The green pastures and rolling hills of Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand, were chosen to portray Hobbiton and The Shire in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Lord of the Rings tours in Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand, expose the scenery captured by Peter Jackson in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Explore Middle Earth and other locations.
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New Zealand is renowned for its wonderful scenery, which has attracted the movie industry to film blockbuster movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Last Samurai. The remains of the sets of both these movies are now popular attractions. Sit back, relax and let FreeWheelingNZ.com tours show you the country which made these productions so spectacular...(more)
New Zealand is renowned for its wonderful scenery, which has attracted the movie industry to film blockbuster movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Last Samurai. The remains of the sets of both these movies are now popular attractions. Sit back, relax and let FreeWheelingNZ.com tours show you the country which made these productions so spectacular...(more)
Visit the remnants of the original Hobbiton village set from The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Set on picturesque private farmland near Matamata in the North Island. The farm runs 250 beef cattle and more than 12,000 of New Zealand's famous sheep on the lush, rolling hills. Demonstrations of sheep shearing and working farm dogs...(more)
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