Arataki Visitor Centre

Last Sunday, the weather was beautiful. Tony wanted to get out of the house to enjoy some sun it has been awhile since we last had a good weather. I suggested to go to The Rainforest Express which is located in the heart of Waitakere and it is about 15mins away from our place. 300metres before the rainforest express, there is a sign erected on the left of the road telling us that it was approaching...however after driving past the 300m mark for almost 1km we arrived at the Arataki Visitor Centre. There was no sight of the so called The Rainforest Express. On the way back, we saw another sign saying we are 300m away from The Rainforest Express...the only turn off at the 300m is at "Jacobson's Depot"...which is actually where the train departs, which we came to realise after we returned home and check on internet. There is no mention of this Rainforest Express at the entrance of Jacobson's Depot at all and was very disappointing. Can't imagine if you are a tourist and is on a self drive trip..driving to find this attraction! :(

Though we were disappointed, we did have a tour at Arataki Visitor Centre to enjoy some beautiful scenaries.