Middle Earth Tour: Explore Iconic Film Locations

Embark on a half-day Lord of the Rings tour. Visit iconic film locations, enjoy scenic views, and immerse yourself in Middle Earth lore.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Skippers Canyon - We head to the Skippers Canyon Lookout to view New Zealand’s “Most Dangerous Road”. Not only a spectacular view but also a Lord of the Rings Filming location located further within the Canyon. We stop afterwards at the nearby Coronet Viewpoint to taking in the surrounding views of the Wakatipu Basin and navigate our journeys plan…
What's Included
  • Photos with Authentic Props
  • Largest selection of Authentic Licensed replica props
  • Tea and coffee
  • Copies of original scripts and production call sheets
Additional Information

Epic Adventures to the Real Middle Earth and Back Again! Join our Lord of the Rings “Nerds” aka tour guides who have superior knowledge on all things “Rings”. We’ll take you to the original film locations and put YOU in the scene while narrating humorous and intriguing tales from the time of filming. Join us for your personalised journey through the…

Location
Coronet Peak & The Remarkables Snow Centre
Shotover Street
In front of the station building on the corner of Camp St and Shotover St. There are wooden benches for waiting right where the buses pull up.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Jim_p
Feb 26, 2025
Loving this experience - Excellent experience! Loved all the sites we saw where our tour guide had pictures from the movies so you could see the comparison. The best part was playing with actual replica swords and props. It was fun to review the movie scripts as well. You will LOVE this tour. Well worth it.
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Noam
Feb 23, 2025
Amazing tour - A great tour, Shane the guide is a real 10/10 LOTR fan, very patient, caring for everybody in the tour, keeping everyone interested, funny and really knows the small details that make it fun. The scenery was amazing, extra sight seeing with the visit to Arrowtown, and the costumes are a nice cherry on top.
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Audraroth
Feb 23, 2025
The perfect tour - We drove around to various filming locations. Each was explained by Ian our guide- who was great!!! He explained the scene, showed photos from the films where the location was shown, and answered all questions. He was extremely knowledgable. He brought film props and let us handle and photograph them. We stopped in Arrowstown for a quick bite to eat. I highly recommend this tour.
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Kathryn_f
Feb 20, 2025
Highly recommend this excellent tour - An absolutely fantastic tour with our friendly, knowledgeable guide Francesco. Great for LOTR nerds with lots of extras to supplement the views, but even my husband who has zero interest in LOTR thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Definitely a highlight of our trip to NZ.
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Jenny
Feb 20, 2025
Awesome tour and guide - Shane, our guide, owns the company. He is very knowledgeable about Queenstown and Lord of the Rings. He drives you to the movie sites and even buys you coffee. You get to role play and learn about the area. Excellent tour and even gives food advice for New Zealand.
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678coleh
Feb 19, 2025
Excellent tour of Queenstown/Middle-Earth - Great views from areas that I would not have found or been able to get to without this tour. Our guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and very clearly a big fan himself! He had great stories and fun facts about the production of the films and it made the tour an exceptional experience. Couldn’t recommend it more!
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L4805darafaelh
Feb 19, 2025
Friendly staff - Must do activity for any LOTR fan or anyone in general. Our driver/guide Ian was very knowledgeable and friendly. Plenty of photo opportunities throughout the day.
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Pavithra
Feb 18, 2025
Amazing time - Loved the half day tour with Ian ! This tour serves the nerdiest of the LOTR fan , as well as amazing trip qround queenstown with amazing scenery . It kept my teens occupied as I absorbed the details off script and production from Ian . Thank you for a lovely time
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B3548nystever
Feb 16, 2025
An amazing LOTR day whether you’re into the trilogy or not! - Shane made the whole trip worthy of the fellowship. His knowledge, energy, and fun attitude made for an incredibly memorable journey to many of the LOTR sites. Highly recommended!
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Jbserendipity
Feb 16, 2025
Spectacular locations, very informative commentary and some great props from the LoTR productions for guests to try out. - Annie is an excellent tour guide - knowledgeable, a clear speaker and mindful of how she can assist everyone in her tour group. The tour sites have been well thought out and include some spectacular locations that also shed important light on various production scenes in LoTR. The tour exceeded my expectations. Well done to all in the company and especially to Annie.
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