October 25, 2024
Our sustainability focused journey continues
Huge thanks to Emily Jasmine, Sustainability Facilitator at Ruapehu District Council, who helped us carry out a Waste Audit this week (during Recycling Week!) – and all our team members who helped out. We had some great buy in and…
October 14, 2024
New season. New website – with online booking!
October 8, 2024
FWA team visits local Marae
We took our FWA team to visit this local Marae and its representatives today as part of induction training ahead of our new season launch on 12th October. Cultural awareness is very important here at Forgotten World Adventures, so this…
September 27, 2024
Voted one of 12 Surprising Things to Do in NZ!
October 25, 2024
Our sustainability focused journey continues
Huge thanks to Emily Jasmine, Sustainability Facilitator at Ruapehu District Council, who helped us carry out a Waste Audit this week (during Recycling Week!) – and all our team members who helped out. We had some great buy in and…
October 14, 2024
New season. New website – with online booking!
October 8, 2024
FWA team visits local Marae
We took our FWA team to visit this local Marae and its representatives today as part of induction training ahead of our new season launch on 12th October. Cultural awareness is very important here at Forgotten World Adventures, so this…
September 27, 2024
Voted one of 12 Surprising Things to Do in NZ!
October 25, 2024
Our sustainability focused journey continues
Huge thanks to Emily Jasmine, Sustainability Facilitator at Ruapehu District Council, who helped us carry out a Waste Audit this week (during Recycling Week!) – and all our team members who helped out. We had some great buy in and…
October 14, 2024
New season. New website – with online booking!
October 8, 2024
FWA team visits local Marae
We took our FWA team to visit this local Marae and its representatives today as part of induction training ahead of our new season launch on 12th October. Cultural awareness is very important here at Forgotten World Adventures, so this…
September 27, 2024
Voted one of 12 Surprising Things to Do in NZ!
September 26, 2024
Northern Explorer’s new premium scenic carriage
Staff members Jo Telfar and Selina Hepi jumped on the Northern Explorer train at Ohakune yesterday through the Raurimu Spiral and hopped off in Taumarunui – on the Main Trunk Line. This was in part to help Great Journeys (KiwiRail)…
September 13, 2024
A rail journey like no other
September 6, 2024
Congratulations to the Chef’s Table at Blue Duck Station!
August 23, 2024
SMH Traveller Awards: The top spots for those who just want to have fun
Traveller Awards: Fun Times! The Sydney Morning Herald tasked the Traveller brain trust to recommend places and experiences specifically for those travellers who just want to have fun. We made the cut! We’re a Traveller Awards 2024 winner in the…
October 14, 2024
New season. New website – with online booking!
September 6, 2024
Congratulations to the Chef’s Table at Blue Duck Station!
August 14, 2024
Travellers’ Choice Award Winner 2024!
We’re honoured! Thanks to the thousands of guests who’ve raved about their Forgotten World adventure and encouraged others to tick us off their bucket list. Thanks also to our professional and passionate team who make it all possible. Roll on…
May 31, 2024
We raised $11,590 for Taumarunui Women’s Refuge – thank you!
