August 20, 2025
We’re in the Top 10 Worldwide Experiences!
We’d like to thank each and every one of our guests who took the time to review and rate us on Tripadvisor during the last 12 months. As a result of the hundreds of overwhelmingly positive reviews and high score…
August 12, 2025
We Are Hiring!
May 15, 2025
Enjoy 20% off all experiences next season!
May 15, 2025
Manunui Primary School enjoys a ride on the rails
August 20, 2025
We’re in the Top 10 Worldwide Experiences!
We’d like to thank each and every one of our guests who took the time to review and rate us on Tripadvisor during the last 12 months. As a result of the hundreds of overwhelmingly positive reviews and high score…
August 12, 2025
We Are Hiring!
May 15, 2025
Enjoy 20% off all experiences next season!
May 15, 2025
Manunui Primary School enjoys a ride on the rails
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…
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,…
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…
February 20, 2024
Compulsory Relaxation on Forgotten World Adventures Republic 20 Tunnel Tour
With a top speed of 22km per hour, the genius of Forgotten World Adventures’ Rail Carts is that you are forced to slow down, unwind and let the sights, sounds and history of the Forgotten World soak in. Tristan Hooker…
February 7, 2024
To The Trenches!
Today traversing some of the most isolated country in the North Island, the 142 km Stratford-Okahukura line (SOL) winds its way through a staggering 24 tunnels and over 91 bridges. Life was hard for the men who toiled here. The…
January 17, 2024
How’s the weather?
Considered as one of the Top 10 countries to visit by National Geographic, Aotearoa, our little land down under, boasts 200,000 square kilometres of rivers, jungles, coastline, volcanoes, glaciers, monumental National Parks, a rich and beautiful Maori culture, exhilarating snow…
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…
Journey into the heart of wild New Zealand
