Hobbiton Gold tour including Zealong tea tasting and Hamilton Gardens.

HOBBITON GOLD TOUR. Small group - Driver escorted. Includes Rangiriri battle site, Zealong Tea Estate with tasting,  the award winning Hamilton Gardens and a very special 2.5 hour guided tour of Hobbiton including the new 'Beyond the Door' themed Hobbit home.

Depart Auckland 8.30am any weekday, monday - friday (including public holidays) for a minimum of 2. If travelling as a single please email us first to ensure we have others reserved on the day you want.

One way Auckland to Rotorua is available arriving about 6pm.

Unsolicited comment from past passengers:

Mahalo. Thank you Steve!! We really enjoyed our tour. (KK Hawaii)     

Tour includes: 

**       Pickup from Auckland inner city and airport hotels and Manukau Transport centre 

**       Visit the Rangiriri battle site where the first battle of the Waikato land wars was fought in November 1863.

**        Visit the only Tea Estate in New Zealand with Oolong tea tasting included

**        Two hours to explore the award winning HAMILTON GARDENS, voted garden of the year 2014, by the International Garden               Tourism Network, with over 1 million visitors a year. Hamilton Gardens has been transformed from a  rubbish dump into 21 fascinating themed gardens including Te Parapara Maori Garden, Kitchen Garden, Herb Garden, Tudor Garden, Rose Garden, Rhododendron lawn, Camellia Garden, Victorian Flower Garden, Sung Dynasty Chinese scholars Garden, Italian Renaissance, Indian Char Bargh, Japanese Garden of Contemplation, Modernist, and English Flower Garden. When you  have explored the gardens relax in the cafe on the banks of the lake for a wide variety of quality food for lunch - own expense

**        Brief visit to LAKE KARAPIRO and the Karapiro Hydro dam on the mighty Waikato, New Zealand's longest river - 325 km

**        Continue to the fantasy world of Hobbiton. Drive through part of the 500 hectare (1,250 acre) sheep and cattle farm to the                   Hobbiton Movie Set, centre of Middle Earth. Enjoy a 2.5 hour guided tour with specialist guide.  Learn from your local guide how the set was created and see the Hobbit Holes, Gardens, Bag End (Bilbo and Frodo Baggins home), Party Tree, lake, The Mill, Green Dragon Inn, and much more. Enjoy one cold drink at the GREEN DRAGON INN. Your choice of dark or  light beer, apple cider, or non alcoholic Ginger Ale. New from 01 December 2023 is an immersive experience inside a  Hobbit Hole in Bagshot Row  open to the public for the first time. Features include an entry hall, two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and dining area, a pantry, and a crackling fireplace to make you feel at home.

Return to Auckland about 7pm. Return may with another operator. This day is part of our BEST OF THE WAIKATO tour which continues to Rotorua