Experience the real Middle-earth™ with a private tour of the Hobbiton Movie Set, the bucolic setting for The Shire™ as featured in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies.

Your tour starts with a journey through the picturesque 1,250 acre sheep farm with spectacular views across to the Kaimai Ranges. Your personal guide will escort you through the twelve acre site recounting fascinating details of how the Hobbiton Movie set was created.

The Hobbit Holes™, Green Dragon™ Inn, Mill and other structures created for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films can be viewed and you will see how this beautiful piece of Waikato farmland was transformed into The Shire from Middle-earth. 

From 1 April 2026 - 31 March 2028 $4200.00 minimum spend
Please note all rates are displayed in NZD.
Tour time approx 2.5 hours. 

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