Ride along the historic Ohakune Old Coach Road at your own pace on this 4-hour unguided bike trail. This native bush corridor on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu is an exciting adventure, a journey back in time. Ride past the concrete piers for the bridge which crossed the Haeremaere Stream on the original railway alignment, the steel lattice Taonui Railway Viaduct, and enjoy expansive views across the Waimarino Plains and of the mighty Mt Ruapehu, magnificent Rimu trees and of course the Hapuawhenua Viaduct.
A fantastic day ride for people of all ages and abilities.
Posted By : DrRawiri_T
A stunning ride. However, the advertisement includes children aged 6-14. I would not recommend this ride for children less than 12-14yrs or adults who are not particularly fit. There are some steep uphill sections and some fast very bumpy bone jarring downhills because of the large stones used to build the original road. Otherwise a wonderful ride.
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Posted On : 2024-04-02 22:29:56 
Posted By : Tony_S
The ride was challenging but not too hard on a non electric bike. Loved it. My wife and I have done many rail trails in Australia and New Zealand and would say this is not a typical flat smooth surfaced Rail Trail, more like a mountain bike experience on some washed out tracks. Loved it !
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Posted On : 2024-03-28 17:02:33
Posted By : Annemarie_B
Nice mountainbike. A bit challenging when you've never done this.
You can also book in the village. Nice people.
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Posted On : 2024-02-15 14:41:29
Posted By : rebeccadB1569YO
Very intereati.g, somewhat challenging due to original cobblestones . Managaed up and back easily time wise.
A level 3 for sure.
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Posted On : 2024-02-06 13:22:44 
Posted By : John_H
Our ride on The Old Coach Trail was great! The trail was scenic and diverse. Elyse at TCB was great. She made the bike rental quick and easy and was able to answer all our questions. I would strongly recommend this ride.
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Posted On : 2024-02-02 13:58:41
Posted By : Kevin_F
Great experience with many interesting well marked points of interest along the way. Trail has several ups and downs. I found the most challenging part to be the rocks! We used just regular bikes and found myself walking at several points because of the combination of rocks and either ascent or descent.
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Posted On : 2024-01-30 13:11:47
Posted By : V807SGdebbieh
My daughter and I did this together. Great service to get our bikes and drop off to the start point. Excellent directions and a really great experience!
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Posted On : 2024-01-27 14:54:10
Posted By : Escape22585367492
This is a real bone-rattler of a ride and not what I expected at all. Apparently it's a grade 3 mountain bike track - whatever that means - and luckily I did no research beforehand as I probably wouldn't have gone otherwise.
I have no mountain bike experience, absolutely zero, and along with about half our group had to get off and walk about 50% of the time (which was fine).
There were some really lovely bits but a lot of it was VERY bumpy, large cobbled rocks, slippery downhill bits, strenuous uphill. The smooth parts came as a blessed relief.
Fitness-wise it's not difficult but the biking can be tricky, we walked up most of the uphill.
If you are not confident on a bike I would not recommend. If you are confident mountain biking you will love this.
Ladies, wear a decent sports bra.
Scenery is beautiful.
We went in a group of 12 with TCB. 6 adults, 6 kids ages 11-16. Some of the kids loved it, some hated it, depends on the kid. We had one fall with grazes - bring a first aid kit as TCB don't provide them.
TCB were great to deal with, easy to book and took us to the start at Horopito. Bikes were great, we had no dramas.
Glad I did it but would rather walk.
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Posted On : 2024-01-21 00:12:46
Posted By : Mark_C
Great bikes and a cool track. Well organized from start to finish. A must do for anyone in the area.
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Posted On : 2024-01-05 23:48:28
Posted By : FarAway50948971523
The route was beautiful and the viaducts were special to see. No reason to travel specifically for this, but if you are in the area I would definitely grab this.
TCB's service in person. Jordana was fine.
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Posted On : 2023-12-27 22:47:31
