Auckland to Rotorua via Hobbiton One Way Private Tour

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Highlights

Pass through the beautiful countryside of the Waikato and King Country regions
Learn about rich Maori heritage
Visit the world famous Hobbiton Movie Set including the Hobbit Holes, Bag End, the Green Dragon Inn, the Mill and the famous Party Tree

Description

On this best-selling private tour, you have the unique opportunity to experience this world-famous visitor attraction on a wonderful, personally guided one-day tour. On the way to Hobbiton, pass through the beautiful countryside of Waikato and King Country. Your experienced and knowledgeable local host-guides will tell you about New Zealand and its extraordinary places you will see along the approximately 2.5 hour journey from Auckland to the Hobbiton Moviw Set. As you drive southwards, you'll see the sacred Taupiri Mountain as well as Ngaruawahia, the site of the famous Turangawaewae Marae (Maori meeting place) and seat of New Zealand's Maori King. Visit the Hobbiton Movie Set near the rural town of Matamata, made world-famous as the original setting of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings”- and “The Hobbit”- trilogies. Now you are able to see the Hobbiton Movie Set during a 2-hour tour, giving you astonishing insights into how these movies were made and which parts of the movies were filmed here. Then continue on to Rotorua to be dropped off, after which your guide will start the return journey to Auckland.