Hobbiton Movie Set & Farm Tours including BBQ Lunch

Discover the real Middle-earth on the most picturesque private farmland near Matamata in the North Island of New Zealand, where you can visit the Hobbiton Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in a fascinating two-hour guided tour.
The set has been completely rebuilt and will remain as it was seen in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.There are spectacular views across to the Kaimai Ranges from the rolling green hills of the movie set, which is still a working sheep and beef farm which give you the opportunity to cuddle and bottle feed the pet lambs. 
BBQ Lunch will be served at The Shires Rest Cafe with a tranquil setting for you to enjoy your meal, the unique hobbit-like environment of the Kaimai Room or on a nice day, you can relax on the balcony, enjoying the most stunning views of rural New Zealand. 
We very much look forward to welcoming you to the Hobbiton Movie Set & Farm! 


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Hobbiton Movie Set & Farm Tours including BBQ Lunch

Discover the real Middle-earth on the most picturesque private farmland near Matamata in the North Island of New Zealand, where you can visit the Hobbiton Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in a fascinating two-hour guided tour.
The set has been completely rebuilt and will remain as it was seen in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.There are spectacular views across to the Kaimai Ranges from the rolling green hills of the movie set, which is still a working sheep and beef farm which give you the opportunity to cuddle and bottle feed the pet lambs. 
BBQ Lunch will be served at The Shires Rest Cafe with a tranquil setting for you to enjoy your meal, the unique hobbit-like environment of the Kaimai Room or on a nice day, you can relax on the balcony, enjoying the most stunning views of rural New Zealand. 
We very much look forward to welcoming you to the Hobbiton Movie Set & Farm! 


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Te Pō - Indigenous Evening Experience

Start time 6:15pm

Te Pō is the experience of the feast of storytelling, entertainment and Māori Cuisine.

Experience an authentic Māori welcome upon your arrival at Te Puia, enjoy an in depth experience of the customs and traditions of Māori, with a traditional pōwhiri (Māori welcoming ceremony), a warrior's challenge and a full kapa haka (Māori performing arts) concert.

Feeding guests is regarded by Māori as an honour and a sign of a tribe’s mana (standing). A sumptuous banquet which combines contemporary cuisine with a traditional hangi (earth-cooked oven meal), where kai (food) is steam-cooked by hot rocks in the earth, giving it a delicious smokey flavour are provided during the evening

Following dessert, you will be transported by the 'people movers' to enjoy the spectacular lighting of the Te Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley. Guests can wander around the illuminated natural attractions, including the world famous Pohutu geyser, while enjoying more Māori-inspired delicacies and a hot drink.

In Māori tradition, Te Pō (the night) was a very important time. It was when Ranginui (Sky Father) and Papatūānuku (Earth Mother) lay in an embrace. When separated, light permeated Te Pō and Te Ao Mārama (World of Life) began.

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White Island and Mt. Taravera Volcanic Experience (3.5 hours)

Volcanoes and amazing landscapes combine in this unforgettable lifetime excursion. Experience New Zealand’s two most prominent volcanic features, from the steaming crater floor of White, Island to the high, exposed summit of Mount Tarawera. The lunar like experience of walking on the active crater floor of an offshore volcano is almost indescribable. We also land on the breathtaking summit of Mount Tarawera. You will enjoy not only the extremes of the landscape but also an in-depth insight provided by your experienced pilot/guide. Additional scenic highlights include the Waimangu and Wai-O-Tapu thermal reserves, Huka Falls and in the summer time it is possible to view the school fish and

dolphins which abound in the warm Pacific Ocean.

Flight Subject to a Minimum of Three Passenger Fare

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OceanWorld Manly

OceanWorld Manly is one of the most spectacular Sydney attractions. To get most out of it, take Manly ferry from Circular Quay, as you will be able to watch one of the most spectacular sunsets in the world on the way back if the timing is right. The OceanWorld is an excellent attraction for both children and adults. While in the area, enjoy other main Manly attractions – beaches. The Oceanworld also features live shows of reptiles and free guided tours.

Shark Dive is the opportunity of a lifetime if you've ever wanted to dive with sharks. You will get up close and personal with huge grey nurse sharks, giant stingrays, sea turtles, wobbegong sharks, moray eels and a vast array of marine life. And no experience is necessary as there are two dive programs; one for qualified divers and one for beginners!  