We’re delighted to announce that we have raised a grand total of $11,590 for the Taumarunui Women’s Refuge through our inaugural fundraiser event. ‘Ride for Refuge’ took place on Saturday 13th April when around 40 special guests, including rugby royalty…
April 1, 2024
‘Ride for Refuge’ with Sir Wayne Smith – Fundraiser Event
March 8, 2024
Explore the Hidden Beauty of New Zealand by Rail with Forgotten World Adventures
The award-winning Forgotten World Adventures (FWA) is one of the best ways to discover the beauty of rural New Zealand. “It’s like travelling back in time to a forgotten world,” says Paul Chaplow, General Manager of Forgotten World Adventures. FWA was…
March 2, 2024
Forgotten World Adventures Offers Longest Jet Boat Ride in the Southern Hemisphere
The Forgotten World jet boat tours are now well underway and are proving to be a very popular addition to the unique tours offered by Forgotten World Adventures. Forgotten World Adventures, whose headquarters are in Taumarunui, run Rail Cart and Rail Bike…
February 24, 2024
Brand new range of gifts and souvenirs launched
We’re excited to announce the opening of ‘The Shed’ at Tokirima! Built with reclaimed timber and recycled materials by local tradespeople at our rail-side picnic lunch stop, we can now offer guests a range of over 40 different souvenirs and…
October 25, 2024
Our sustainability focused journey continues
Huge thanks to Emily Jasmine, Sustainability Facilitator at Ruapehu District Council, who helped us carry out a Waste Audit this week (during Recycling Week!) – and all our team members who helped out. We had some great buy in and…
October 8, 2024
FWA team visits local Marae
We took our FWA team to visit this local Marae and its representatives today as part of induction training ahead of our new season launch on 12th October. Cultural awareness is very important here at Forgotten World Adventures, so this…
September 26, 2024
Northern Explorer’s new premium scenic carriage
Staff members Jo Telfar and Selina Hepi jumped on the Northern Explorer train at Ohakune yesterday through the Raurimu Spiral and hopped off in Taumarunui – on the Main Trunk Line. This was in part to help Great Journeys (KiwiRail)…
July 26, 2024
Whanganui River is a River with Soul
Rising in the mountainous heart of the North Island of New Zealand, the Whanganui River has for centuries been an important route of trade and communication with enormous spiritual significance for Maori. Maori legend has it that the river was…
May 10, 2024
See the Impressive Heritage Railway on a Forgotten World Adventures Tour
We’re certainly not short of amazing things to do here in Tongariro National Park. Every day is open to new experiences which is why so many people travel here all year round. Just half an hour’s drive away in Taumarunui…
March 22, 2024
Off the Beaten Track, Everything Close
It might be called the Forgotten World but it’s actually pretty hard to miss and it’s certainly hard to forget once you’ve been there. Forgotten World Adventures is a unique tourist venture which takes it guests on Rail Cart tours along…
March 22, 2024
The Greatest Travelers in the World
No car … no worries. Long before air travel, mass car ownership and the big OE, Kiwis were flocking to beaches, lakes, parks and mountains for recreation and relaxation, by rail. So many were enamoured by this new fast and…
March 15, 2024
About the Bridge to Nowhere
The Whanganui River (awa) winds its way through the heart of the Whanganui National Park and one of the largest tracts of lowland forest in the North Island, through deep gorges masked in native bush and banks encased with ferns,…
March 1, 2024
Forgotten World Adventures, in the Central North Island, is Perfect for a Day Trip
While the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is on many tourists’ to-do list while in the mid North Island, the weather isn’t always suitable and the crossing requires a certain amount of commitment and fitness. If the weather has thwarted your plans,…
September 27, 2024
Voted one of 12 Surprising Things to Do in NZ!
September 13, 2024
A rail journey like no other
August 23, 2024
SMH Traveller Awards: The top spots for those who just want to have fun
Traveller Awards: Fun Times! The Sydney Morning Herald tasked the Traveller brain trust to recommend places and experiences specifically for those travellers who just want to have fun. We made the cut! We’re a Traveller Awards 2024 winner in the…
August 22, 2024
Rail carts back in demand reports Te Awamutu News
June 20, 2024
That was Fieldays number 56
May 16, 2024
Taranaki: Discover NZ’s Hidden Gem and Forgotten World Adventures
January 15, 2024
Lonely Planet lists Forgotten World Highway among world’s Top 10 bike rides
The Forgotten World Highway, has been listed as one of the world’s Top 10 bike rides by Lonely Planet, and now there is a plan to improve it with a cycleway running alongside the mothballed SOL rail line. A Top…
July 6, 2023
FWA Explores The Forgotten World With Toyota New Zealand
Forgotten World Adventures has always loved Toyota – as can be seen from our significant fleet of seven Toyota Prados, a HighAce van and a Corolla. Together they have done 3.5 million kilometres and are still going strong – except for…
Journey into the heart of wild New Zealand
