Awakeri Rail Adventures

Awakeri Rail Adventures Come ride with us on the famous Taneatua Rail Line. Drive your own rail cart over bridges, through pristine native bush and beautiful farmland. What fun!

Welcome to Awakeri Rail Adventures in Whakatane. Travel along a piece of New Zealand's rich rail history and experience the natural beauty and adventure from the comfort of a rail-cart, cleverly adapted to be self-driven along the rail tracks. Your adventure starts from Awakeri travelling at a leisurely 20 kilometeres per hour with family and friends along a piece of historic railway line. There a

re 4 bridges, numerous cuttings and bush scenes along the track. Your trip will take about 2 hours... what could be more fun! Awakeri Rail Adventures offers two types of trip. The first is an "Express Run" where you will drive over 18km of track, with one stop enroute. The Express Run will take approx 2 hours. The second option will be the "Bush walk / Picnic run" where you will be guided on a bush walk, stop for a relaxing track side picnic and other activities and still drive over the 18km of track. This trip will take approx three hours. Summer Hours (28 September - 4 April)
Express Run 8am - 10:30am
Bush walk and Picnic Run 10:30 - 2pm
Bush Walk and Picnic Run 2pm - 5:30pm

Winter Hours (5 April to 27 September)
Express Run 8am - 10:30am
Bush walk and Picnic Run 10:30 - 2pm
Express Run 2pm - 4:30pm

38 shunt approaching Pekatahi bridge in 1989 on the old Taneatua branch line !
25/05/2025

38 shunt approaching Pekatahi bridge in 1989 on the old Taneatua branch line !

Our campsite today for our regular stop off for coffee and look who it is waiting or us.. Wexter the weka came out to s...
09/05/2025

Our campsite today for our regular stop off for coffee and look who it is waiting or us.. Wexter the weka came out to see us .. again hes a regular visitor here .. he takes the corn from my hand now..

https://youtu.be/k3Z9Xde-Uls?si=jnSnJ6sMI5BIdn6SThe Awakeri section of the line back in the early 2000s before Awakeri R...
03/05/2025

https://youtu.be/k3Z9Xde-Uls?si=jnSnJ6sMI5BIdn6S
The Awakeri section of the line back in the early 2000s before Awakeri Rail Advetures took over the line !🙂

(Awakeri to Taneatua) Our Track Inspection car trip on the mothballed railway in the Bay of Plenty gets more interesting as we head out on the Taneatua secti...

Awakeri Rail Adventures had a stand at the Morinsville model railway show over the weeked. Look out for us next at the T...
14/04/2025

Awakeri Rail Adventures had a stand at the Morinsville model railway show over the weeked. Look out for us next at the Taupo train expo July 4th & 5th where we will again be selling discounted tickets 🙂👍

The old Wakatane board mills line north of the Awakeri Rail Adventures station !
14/04/2025

The old Wakatane board mills line north of the Awakeri Rail Adventures station !

Putting the railcarts away after a very enjoyable weekend with Awakeri Rail adventures 🙂👍
14/04/2025

Putting the railcarts away after a very enjoyable weekend with Awakeri Rail adventures 🙂👍

What a day for a ride on the rails with Awakeri Rail Adventures, stopping at the old Whakatane west railway station area...
14/04/2025

What a day for a ride on the rails with Awakeri Rail Adventures, stopping at the old Whakatane west railway station area to feed the chickens 🙂👌🐥

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Awakeri
Whakatane
3192

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+648005374724

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