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Otago Central Rail Trail

43 Dunstan Road, Alexandra 9320, New Zealand
03 440 2040
Ranked #1 of 1 attractions in Alexandra
4.5 of 5 stars 96 Reviews
Type: Trails, Biking Trails
Owner description: The Otago Central Rail Trail takes you on a cycling or walking adventure of a lifetime through 150km of some of New Zealand's most memorable scenery...... more » Owner description: The Otago Central Rail Trail takes you on a cycling or walking adventure of a lifetime through 150km of some of New Zealand's most memorable scenery and awe-inspiring gold mining history. « less
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Tauranga, New Zealand
2 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

We used SheBikesHeBikes for our trip on the Rail Trail. They were very responsive and well organised with the itineraries. The bikes were great - new and comfortable and well maintained - we actually had other people at our accommodation (who hadn't used SheBikesHeBikes) comment on our bikes and they wished that they had had our bikes - as the... More

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Moranbah, Queensland, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012 NEW

well it has been a week since we did the bike trail and it was fabulous we had everything organised thru shebikeshebikes and they catered to all our needs from type of accommodation to gel seats to getting us from Dunedin to the start point, and to Queenstown from clyde. And our bags were always waiting for us at our... More

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Auckland
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18 reviews 18 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2012 NEW

We have always been keen to do the rail trail but as we are definitely a family of non-bikers (mum, dad and two kids aged 10 & 12) we wondered if we would cope with doing the entire rail trail. After talking to a few people we decided to just do a day trip as a "taster". We had a... More

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Auckland, New Zealand
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2012 NEW

With much trepidation and very little training -we departed from the fabulous luxury of Millbrook Resort, Arrowtown for the start of 4 days cycling the Otago Rail Trail. We spent an amazing 4 days, cycling in a landscape painting, enjoying amazing food and hospitality and staying in fantastic accommodation. The end - was a sense of achievement! We were the... More

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Te Awamutu
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2012 NEW

We booked through Shebikeshebikes. Carol and Steve did everything for us our bookings bikes everything. We had been double booked on one of our nites but no problem it was all sorted by the time we arrived in Clyde. They had even arranged for someone to pick us and deliever us to the accommodation which was brillant and we were... More

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Lower Hutt
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012 NEW

We used shebikeshebikes to help organise our trip on the Otago Rail Trail. We had recieved their recommendation by 'word-of-mouth' and would recommend using them to others. Nothing was a hassle and everything went smoothly. It was a memorable experience. April is a beautiful time of the year to bike, cold mornings but clear blue sunny days. Well recommended. More

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Auckland, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012 NEW

A group of 4 women done this trail in April, ranging in ages from 32-65 everyone had an awesome time, weather was spectacular, the track was just something I had ever seen before, it's definetly a must for anyone who loves spending time outdoors. He Bikes / She Bikes was who I booked with and they were awesome, from the... More

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Hastings, New Zealand
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22 reviews 22 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012
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We booked through Shebikeshebikes who put our schedule together and made all our accommodation bookings, arranged our bikes etc. Carol and Steve were great and made our experience easy and enjoyable. The bikes that they arranged were great and well maintained and our panniers were very useful and had the weather been wet were all weather. In fact our weather... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2012

I had a great time on the rail trail, we went from Clyde to middlemarch over 4 days and what a fabulous trip, did it in April which was great as the autumn colors were just coming in. The trail is relatively easy going and suitable for all levels of fitness, if you are looking for adrenaline filled mountain biking... More

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ChCh
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012
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We took our own bikes but Shebikeshebikes made all the transport and accommodation arrangements for us. They were flexible with our needs, found us great accommodation, and ensured that everything ran smoothly in between. 5 stars. The rail trail itself was less spectacular than I had imagined, but still felt like a good day's work for each of the three... More

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