Experience the world-famous Lord of The Rings Hobbiton Movie Set and the geothermal and Maori cultural wonders of Te Puia all in one day. This unforgettable combo tour takes you to two of the top tourist attractions in the North Island.
Highlights:
• Hobbiton & Alexander Family Sheep Farm
• Te Puia Geothermal Park & Pohutu
• Maori Cultural Village and Arts School
• Rotorua City Highlights
While the destinations you will be visiting are truly spectacular, Cheeky Kiwi Travel believe it is our small groups, our guides, the journey and the little details that set our tours well apart. Secret stops, wildlife viewings, specially designed vehicles and many other pleasant surprises ensure our tours are an experience to remember.
Our tours are led by our famously passionate tour guides, notorious for bringing your journey to life by sharing their stories and rich background knowledge, and run in a modern, comfortable minibuses packed with extras ensuring your comfort and safety.
Posted By : Ellen_S
A very well organized tour that started on time and our tour guide, Simon, was friendly and informative. We saw so many new things all in one day! It was such a wonderful way to see some of the NZ country side on a short layover. We learned so much from Simon as well as from the guides at Hobbiton and Te Puia. At the same time, the day wasn’t rushed. We had plenty of time to eat and shop.
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Posted On : 2024-06-04 15:13:48 
Posted By : Tamar_B
Great trip, service and the guide, highly recommended! The itinerary is very interesting and both Hobbiton and Te Puia are magical places. Our guide John had a great sense of humor, driving and guiding skills and wealth of knowledge about NZ. Great 1 full day trip for sure even if you are not Lord of The Rings fan
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Posted On : 2024-06-03 07:21:08
Posted By : 375tamarb
Great trip, service and the guide, highly recommended! The itinerary is super interesting and reasonably packed, our guide John had an amazing sense of humor, wealth of knowledge about NZ, great driving and guiding skills and was accommodative to the group's needs. Would definitely use Cheeky Kiwi and John's services again.
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Posted On : 2024-06-03 05:41:14 
Posted By : thequeenej
Great tour led by a great guide. John made the tour enjoyable with his jokes, trivias and fun facts. He is easy to approach and talk to. He also took photos for us (which I appreciate as a solo traveler) Apart from a good vehicle with comfy seats, we were provided snacks as well throughout the trip. Glad to have booked this tour via Cheeky Kiwi!
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Posted On : 2024-05-31 04:02:34
Posted By : William M
I did the tour starting from Auckland and including the hobbiton movie set and the te puia tour. The guide (Greg) did a great job and was a big factor in this tour being an awesome experience. He made everyone welcome and took the time to discuss with everyone. He also told us some of his best stories about rotorua, the hobbiton movie set as well as New Zealand more generally. He also taught us some words in Māori which I thought was great.
Even as a solo traveller it was great to take the tour as the guide took the time to have a chat.
The bus was overall comfortable and far from overbooked with plenty of space for everyone.
I recommend this tour as the visit of hobbiton and te puia were great too (different companies of course but worth the visit, I’ll make sure to leave a comment to them too)
Perhaps next time I’ll come back for the gloworm cave tour !
This tour was really worth the money!
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 22:29:49
Posted By : maichollg
The tour is responsible for the time, has good treatment with passengers and has extensive knowledge of the country's history, which is mentioned during the trip. The destination, Hobbiton, is incredible for those who are followers of the works, and those unfamiliar will have an excellent impression. It's a little weaker about Rotorua, but it is integral to the history, and the Kiwis are beautiful. The geyser is fine.
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Posted On : 2024-05-02 17:51:56
Posted By : 736mayz
We had a fantastic day. Cameron picked us up from our hotel along with the other guests and we drove to Hobitton. It was a nice drive with lots of things to see. The view is spectacular, all the green valley, lovely house you will see along the way. Cameron is kind enough to tell us lots of stories of different iconic places.
Hop into the green bus to Hobitton movie set and transform into the life of Hobbits. The view is amazing, every corner is photo worthy for your next Instagram post. Then, get into the Hobbit-hole, look at all the details they put in it. Touch them, sit on them, the photos and videos! You are a child again! Or at least, I am. Dion, our tour guide in Hobbiton is lovely and patient and happy to answer all your questions and take your photos too. Then we get to the Dragon inn on our last stop to enjoy a drink on the house! Yay!
Back to the main bus, we travelled to Rotorua where we learned and appreciate the Maori culture, Our tour guide taught us to say our Welcome in Maori, but if course it's so long I only remembered Kia Ora! I forgot his name because it's long, sorry, but he is lovely and funny and answered all the questions. Then we went to the Kiwi conservation and I saw a fat male Kiwi for the first time in my life! His name is Kete, if u remembered it right. Then we walked near the mud section and I learned the many healthy and beauty benefits of the natural NZ mud. Then went to Te Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley, and Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. It's great to learn about Maori culture and it's good that the youth of Rotorua are so engaged in enriching their culture and kind enough to share it with us. Thank you.
Back on the bus to drive home and I just fall asleep because it was such a long day 😉.
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Posted On : 2024-04-24 17:30:04
Posted By : Boon Hong T
I believe it's Asnoz that made the entire trip pleasant and enjoyable. He made sure that we're all well hydrated with snacks along the journey. Along the way, recommendations to attractions and foods were made. When we tried, they were very good and reasonably priced.
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 04:15:03
Posted By : Jason_S
Fantastic day out visiting Hobbiton and Te Puia Maori Center and hot springs in Rotorua. John the driver is knowledgeable, fun and has a great sense of humor! After a really early start (5:40am early…) we got to Hobbiton in time for the 9:00am group tour, which lasts around 2 1/2 hours, including a drink at the Green Dragon pub. Then on to Rotorua for the 1:00pm guided tour of Te Puia which lasts till 3:00pm. Following that John took us in a brief tour of central Rotorua and the lake before heading back to Auckland, dropping us off around 7:00pm. We were lucky to have only 8 on the bus so we could stretch out (it holds up to 16). Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2024-04-09 06:03:11
Posted By : BayAreaCouple2
First we have to say a big thank you to Grant who did an awesome job picking up everyone on a very tight schedule!!! He had amazing energy and always was clear on the instructions on when and where to meet. He repeated the instructions more than once which was great. We enjoyed his narration on the history and culture of NZ during the drive. It was a very expensive tour but we didn’t want to drive so that made it worth it. Hobbiton was wonderful and loved how they recently opened the replica, where you could go inside one of the 2 homes and see the living room, den, bedroom, kitchen, etc.
At the cultural center, we were happy to see the Kiwi in the special enclosure and the geysers were really gushing which I guess is not a guarantee. Also we saw the Maori men learning to carve to carry out their tradition.
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Posted On : 2024-04-03 07:49:21
