On this one day tour you will get picked up from your hotel in Auckland City in our luxury Saloon and driven through the southern corridor to Waikato and Matamata, you will see beautiful countryside with different farm animals, rolling hillsides and scenic sights along the way You will arrive at the Alexander family’s sheep farm, the home of the Hobbiton film sets. The Shire’s rest being the entrance to Hobbiton and where you can grab a coffee or an ice cream while we organise your tickets to the film set, you will see hundreds of sheep grazing on the farm with picturesque rolling hills. You will board a big green Hobbiton bus for a two hour fully guided tour by a professional guide, you will be visiting all 44 hobbit holes and see the amazing gardens and learn the secrets and stories about the making of the films and the sets. Your tour will end with a drink at the famous Green Dragon Inn. After the Lord of the Rings experience we will head south to the geothermal area of Rotorua, we will be passing through the unique town of Tirau where you will see corrugated iron sculptures and pass through the stunning Fitzgerald Glade and see more attractions along the way.