Travel the short distance from Rotorua to Matamata, home of Hobbiton Movie Set.
Upon arriving at Hobbiton, meet your guide who takes you through this working sheep farm, a prime filming location for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movie series with incredible views overlooking the world’s biggest outdoor movie set.
Your tour group is smaller than the public tours with this tour option!
Fans will love exploring the Shire, home to hobbit holes including Bilbo Baggins’s house. Stop for photos in front of the Mill, the party tree and the double-arch bridge as you’re entertained with tales about the making of the films. Then head to the Green Dragon Inn for a complimentary cider, ale or ginger beer.
After your tour of Hobbiton, enjoy an included lunch at The Green Dragon marquee before your day trip ends with drop-off at your hotel in Auckland.
Posted By : G6906GXaj
Incredible experience. We took the tour with pick up from our hostel in Rotorua to Hobbiton. Our driver for that leg, Willy, was kind and courteous and an absolute pleasure. We even had to take a detour due to a road closure but Willy navigated around and made sure we made it to Hobbiton right on time. He even waited and made sure we met our tour guide for the second leg, Damian. We were with Damian from Hobbiton to Waitomo, and then to Auckland. Damian was a wealth of knowledge about Hobbiton, the different cities and vistas along the route back to Auckland, and general facts and information about New Zealand - especially about bird conservation, predator remediation, and bush cabins. I really appreciated his insight and commentary on the ride. My partner and I are vegetarian, and Damian even made sure we knew what options were available to us at the Hobbiton lunch buffet. And of course, Hobbiton and Waitomo Caves were incredible experiences and I am grateful to have visited each site. I highly recommend Bush and Beach tours and I will tour with them again when I next visit New Zealand.
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Posted On : 2024-02-19 20:58:38 
Posted By : murtyc
They were very efficient, punctual, and courteous. They managed it well despite this being a logistical jujitsu for they brought in tourists from Rotorua and Auckland in different buses with lots of luggage and dispersed them to different tours and destinations in different busses after the Hobbiton tour - without misplacing the bags! Our driver/guide, Kelly, was excellent in maintaining the schedule and giving us updates during the drive. Bush and Beach added a couple of nice touches as part of the tour package - a lunch and a NZ $10 discount voucher in the Gift Shop.
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Posted On : 2024-02-09 01:07:08
Posted By : Terese W
Hobbiton is a beautiful stage set with lots of cute doors and accessories that might mean more to Hobbit super fans. The food for the lunch was plentiful and tasty.
The transfer from Rotorua to Auckland left much to be desired. The pickup and drop off from Rotorua were early. The driver had very little information for us except that someone else would have our Hobbiton tickets (she wasn’t sure we had Hobbiton tickets at first) and give us a ride to Auckland. Our Auckland driver showed up with tickets just as our Hobbiton tour was leaving which was very disconcerting as we were unsure up to that point after standing around for 40 minutes and giving us no time to confirm our bags were in the right place. Surely there could be better communication.
The transfer from Rotorua to Auckland was too long to be sitting in such uncomfortable seats. The seating in the van needs to be improved.
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Posted On : 2023-11-02 20:21:10
Posted By : cathytQ3780UD
Our tour was Auckland to Hobbiton to Rotorua. Milton was our tour guide, he was very knowledgeable about the entire trip down to Hobbiton, all the areas we passed through. Another guide drove to Rotorua, he was also knowledgeable about the areas we went through.
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Posted On : 2023-10-21 00:30:58
Posted By : Dennis_H
This trip was our way getting to Auckland from Rotorua. Even if you are not a Hobbit fan or never saw the movies, you will enjoy the scenery. It was a nice lunch too.
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Posted On : 2022-12-16 15:34:42 