 
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Magistic Cruises

Magistic Cruises is Sydney's most desired lunch cruise by both locals and international visitors. Also perfect for groups and business lunches (For groups over 30 guests please enquire about our private dining room). Our Magistic Lunch Cruise offers restaurant quality dining with a sensational buffet lunch - a great alternative to cruise and dine with the world famous Sydney Harbour views. 

Our Australian built luxury catamaran features contemporary interior decor and is fully air conditioned. While you dine on board you can sip a cool drink from the bar, walk around the extensive outdoor decks and enjoy your meal at your leisure.

 
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The Summit Restarant

What was the Summit Restaurant is now the beautifully re-modelled O Bar and Dining. Internationally renowned chef and owner Michael Moore is the driving force behind the creative evolution of this Sydney icon; transforming this unique venue into the sleek, world-class space that it now is. 

O Bar and Dining bears a stylish, modern interior, every detail of the luxurious venue hand picked by Moore himself. Soft, ambient light installations, plush couches and deep leather chairs have guests feeling immediately at home yet also a world away in equal measure. 

With varied spaces under the one roof, each with a unique menu offering, an evening in O takes you on a journey without having to leave the comfort of your seat. 

With spectacular 360 degree views of Sydney, O Bar and Dining an experience not to be missed. 

Throughout its vast circular layout, O features a space to suit any occasion. Whether it’s a meal with friends, a special occasion in the elegant private dining room or late night supper in the Bar, O is the place for a cool and sophisticated night out in the heart of Sydney. 

The multi-layered dining offer is global and modern providing different options at the same time in the same space creating energy and buzz.

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The Sydney Tower Restaurants

The Sydney Tower sits a whopping 250 metres above Sydney city, the views from the tower are breathtaking and take in from as close as the Harbour Bridge and Opera House to sights as far away as the beaches to the mountains. You'll look down on one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

The tower has a capacity of 960 persons, and contains two levels of restaurants, a coffee lounge, an Observation Deck, two telecommunication transmission levels and three plant levels. To get there you can travel in one of three high speed double deck Lifts take approximately 40 seconds to travel from top to bottom or if you register for the annual Sydney Tower Run-Up you can get there by climbing 1504 stairs.

Sydney Tower Buffet is the contemporary self-select restaurant in Sydney Tower Dining. Offering an extensive banquet-style dining experience with uninterrupted revolving views of the city, Sydney Tower Buffet provides the perfect relaxed dining environment for locals and visitors alike.

With more than 40 freshly-prepared dishes on offer, guests can sample food from a range of cuisines including succulent fresh seafood, modern Australian, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Thai.

Relaxed dining and friendly service make Sydney Tower Buffet a perfect dining option for families. Take advantage of our KIDS EAT FREE special offer which runs all year round (Mondays & Tuesdays, lunch & dinner) and during school holidays (Monday - Thursday, lunch & dinner). Conditions apply.

360 Bar and Dining is the preeminent restaurant space in Sydney Tower Dining boasting unsurpassed 360 revolving views of the Sydney skyline. With dark mahogany wood finishes and soft ambient lighting, 360 Bar and Dining provides a breathtaking setting with an unbeatable backdrop.

Offering excellent modern Australian cuisine matched with unwavering service, the restaurant indulges guests with fine fare in a sophisticated environment.

Start with a glass of champagne or cocktail at the iridescent golden shell bar before enjoying innovative cuisine prepared by skillful chefs.

Indulge in 360 Bar and Dining's opulent surrounds and enjoy views from one of Sydney's best vantage points.

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4WD & Lord of the Rings Adventures (4 hours)

Nomad Safaris operates 4WD tours using a fleet of modern off road vehicles. With either half or full day tours, Nomad Safaris offers off road adventures around the Queenstown area. Nomad Safaris 4WD tours encompass everything from Lord of the Rings tours to historical gold mining tours. Our 4WD tours explore locations around the Wakatipu basin, including Arrowtown, Glenorchy and Paradise and backcountry locations such as Skippers Canyon and Macetown.

