In all honesty it was great !!! Throughly enjoyed it albeit physically taxing (coming from a woman in her mid 50s who hasn’t done mtb ever before ). If you want more details read on below …. Just a brief note to the department of conservation - there seems to be some areas that they have forgotten to pave - significantly sized “cobblestones” to ride over, slushy areas where one could bog down… Apparently this is “literally tech” according to my MTB afflicted 15yo son who could have done the course in 45mins if he wasn’t waiting for his parents and siblings. Furthermore , we protest at the number of uphills - there are a couple - there is no indignancy in walking the bike up. The white wine at the end still tasted great whether one walked or rode up. My husband thought he was 18yo (late 50s) was hero riding and came to grief when one of the rocks came up and tried to bite him. The Apple Watch , turns out, has a falls assessment and offered to call emergency services . We declined - as only injury was to ego. Would thoroughly suggest. Views are amazing (we had a sunny day). We hired bikes through TCB - very helpful and informative. They tricked us to the start of the ride and even took family (proof of life) photos !!!

This is definitely one for al to enjoy, especially now that e-bikes allow those with a different level of fitness to also enjoy. This ride has everything, and is topped with well explained history boards along the way. The track is ideal for biking, running and walking, with Ohakune the town at road end with its variety of food and drink to enjoy. Hugely recommend Kune Shuttles to get you there for this excellent and achievable adventure

We walked the Old Coach Road from Ohakune to the Hapuawhenua Viaduct and back, it was 13km in total and took us about 3 hours. It is well worth it as the views of the two viaducts are amazing. They are a real feet of engineering and we found out that the old viaduct was the location of the first commercial buggy jump in the world. The path is well signposted and the terrain is undulating and not overly strenuous. The paths are uneven and vary between gravel, cobbles and rough stone, so make sure you wear good footwear. It's a popular cycling route but there's plenty of space to share the walking paths with those on wheels.

FInally completed a longheld dream to ride OCR. We used TCB shuttles in Ohakune to take us to the track start at Horopito. for a one way ride back into Ohakune. TCB Staff were informative and I highly recommend their services

This was a really fun ride. The forest was beautiful and the viaducts were spectacular. While not a long or difficult ride, it was quite rough due to the cobbled surface of the old road and we were pleased we had full suspension ebikes, rented from TCB.

Fabulous walk from Marshall’s car park, only an hour to get to the viaduct, tricky sharing the trails with so many bikers, so would do again mid week when quieter, also lots of info along the way which you may miss if you are biking. Picnic table and long drop at the viaduct too!

Overall, this was a very good ride. We did it both ways and it is manageable for average riders and certainly OK if using ebikes. Some lovely parts and great scenery with interesting history. Does need a bit better signage at beginning if starting from Ohakune and at rain crossing at the Horopito end where steps to access the rail crossing don't make it an obvious transition, or maybe that was just because we were going so fast! Miss it and it's an uneasy ride on rail balllast. The cobble is tough at times but by picking the best course it's tolerable. Certainly worth doing.

We walked from the car park to the viaducts- did not bike. Good easy walk with nice views of 2 viaducts on New Zealand’s main trunk line - old and new. Not a lot of the walk is shaded, most is in the open. Informative signs along the way. One suggestion: When you reach the point where the straight path goes inside the tunnel and the right turn goes to viaducts, take the right turn. You cannot exit from the tunnel to the other side.

Beautiful scenery, great trail with a bit of everything in it. Points of interest along the trail. Hiring of E-bikes was a great experience..

Great ride. Don't be foolish about the km seems short??. It is a bumpy rocky ride across various terrain. If wet quite difficult we would think. Dry condition as we had nice but still quite difficult in places. We enjoyed it...take water . Level of fitness needed as some places the cycle up across rocks and tree roots.. challenging.

We got a shuttle to Horopito and biked to Ohakune. It is very hilly with a good track but it is incredibly rough pretty much the whole way with tree roots, rocks and cobbles jutting out of the ground. Lovely scenic route but I would rather walk it than bike it. The tunnel and Hapuawhenua viaduct are pretty amazing sights.

We hired dual suspension bikes and got a shuttle ticket from Ohakune to Horopito from TCB who were just fantastic to deal with. I was a novice mountain biker but honestly thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip back to Ohakune! The scenery and landmarks are so varied there was never a dull moment. 10/10 would do it again!!

This was a great morning out. Track very easy to follow. Bit rough in places but the scenery and bridge rides were fantastic. One way took us 2 hours.

My partner and I hired bikes and did the return journey which is about 30km. Definitely more difficult/uphill on the way there compared with the return back to ohakune. It was manageable for 2 people with 0 mountain biking experience on conventional bikes within 3 hours, but if I were to do the whole 30km again I’d opt for an e bike. Scenes are beautiful and the downhill is a great rush. I’d recommend starting early so that the track is alot quieter, after 10am it started to get busy with people dropped off at the other end.

We loved this bike tour! We were shuttled to Horopito and biked (mostly downhill) to Ohakune, through Tongariro National Park on Old Coach Road. The scenery was beautiful...huge trees and dense vegetation, crystal clear streams, and hilltop vistas. We biked over viaducts and through a tunnel, concluding our tour with a shuttle pick-up at a quaint little cafe with garden seating. As two 70-year-olds with plenty of biking experience, this was one of our favorite tours.