This private tour has been designed for couples that require privacy and flexibility. You can make stops for photo shoots or spend extra time on locations. Travel in luxury with chauffeurs with 25 years of experience in Tours & Transfers! This Tour combination will take visitors with limited time in New Zealand to visit North island’s two most famous attractions. You will love the tour with a glimpse into the making of ‘The Lord of The Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’ movies and marvel at how the sets were made. Your journey then continues to Rotorua the wonderland of geysers, boiling mud and water pools, the smell, colours and sights of the volcanic areas are amazing and will be memorable for every traveler long after this experience.
Private group of 3 travellers
Pickup included
On this one day tour you will get picked up from your hotel in Auckland City in our luxury Sedan and driven through the southern corridor to Waikato and Matamata, you will see beautiful countryside with different farm animals, rolling hillsides and scenic sights along the way You will arrive at the Alexander family’s sheep farm, the home of the Hobbiton movie sets. The Shire’s rest being the entrance to Hobbiton and where you can grab a coffee or an ice cream while we organise your tickets to the movie set, you will see hundreds of sheep grazing on the farm with picturesque rolling hills. You will board a big green Hobbiton bus for a two hour fully guided tour by a professional guide, you will be visiting all 44 hobbit holes and see the amazing gardens and learn the secrets and stories about the making of the movies and the sets. Your tour will end with a beverage at the famous Green Dragon Inn. After the Lord of the Rings experience we will head south to the geothermal area of Rotorua, we will be passing through the unique town of Tirau where you will see corrugated iron sculptures and pass through the stunning Fitzgerald Glade and see more attractions along the way.
Historical Government Gardens
Lake Rotorua is New Zealand’s second largest lake in North Island (footpaths under maintenance at present)
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
1. Pick up times from Cruise ships vary to the stated time of departure and is flexible on exclusive private bookings for guests disembarking from a cruise ship. Cruise Ship guests will be met at the point of exit from the customs area to the arrival area of the port with a name board for ease of identification. Airport transfers extras unless it is specified otherwise, please contact us to confirm.