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Wellington's Original LOTR Experience - includes Weta and Lunch
By Wellington Rings Tours
Free cancellation available
includes taxes & fees
per adult
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 8h
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Selective hotel pickup
Activity location
- Weta Workshop
- Corner of Camperdown Rd & Weka St, Miramar
- 6022, Wellington, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Weta Workshop
- Corner of Camperdown Rd & Weka St, Miramar
- 6022, Wellington, New Zealand
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Wellington's Original LOTR FD
- 8h
Activity duration is 8 hours 8h - English
Pickup included
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30
Price details
฿6,006.44 x 1 Adult฿6,006.44
Total
includes taxes & fees
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What's included, what's not
- Weta Workshop tour and a lunch feast fit for a Hobbit included in tour price
What's included What's included - Pick up and drop off available direct from cruise ships - we've never missed a drop off
What's included What's included - Owned and operated by genuine fans, several of whom worked on the films
What's included What's included - Expert guides with film industry experience
What's included What's included - Guaranteed drop off back to Cruise Ship on time. We haven't missed a drop off in 15 years
What's included What's included - Visit the best LOTR filming locations
What's included What's included - Bonus native forest walk in a 1000-year-old temperate rainforest
What's included What's included - Central Wellington pick up
What's included What's included - Service charge
What's excluded What's excluded
Know before you book
- Public transport options are available nearby
- Specialised infant seats are available
- Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for participants with walkers or limited mobility
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
What you can expect
Enjoy a full day, all-inclusive adventure in Wellington, the home of middle-Earth. Visit some amazing locations from the Lord of the Rings films, enjoy a delicious lunch and visit the famous Weta Workshop, where the films were created.
We are Wellington's original Lord of the Rings tour and have been operating since 2002. Formerly Rover Rings Tours [before Covid], Welly Rings Tours is proud to show you Wellington as Middle-earth. Our fans-turned-guides will share with you fascinating stories of the making of these films that you likely won't hear anywhere else - mainly because some of our guides were actually there!
Activity itinerary
Weta Workshop
- 1h 30m
- Admission ticket included
Delve into the heart of Wellywood and visit the Weta Workshop, a physical effects workshop who created all the props, armour, weapons, costumes, miniatures and prosthetics for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films.
Learn the secrets of film magic on a behind-the-scenes tour by a Weta employee, who will explain the creative process behind bringing these films to life.
You'll also have chance to take photos with various characters and weapons, as well as treating yourself to a souvenir or two, if desired.
Mount Victoria Lookout
- 15m
Enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the harbour and city from the Mt Victoria lookout. Your guide will talk about the landmarks you can see from the top and help you take photos.
Mt Victoria is always on the list of things to do in Wellington, so we thought we'd save you the trouble of walking up the hill to get there!
Embassy Theatre (Pass by)
Drive past the Embassy Theatre that was used to host two world premieres of the Middle-earth films - The Return of the King and An Unexpected Journey. Your guide will share stories and pictures of how Wellington was transformed literally into the middle of Middle-earth.
Mount Victoria
- 1h
Descend into the forested slopes of the nearby Outer Shire, where our expert guides will explain the process of film making and entertain you with stories of how the Lord of the Rings films were brought to life. You will follow in the footsteps of Frodo and the Hobbits as they began their quest to destroy the One Ring. You will see the "shortcut to mushrooms", "get off the road" and hide from the Black Riders before fleeing to the Buckleberry Ferry. You will have the chance to recreate some of the most famous scenes from The Fellowship of the Ring and make your social media streams go crazy!
Aston Norwood Gardens
- 1h
- Admission ticket included
Enjoy a feast fit for a Hobbit to recharge your batteries for more film locations in the afternoon
Poet's Park
- 15m
See a section of the Great River Anduin as the Fellowship make their way to Parth Galen
Harcourt Park Disc Golf Course
- 30m
Harcourt Park aka The Gardens of Isengard. Here you will see how this normal, everyday park was transformed into the scenes where Gandalf rode to Saruman seeking council and the wizards walked through the gardens discussing their situation. This is also where the orcs began felling the trees once it was revealed Saruman had turned to the dark side...
Kaitoke Regional Park
- 1h
- Admission ticket included
Kaitoke Regional Park, a stunning, thousand year old, temperate rain forest. This was used as the location for the beautiful Rivendell, the last homely house east of the sea. Here you will immerse yourself in the magical setting and learn how the area was transformed into Elrond's house, Frodo's bedroom and the bridge where Arwen and Aragorn share a kiss. You can release your inner Elf and snap a photo reenacting a famous Legolas image and then recreate the scene where Frodo leads the newly formed Fellowship towards Mordor by posing in front of the Rivendell gate tower which is the only Lord of the Rings replica structure in the whole of New Zealand outside of Hobbiton.
You will also see a scene from the Fords of Isen, where Eomund was found by Eomer at the start of The Two Towers, and have a chance to cross a swing bridge and visit a giant 800-year-old native Rimu tree and learn something of New Zealand's flora and fauna.
Location
Activity location
- Weta Workshop
LOB_ACTIVITIES LOB_ACTIVITIES - Corner of Camperdown Rd & Weka St, Miramar
- 6022, Wellington, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Weta Workshop
PEOPLE PEOPLE - Corner of Camperdown Rd & Weka St, Miramar
- 6022, Wellington, New Zealand