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Experience your own Middle-Earth adventure and visit the original Hobbiton Movie Set. Travel in style from Auckland to Hobbiton Movie Set – set on rolling farmland, this is the world famous movie set where you’ll see the intricately created ‘Hobbit holes’ the Green Dragon Inn, the Party Tree and so much more cinematic magic without being chained in a large crowd! Immerse yourself in the sights, smells, sounds and tastes of the Shire as featured in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. Your personal guide will escort you through the twelve acre site recounting fascinating details of how the Hobbiton Movie set was created.
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Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Auckland, New Zealand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Experience your own Middle-Earth adventure and visit the original Hobbiton Movie Set. Travel in style from Auckland to Hobbiton Movie Set – set on rolling farmland, this is the world famous movie set where you’ll see the intricately created ‘Hobbit holes’ the Green Dragon Inn, the Party Tree and so much more cinematic magic without being chained in a large crowd! Immerse yourself in the sights, smells, sounds and tastes of the Shire as featured in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. Your personal guide will escort you through the twelve acre site recounting fascinating details of how the Hobbiton Movie set was created.
Stop At: Hobbiton Movie Set, 501 Buckland Road Matamata, Hinuera 3472 New Zealand
Walk into the real-world landscape of Middle Earth on a walking tour of the Hobbiton™ Movie Set, where you get a behind-the-scenes look at ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit.’ Pause at the Green Dragon™ Inn to for a draft of Hobbit™ Southfarthing™, see the remarkable detailing that brought Hobbiton™ to life on screen, and visit the places where key scenes were created. Take a look at Bag End, where Frodo and Bilbo’s adventures began. Get lost among the hobbit holes and visit the Green Dragon Inn, the mill and the Party Tree. Listen to spell-binding tales of how Hobbiton came to be.
Fall in love with the Alexander family sheep farm, just as acclaimed director Sir Peter Jackson did, as you journey through the unequivocal beauty of the land, with the mighty Kaimai Ranges towering in the distance. After returning to Matamata, re-join the luxury coach to travel through majestic tree-lined town that sits at the heart of New Zealand’s rural heartland to visit Lake Karapiro!
Duration: 3 hours
