Hop aboard your own self-drive railway car and enjoy epic 360-degree views of Lake Rotorua and rolling farmland.
Rail Cruising is a fun, innovative and totally new way for people to explore the stunning Dansey Scenic Reserve.
This is a magical railway experience with a difference. In this awesome travel experience you get to step aboard and captain your very own rail car! The Rail Cruiser is a self drive heated 4 seater hybrid rail car with unobstructed viewing windows.
The RailCruiser V3000 is an innovative world first vehicle like no other! Travel along the Rotorua Railway in your comfortable RailCruiser at 20km/hr departing Ngongotaha Railway Station. You can listen to the audio tour as you make your way through the beautiful Dansey Scenic Reserve and surrounding farmland on your 26 km return trip to Mamaku Railway Station.
The historic railway provides gentle curves and steep climbs with views of Lake Rotorua, stunning bush scenery and views extending as far as Mount Tarawera. So, for a totally unique, relaxed, comfortable and independent travel experience hop aboard a Rail Cruiser - this is a magical railway experience not to be missed!.
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Thank for compliments and we will pass them to shelly! Really happy you enjoyed the experience! The freezers are on the way! Thanks Rail Cruising
A lovely drive through the bush. Saw Betty the chicken. Just a nice easy ride through untouched bush. Would definitely recommend it.
Great automated narration. Not really much to see but there is an amazing home built in the rocks by the local iwi
Love the new start from Ngongotahā :-) A fabulous adventure and the countryside is just beautiful. Loved every minute!
We experienced a cart breaking down in front of us and appreciate that this could happen even with excellent maintenance regimes. It was however not appreciated that there was no communication or updates on the situation unless we reached out and asked what was going on after sitting in a stationary cart for ages. Further to this, the team did not seem to have a plan in place and the experience was completely ruined. Sitting in a cart for over an hour and not knowing what the plans are and nothing visibly being done was really frustrating. We ended up returning late to the start point and miserable after this poor experience.
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Jess Mclennan from New Zealand wrote on 24 September 2024
Rail cruise
We had a wonderful time and Shelley the guide was great. I think it may be a good idea to add a tip top freezer or something for when you get to the mamaku cabin and maybe have cash sales or something there. Would make the summer trips even better