Visit Lord of the Rings Movie set and Hamilton Gardens. We travel south through lush green farmlands and plains to Matamata, the home of the Hobbits! Then on to the shires rest! Here your journey begins to the original Hobbiton Village, from the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Drive through a picturesque 1250 acre working farm with 12,000 sheep and 200 beef cattle on site! Enjoy the spectacular views across to the Kamai Ranges.
Your enthusiastic local tour guide will escort you through the set recounting fascinating details on how the Hobbiton set was created, stories during the filming, and recall different parts of the movies.
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Bus Stop at 26 Princes Street, Grafton, Auckland 1010 | ||||||||||||||
| DEPARTURE PLACE | MAP | ||||||||||||||
| DEPARTURE DATE & TIME | Every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. | ||||||||||||||
| INCLUDED |
|
||||||||||||||
| NOT INCLUDED |
|
||||||||||||||
| WHAT TO BRING
PASSENGER NUMBER REQUIRED |
|
Day 1
Hamilton Gardens covers an area of 58 hectares. The unique theme of Hamilton Gardens is “the story of gardens” which is made up of many different very beautiful, international gardens.
Hobbiton
Experience the real Middle-earth with a visit to the Hobbiton Movie Set, the setting for The Shire that featured in the Peter Jackson-directed film, “The Lord of The Rings”.
Your tour starts with a drive through the picturesque 1,250-acre sheep farm with spectacular views across the Kaimai Ranges. Your guide will escort you through the ten-acre site recounting fascinating details of how the Hobbiton set was created. The Hobbit holes, Green Dragon Inn, Mill, and other structures created for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, can be viewed and you will see how this beautiful piece of Waikato farmland was transformed into “The Shire from Middle-earth”. At the end of the tour, you have time for pictures and dress up in clothes from Middle-earth, along with a taste of home-brewed ginger beer (non-alcohol) at the Green Dragon.
After a great day, we return home at 6pm.*
*Times are approximate, please allow for variances in times due to unforeseen situations.
Tour Reviews
There are no reviews yet.
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.