Ohakune Carrot Adventure Park — Attraction in North Island

This park is open on Sep 2016 & still an on going project. Main icon is the stand giant carrot , which was installed by the Ohakune Growers' Association back in the early 1980s. Park is having more vegetable character statues like a swede, potato, Brussels sprout etc.. They represent the mainstay vegetables produced in the fertile soils of the Central Plateau around Ohakune. Children will love this place. There's a bike track in the park, a playground, and a Mazda carrot car carved out of a log of old-man pine, while information boards about vegetables, Chinese growers and forestry are a homage to the...

was looking on a shady travel advice website and saw the large carrot and had too attend...the vegtables are really creepy but that is just part of it. Its hard to describe the glory of the carrot (truly worth traveling an extra 5 hours + making us late for our dinner booking) a highlight for my family was the swings...must have been recently oil'ed or something...so smooth and silent. the dead kiwi was off putting...but that was the only sighting we got (apart from kiwi pie (very good)) so we should be thankful.... so yeah would 10/10...100/100 go to this unearthly experience. (and yes its a life...

Great place to play. Very well laid out area for kids featuring some of the vegetables as characters throughout the playground. Swing sets,slides etc all of the things you would expect from a good playground. Then there's an adult work at area with machines that you can use to exercise. Bicycles, steppers, runners etc. Great access down to the river where you can sit and listen to it. And then there's a whole obstacle course area that the kids loved running around but could also be used as an adult to improve your fitness or do other activities. Over all a great place to stop very well planned out...