Lord of the Rings Half Day Tour

Experience the magical world of Wellington’s ‘Middle Earth’ with a half day (~5 hour) tour of Central Wellington’s scene locations and take a behind the scenes guided tour of the creative, multi award winning world of the Weta Workshop.

Take in the majestic view of the City and Harbour from Mt Victoria and discover the beauty and charm of the Eastern suburbs on a scenic drive and much much more!

Please note you will not see actual movie sets – we will be taking you to a number of scene locations so please wear your ‘imagination hat’!

Your tour includes:

• Guided tour of Weta Workshop including very creative green screen photo opportunities!

• Scenic drive from the City around Oriental Bay up to one of Wellington’s most popular look out points – Mt Victoria.

• 5 movie scene locations – Outskirts of the Shire, ‘Shortcut to…Mushrooms’, ‘Get off the Road’, Escape from the Nazgul-Race to the Buckleberry Ferry and Dunharrow.

• Drive by the Embassy Theatre – location for the world premiere of Return of the King and Australasian Premiere of Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers.

• Drive the Red-Carpet route for the world premiere of Return of the King and Australasian Premiere of Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers.

• Drive by the Roxy Theatre Miramar, co-owned by Weta Workshop co-founder Tania Rodger, Academy Award winning Editor Jamie Selkirk and his wife Ann and several other notable ‘Wellingtonians’.

• Drive by Sir Peter Jackson’s studio Stone Street Studios.

• Morning or afternoon tea at the iconic seaside café Scorch-O-Rama or The Roxy.

• Scenic drive around the charming and picturesque Eastern Bays.

Inclusions:

Bottled New Zealand spring water, lunch & 1 beverage, refreshments, entry fees and complimentary Weta Workshop creative photos.

Exclusions:

Gratuities. 

Key points to note:

Itinerary subject to change.

If you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know at time of booking.

Part of this tour is not suitable for Wheelchair users and mobility impaired guests.

Use of photographs, video files and social media platforms:

By completing the checkout process you agree and confirm that Kaewa Tours can take photographs or video of you at any Kaewa Tours event and can use and/or publish those photographs or video, and any you post to any Kaewa Tours social media page or group, in print or electronically for any lawful purpose including publicity, advertising and on our website. If you don’t want your picture taken for these purposes during your tour, please let us know. Your privacy is our utmost concern – we will do our best not to include you in the pictures or crop you out before posting online.