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Hobbiton, Ruakuri Caves & Otorohanga Kiwi House - Full Day Tour Ex Auckland
Take a journey deep into the heart of the North Island with a captivating guided tour to some of the best tourist attractions in New Zealand!
Discover the real Middle-earth on a fascinating guided tour, well worth the visit.
Highlights Include:
Waikato is home to New Zealands biggest dairy and sheep farming activity. Your journey will take you over the fringes of Hamilton City passing through farming settlements and onto the birthplace of the Maori Monarchy, the King Country.
An unforgettable subterranean experience into a magnificent limestone cave formation. Discover the incredible spiral entrance to the cave and gaze at the shawl-like limestone formations, crystal tapestries and thousands of glowworms. A truly awe inspiring journey into New Zealand’s longest guided underground walking tour.
- Step aboard the Hobbiton coach and enjoy the outstanding views of charming farmland as you journey across the Kaimai Ranges and learn about how the fascinating Hobbiton set was made.
- See the Green Dragon Inn, the Hobbit holes, Bilbo's home, Mill, the Party Tree and other parts of the sets created for the amazing Lord of The Rings trilogy and Hobbiton blockbuster films.
- Get up close and personal to New Zealand’s iconic bird at the Otorohanga Kiwi House! Enjoy a kiwi feeding display and learn about these incredible birds on this amazing wildlife experience tour.
Discover this incredible region in our premium quality coach designed for maximum comfort and enjoy an interesting commentary and entertainment along the way. Our coaches feature large panoramic viewing windows, air conditioning and comfortable reclining seats so you can sit back, relax and admire the outstanding views along the way.
So come with us on a luxurious adventure discovering the real Middle-Earth on this unforgettable and enchanting experience!
Price: Adults $350, Children $175
Price Includes:
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Departures: 7:00am (be ready for boarding at 06:45am) from Auckland - InterCity Terminal, 102 Hobson Street and returning to Auckland at approx 7pm
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Erika Perez from Mexico wrote on 21 August 2016
Awesome rounded up day tour
Thumbs up to Terry the guide/driver; cannot guarantee they're all the same but he was knowledgeable and nice. The caves are a good balance of glow worms/caves and incredibly non slippery. Hobbiton is very nice too but best part was the buffet. Kiwi house good to see an actual bird! Overall excellent and totally recommend!
HUI YING from Malaysia wrote on 10 August 2016
Superb
Thanks Chris , Debbie, 'Kid' - our trip wouldn't be better without all of them! Comfy coach , great tour, yummy lunch and snack. Oh ya, not to forget the cute (but can be dangerous)kiwi kiwi bird ? and the stunning caves! Thanks again Chris for dropping us back to the hostel in the rainy day ?
From Hobbiton, Ruakuri Caves & Otorohanga Kiwi House - Full Day Tour Ex Auckland
Hi Hui Ying Choo, thank you for your review. We're glad that you enjoyed your trip with Gray Line and the dangerous kiwi!
Ricardo from New Zealand wrote on 08 August 2016
Good value for your money
It's a good all day experience. You get to see some incredible places you can only find in NZ. If you are here, this is a must-do
From Hobbiton, Ruakuri Caves & Otorohanga Kiwi House - Full Day Tour Ex Auckland
Hi Ricardo Sanchez, thank you for your review. We're glad that you enjoyed your trip.
Sonia from United Kingdom wrote on 29 July 2016
Hobbiton,Ruakuri Caves & Otorohanga Kiwi House
This is an amazing trip. Hobbiton was so much more than we expected. Nicola was our guide and had a fantastic knowledge of the Hobbit trilogy and the LOTR films. The buffet lunch in Hobbiton was plentiful and with a great selection of foods (savoury and sweet). The glow worm cave networks are fantastic and enormous - our guides Russ and Beth were excellent. For the final part of our trip we visited the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park and were thrilled to see the Kiwi's defend their territory against the 'intruder' (park keeper) at feeding time. So funny to watch. There is a great variety of other native birds too. All in all a very enjoyable trip. Well worth a visit :)
From Hobbiton, Ruakuri Caves & Otorohanga Kiwi House - Full Day Tour Ex Auckland
Hi Sonia, thank you for taking your time to write this great review! We're glad that you enjoyed your trip. Kind regards. Jason.
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Ngoc Ky Nguyen from United States wrote on 22 August 2016
LOVE IT!
Throw the beginning of the tour the bus driver Chris that picked us up was just AWESOME! He was so informative and so nice and patient. It made the experience way better. The hobbiton tour was super pretty. Everything was just perfect from the weather, the workers, the tour itself