoes also recommend bringing a drink bottle and snacks for kids.
Was good kiwi fun, thanks Paul.

  Awakeri rail adventures ✨️ - The rual views were amazing, Paul our guide, was very knowledgeable and made it fun. Bush walk was awesome and very informative, visiting the Kahikatea tree/... read more white pine tree, and check out the Gumboot fence. We enjoyed stopping for a cup of coffee, with a visit from a Weka.
Well worth a visit. Thank you Paul.

  Paul the operator was entertaining and made sure we all followed the safety rules. Great ride, scenery and bush walk. - Great social family experience. Adults and children enjoyed the fun, we all learnt a little about our native forrest and trees. We can recommend this adventure. Thank you Paul.

  Great Trip Amazing Guide - Paul our guide and operator of this adventure is so customer focused. 👍🏼👍🏼

We purchased tickets pre COVID and never got the chance to do this trip and like... read more a typical male I saw an expiry date and figured we’d missed out so just racked it up as a lesson learnt.

HOWEVER at a local show we met Paul again and got talking. I explained what had happened and said to him just treat it as a donation. He wasn’t having any of that, he immediately wrote us out new tickets and said come down you’ll enjoy it. He wasn’t wrong

We arrived and were introduced to the other adventure rail riders and promptly went through a great safety briefing and familiarisation of our rail carts.

Then we were off. Beautiful country side, frequent updates on location and how good the drivers were.

First stop to feed chickens and geese then on we went. A nice walk through some DOC naive forest with interesting information and then to the Gun Boot fence. Great quotes 👍🏼

Back to the trail and the next stop was for a cuppa. Tea, coffee or Milo and biscuits supplied. Paul’s is so charismatic 😎

Then a final run to the end of the line before turning all the carts around and a high speed run back (30km/h)

Absolutely awesome and highly recommended. Do it !

  Absolutely must do in Awakeri  - What an amazing hidden gem in Awakeri!!! I couldn't recommend this journey enough to everyone. We had the absolute pleasure of joining Paul, our guide for an awesome 3hr trip,... read more ride/bush walk /snack. I can't wait to do it again. Had the best time and Paul's talks and sense of humour were the icing on the cake. He was informative, and safety briefing and driving lesson were fantastic, as we set off to enjoy awesome scenery. If you haven't booked in,then I highly suggest this as an absolute MUST DO .. suitable for all ages to enjoy . Thanks for a fab morning...see y'all soon 🚉🚂