Product Overview

Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor on a Full Day Lord Of The Rings Tour. Thus we will travel into Tolkien’s Middle-earth and discover the mystical lands that inspired the Lord of the Rings movies. Our local guides will transport you through magical lands and bring films to life with fascinating tales. 

Highlights

• Visit filming locations from LOTR, The Hobbit, X-men Origins: Wolverine, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and others
• Bring the films to life – dress up and take photos in our replica props
• Visit Paradise Forest – the Forest of Middle-earth
• Travel the Skippers Canyon Road to Lighthouse Rock
• See spectacular views of Queenstown 
• Gold pan in the Arrow River

Product Description

The Safari of the Scenes full-day tour covers much ground to deliver the signature scenes shot around the Queenstown region.   Commencing at 8am, the tour first travels west to Glenorchy and Paradise before returning to Queenstown for lunch followed by Arrowtown and Gibbston before finishing in Skippers Canyon.   Refreshments of tea, coffee, hot chocolate accompanied by biscuits and cake are served both morning and afternoon and a light lunch is supplied in one of the Queenstown cafes.   The morning tour travels along the Wakatipu Lake edge to the small hamlet of Glenorchy.   This portion is scenic with many photo stops along the way and in the Paradise region of Mount Aspiring National Park, short walks on flat forest track are easy and the road is a mixture of seal and gravel.   The afternoon section is more rugged with short periods of rough ground and river crossings.   The tour visits Gibbston and Arrowtown and the Skippers Canyon Road which is high and windy.   Short walks are on well-managed surfaces and the opportunity to pan for elven gold is beside the river on uneven ground. Content of the tours includes the settings for The Ford of Bruinen, Gladden Fields, The Pillars of the Kings, the exodus from Edoras, Warg Battle, Misty Mountains, Ithilien Camp, Oliphants, Caradhras, Lothlorien, Fangorn, Gap of Rohan, Isengard, Dunharrow and many backgrounds to the scenes. Join us!  "Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas! "

Departure Times

8:00AM 

Duration

 9.5 hours

 

What To Bring

• Sun protection • Bottled Water • Camera • A sense of adventure! • A valid credit card on the day for insurance and liability purposes