With us you can explore Lord of the Rings filming locations and Otago gold mining settlements. You will witness stunning Southern Lakes scenery, from Lake Wakatipu to the Shotover and Arrow Rivers, to the Remarkable Mountains, Fiordland beech forests and stunning Aotearoa skyscapes. We will tell you about New Zealand maori folklore and European pioneer culture and paint a vivid picture of this wonderful land of ours.

All this is on offer while you relax in the comfort and warmth of our true offroad vehicles. We use Land Rover Defenders and Toyota Landcruisers which are specifically built to handle the various types of 4WD terrain we take you to.

Each of our 4WD vehicles holds up to six passengers and with no need of microphones your time with us is very personal. We will show you the beauty and magic of real New Zealand in such a way that you will feel forever connected with this small country at the bottom of the world. You’ll be wishing you did not have to go back to your own reality.

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Funyak Safari

The ‘Funyak Safari’ is a truly unique adventure that combines exhilarating wilderness jet boating with unique ‘Funyak’ inflatable canoes for a fun way to intimately explore magnificent ‘World Heritage’ wilderness within Mt Aspiring National Park. Your professional guides will take you on an inspiring adventure through dramatic landscapes where you’ll discover the natural and cultural diversity of this amazing area that make it so rare and special.

An exhilarating wilderness jet boat journey, complete with exciting jet spins, will take you up the ever changing channels of the glacier fed Dart River’s braided river system, with your expert jet boat driver stopping along the way to highlight and discuss points of significance within this spectacular environment.

The next part of your adventure then begins and you paddle / drift your own ‘Funyak’ on a fun downstream journey, with your specialist guide pointing out sights and sharing stories of this awe-inspiring area as you explore the shimmering channels of the Dart River as well as hidden side streams, rock pools and dramatic chasms.

You’ll stop along the way and enjoy a delicious wilderness buffet lunch amidst spectacular surrounds before continuing in your ‘Funyak’ downstream to ‘Paradise’, from where you’ll travel via a back-country route through spectacular locations and scenery that has formed the epic backdrop for many international movies, including ‘The Lord of the Rings’.

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Queenstown Highlights Tour (3 hours)

Travel to the foothills of New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook, on a full-day sightseeing tour from Queenstown to Christchurch.

Setting off from Queenstown, travel by luxury air-conditioned coach through ruggedly beautiful landscape and over the Lindis Pass into the Mackenzie Country. We enter the amazing Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park, home to New Zealand's highest mountain, where there is time to stop for lunch and a chance to enjoy the amazing alpine scenery. According to Māori legend, the boy Aoraki and his brothers once hit a reef in their canoe. When they climbed to the higher side of the tilting vessel, the cold south wind froze them, turning them into stone. Aoraki and family now form the Southern Alps, which you will see in all their glory on this tour.

During your stop at Mount Cook Village, choose to enjoy a delicious lunch (optional extra) at the famous Hermitage Hotel. Also on offer is the chance to take a scenic flight over this spectacular region (additional cost, weather permitting – this flight can be arranged with your driver guide on the day).

In the afternoon, travel past Lake Pukaki to Lake Tekapo, where you can view the solitary Church of the Good Shepherd against the backdrop of this vivid blue glacier-fed lake. We then continue through the diverse farmland of the Canterbury Plains

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Reef Opulence

Catering for the privileged few, Reef Opulence is a unique and totally exclusive Great Barrier Reef experience. Greeting you at your accommodation, a chauffeured limousine delivers you in style to your awaiting luxury helicopter. The flight to the reef will amaze.

From the moment you lift off, uninterrupted panoramic views provide a unique perspective of stunning tropical landscape. Fly along coastal rainforest fringed beaches, over tropical islands, unspoiled sand cays & the turquoise waters of the Coral Sea en route to Marine world, your spacious 45mx12m, 3 storey reef activity platform, ready for your exclusive use. On arrival the crew will explain the extensive range of all inclusive reef activities available (snorkelling, certified or introductory diving, tropical fish feeding, reef interpretation, private coral viewing and other) then the time is yours to do as much or as little as you like. Enjoy a freshly prepared hot & cold breakfast before returning to Cairns.

