12 March 2012 Otago Rail Trail comes full circle. The trail that helped inspire the New Zealand Cycle Trail project — the Otago Rail Trail — has been incorporated as a Great Ride in that same ...

The 150km Otago Central Rail Trail, which runs from Clyde to Middlemarch, is New Zealand's first and longest rail trail. It follows the old Central Otago branch railway line from Middlemarch to ...

Named after the old railway line, built back at the turn of the 20th century, the Otago Central Rail Trail is a must ride. That's because the initial draw card still remains – stunning vast ...

The Otago Rail Trail allows you to fully immerse yourself in the area's beautiful landscape. Photo / Supplied The decades-long battle for Otago's cycle route was worth it, finds Cassandra Mason.

Central Otago Rail Trail. Photo / Creative Commons. The pioneering Central Otago cycleway is to be enrolled into the Government's national network of bike trails.

I rode the Otago Central Rail Trail with my 85-year-old dad. When an opportunity arose to ride one of New Zealand’s best multi-day bike tracks, I didn’t need to ask if he felt up to it.

Mum and Dad have always been keen travellers and big cyclists. In holiday snaps they’re often helmeted, sweat-sheened, and beaming. Not just dedicated pedallers, they belong to the tandem bike ...