Hobbiton Movie Set + Rotorua Living Māori Village Experience

Our tour starts from Auckland city centre where we pick you up. Then you’ll enjoy a two-hour scenic drive into Waikato, with a scenic stop or two for taking picturesque photos of New Zealand’s lush countryside.

​Once we arrive, you may spend 30-45 mins shopping in the official Hobbiton Gift Shop and grab a drink or a bite in the famous Shire’s Rest Café. Your guided tour starts on a Hobbiton tour bus with a drive through a picturesque 1,250 acre sheep farm with spectacular views across to the Kaimai Ranges.

Take a look at Bag End, where Frodo’s 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.

After you finish your amazing Hobbit tour we make our way through the scenic roads into Rotorua for your next experience at Whakarewarewa – the living Maori village!

On the Whakarewarewa Guided Tour, you will explore an authentic living Māori village where people live on a daily basis, using natural geothermal resources to cook, bathe and heat their homes as they have for centuries.

Discover the vibrancy of Māori culture and the fascinating traditions of the Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao people, who shaped tourism in New Zealand. View the geothermal wonders of Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley up close, including the world-famous Pōhutu geyser, boiling mud-pools, steam vents and bubbling pools.

Enjoy a traditional cooking demonstration – watch our residents prepare Hāngi meals in our in-ground steam boxes, and cook corn in the bubbling water of our geothermal hot pools – as they have for generations.

Learn what it’s like to live in the challenging environment of the Whakarewarewa Valley, where daily life includes cooking in the bubbling pools and steam vents, and bathing in the refreshing therapeutic waters.

After you finish your amazing tour experience, we make our way through the scenic roads of Waikato back to Auckland city centre.