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Suva City Day Tour

A full Day guided tour visiting Fiji's Capital city of Suva begins with a refreshments at Holiday Inn then  drive through at the Government Building built in the late 1930s, stop over at the Fiji Museum  located in Suva’s historical Thurston Garden which aims to preserve and raise awareness on the national heritage of Fiji, drive through Government House the present mansion was built in 1928 to replace the original building - the residence of the colonial governor, drive pass GCC complex, also visiting  our Fiji Parliament   and end up to our Pure Fiji Factory that we firmly believe that enjoying and promoting all aspects of the culture and environment of the pacific in a conscious and responsible manner ensures the successful preservation of not only the environment, but also the way of life. Also enjoy the best meals provided in Holiday Inn.

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Rover Ring Tour (full day)

This full day tour encompasses the best Lord of the Rings locations the Wellington Region has to offer. Combining our half day and locations tours, this is a great day for any Middle-earth fanatic, general film fan or someone looking for a fun activity. Our expert guides will make your experience a memorable one.

Starting with a central city pick up, you scale Mt Victoria and stop at the lookout for unbeatable views of Wellington City and Harbour, before a short descent into a unique pine forest where Peter Jackson began the filming of his epic trilogy. You see such scenes as “Shortcut to Mushrooms,” “Race to the Buckleberry Ferry,” and the iconic “Get off the Road” scene, where the Hobbits hid from the Black Riders.

Following this, you will take a short trip to Miramar, the home of the Wellington film industry. We show you the studios and post production facilities that helped bring these films to screen before settling at Weta. Here you have a chance to pose for photos with various characters and marvel at the craftsmanship of the sculptures, armour and weapons on display and pick up those essential souvenirs and gifts. Here also, you watch a behind the scenes documentary that details the history of the Weta company, from its origins through to present day, and enjoy the “Windows into Workshop” tour. Guided by an actual Weta technician, this tour delves into the creativity and ingenuity needed to create the physical effects for some of the biggest and best movies ever, not just Middle-earth. It will leave you amazed at the vast influence Weta has had on the film industry and in no doubt why we call the area “Wellywood.”

With so much information to absorb in the morning, you begin the afternoon with an orc sized lunch from a brilliant beach side cafe called Scorch-O-Rama. Lunch is included in the price of your tour. Once refuelled, you can relax as your guide tells more stories of how Lord of the Rings came to life in New Zealand as you head towards more filming locations out of the city.

Starting at the Hutt River, see where the Fellowship voyaged down the Great River Anduin towards Amon Hen. Then the Gardens of Isengard where Gandalf sought advice from Saruman the White about the Ring before Saruman’s orc army destroy the gardens. Continuing up Highway 2, you then visit Kaitoke Regional Park, a stunning New Zealand rain forest that became Rivendell. Enjoy a refreshing afternoon tea before wandering the paths walked by Elrond and Arwen, and the newly formed Fellowship of the Ring.

You end the tour with a drive back to the city and a final chance to ask any more questions about all things Middle-earth [or anything else for that matter]. You also see the quarry used to film Helm’s Deep and Minas Tirith before being dropped off back in town

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Seal Colony & Wind Farm Tour (half day)

This Tour is a Half Day tour of Wellington’s extraordinary natural flora and fauna including a visit to Tongue Point Seal colony. The wild forces of nature all collide within Wellington’s dramatic landscape. It is home to mythical beasts, is the source of wondrous legends, and has been ravaged by earthquakes and cyclones.

Before we get to the seals, the tour departs from central Wellington and we travel past some of the city’s most famous icons on our way to the suburb of Karori and soon leave the city limits and drive through a real slice of rural New Zealand.

Enjoy an exhilarating journey through Terawhiti Station to the dramatic Seal Coast south of the city. Home of New Zealand’s most modern wind farm, Terawhiti Station is also a working beef and sheep farm.  As we drive through the farm we discuss the history of farming and electricity generation in the area.  We will drive you across a live active fault line, over rocky beachfront and around headlands to visit a colony of Wild New Zealand Fur seals. The views on this tour are exceptional – weather permitting, you’ll see the Tasman Sea meet the Pacific Ocean, the tumultuous waters of Cook Strait separating the North and South Islands, and the distant mountain ranges of the South Island.

Fur Seals are at the colony all year round, but peak Seal numbers are May ~ August. The farm is a working farm, so the animals we see will depend on time of year.

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