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Taumarunui: Railcart and Jetboat Adventure with lunch

By Forgotten World Adventures
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$480 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
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Overview
  • Feel the wind in your hair as you jet boat down the Whanganui River
  • Enjoy a rail-side picnic lunch between your adventures
  • Immerse yourself in the ever-changing landscape of rolling hills and farmland
  • Learn about the early settlers and pioneers and importance of the river
  • Stop for morning tea in the historic village of Matiere
Activity location
    • Whanganui River
    • Pipiriki, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • 9 Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui 3920, New Zealand
    • Taumarunui, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand

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Taumarunui: Railcart and Jetboat Adventure with lunch
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00 AM
Price details
NZ$480.00 x 1 AdultNZ$480.00

Total
Price is NZ$480.00
Until Wed, 4 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Morning tea in Matiere
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Rail-side picnic lunch at Tokirima Station
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Jet boat journey on the Whanganui River
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Informative commentary about early settlers and pioneers
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Return transfer to Forgotten World Motel
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Smoking
  • Not suitable for: Children under 5 years, People with back problems, Pregnant women

What you can expect

Embark on a full-day adventure in New Zealand's Forgotten World. Travel through the ever-changing landscape of rolling hills, remote farmland, and native bush on a rail cart. Then, take a jet boat ride on the Whanganui River.

Check in at the Forgotten World Motel 30 minutes before departure. Take a short shuttle bus to the start of the line at Okahukura. Here, board your rail cart and set off on your journey through the Forgotten World.

Immerse yourself in the ever-changing landscape of rolling hills, remote farmland, and native bush. Experience wildlife close to the tracks as you travel through tunnels and over bridges.

Stop for morning tea in the historic village of Matiere. The rail cart part of your experience will end at Tokirima Station where you'll enjoy a rail-side picnic lunch between your adventures.

Take the shuttle bus to Ohinepane where you'll board your jet boat. Embark on an informative jet boat journey on the Whanganui River and take in the awe-inspiring scenery as you learn about the early settlers and pioneers and importance of the river.

Disembark at Cherry Grove for your return transfer back to the finishing point, the Forgotten World Motel where you'll arrive at approximately 2 PM.

Location

Activity location
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    • Whanganui River
    • Pipiriki, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    • 9 Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui 3920, New Zealand
    • Taumarunui, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand