Category: Rail Trail Resources

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Otago Central Rail Trail Overview

The Otago Central Rail Trail is the most popular cycle trail in New Zealand with over 10 000 people cycling the full length each year and more than that number using the trail for shorts trips. The Trust website is the best place find links for renting bikes and accommodation. The new pocket guide Otago Central Rail Trail easy guide by Brian & Diane Miller provides a wealth of background information on the trail along with very detailed cross-sections which show the location of the many side trips available along the trail.

Check out this video about a couple of Americans cycling the Otago Central Rail Trail

Lake Sutton is the only inland salt lake in New Zealand – located an 11.5km bike ride from Middlemarch – Allow an hour to walk into and around the lake.

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Lifelogs publishes innovative pocket bikers guide to the Otago Central Rail Trail

When the Department of Conservation bought 150km of unused rail corridor in Central Otago 1993 and proposed a bike trail, many people laughed at the idea. Who would use it they said?

Well 10 years after the full track was finished more than 10,000 people a year cycle the full trail and many thousands more enjoy day trips. A few years ago some friends finished the trail ands said they would have liked a lot more information about the area and sidetrips, so Brian & Diane Miller have spent many months developing a new pocket guide.

The book – Otago Centrall Rail Trail – easy guide was published this week and should change the way people use the trail by making them more aware of the surroundings and side trips.