• Daily full-day tour combining Waitomo Glowworm Caves and Hobbiton Movie Set
• Scenic guided boat ride through Glowworm Grotto
• Explore Hobbit Holes™, the Mill, and the Green Dragon Inn with a guided tour
• Enjoy a delicious picnic lunch en-route to Hobbiton
• Travel comfortably with hotel pickup/drop-off, free Wi-Fi, and air-conditioned coaches
Take a journey through the heart of the Central North Island, taking in the Waitomo Caves and Hobbiton Movie Set on a full-day sightseeing tour.
Setting off from Auckland, travel through the lush farmland of the Waikato and King Country regions, enjoying your driver guide's entertaining and informative commentary. At the world famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves, take a 45-minute guided tour through impressive underground caverns and learn how stalactites, stalagmites and other limestone structures were formed over millions of years. Your tour includes a boat ride through the Glowworm Grotto – glide silently along an underground river as you gaze at the twinkling glowworms overhead.
After exploring Waitomo, tuck into a delicious picnic lunch en-route to Middle Earth! Next, take a guided tour of the famous Hobbiton Movie Set, located inside a picturesque 1,250 acre sheep and beef farm near Matamata. Here, the village of Hobbiton was carefully created in amazing detail as a film location for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movie trilogies. During your guided tour of this amazing location you'll see sights like Hobbit holes, the Mill and the Green Dragon Inn, and learn how farmland was transformed into a living, breathing piece of Middle-earth.
All tours of Hobbiton Movie Set now include an interior Hobbit Hole™ experience, designed and crafted by the renowned creative teams behind The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. Located on Bagshot Row™, these Hobbit Holes offer an authentic glimpse into the charming dwellings of Hobbits going about their daily lives in the Shire™. After visiting Waitomo and Hobbiton, continue to Rotorua, arriving in the evening.
From 7:15 am: Hotel pickups commence (Complimentary Hotel pick-up / drop-off available from selected inner-city hotels)
7:45am: Arrive at Sky City Coach Terminal (102 Hobson St.), check in and board
8:00am: Coach departs Auckland
11:00am: Arrive at Waitomo Caves for guided tour
12:30pm: Depart Waitomo Caves
14:00pm: Arrive at Hobbiton Movie Set for guided tour
17:00pm: Depart Hobbiton Movie Set
18:15pm: Arrive at Rotorua (1167 Fenton Street)
18:20pm: Hotel drop offs commence (Complimentary Hotel pick-up / drop-off available from selected inner-city hotels)
Visitar atracciones turísticas
Waitomo Glowworm Cave
Hobbiton
Hobbiton Movie Set
Comida
B: Excluded, L: Included(Picnic Lunch), D: Excluded