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We have been proudly providing Lord of the Rings tours in the Wellington region for 20 years. Join our professional guides as they share all that built up knowledge. Learn about the Weta Workshop who made the films and the beautiful natural locations all around the region.
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Lars
Montreal, Canada1 contribution
Feb 2020
We did the Half Day Locations Tour and we had an absolute blast. Our guide, "Irish Dave" as he called himself, was a fountain of knowledge with tons of interesting titbits about not only the filming of LOTR but also about Wellington and current going's on. We started in the morning and by the time we got to lunch (we were provided with muffins and tea) we had seen where the hobbits found their short-cut to mushrooms and hid from the Ringwraight. We also visited Rivendell, Isengard and one of the many River Anduin Locations. We had an absolute blast with Dave who even provided us with props for a little wizard garden stroll.
Written 25 February 2020
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Thank you for the great feedback. I will pass on your review to Dave.
Written 25 February 2020
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Dano
Melbourne, Australia4 contributions
Mar 2020
Wayne with Rover Lord Of The Rings Tours was a great tourguide. He was outgoing and easy to talk to. He was knowledgable of the movies and talked about his time as an extra on one of the films which provided an interesting perspective. He was quite friendly and the tour felt like friends having a day out rather than a more structured experience.
Written 4 March 2020
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Hi,
Glad you enjoyed your day with Wayne. I will pass this feedback on to him which i am sure he will appreciate.
Written 5 March 2020
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Chris Jones
Adelaide, Australia3 contributions
Dec 2019
We were in Wellington a couple of weeks ago and had booked a tour of Weta Workshop. The shuttle bus to Weta left early and left us behind.Luckily Phil, of Rover Rings, offered to give us a lift so that we could make our appointment. Not only did we arrive on time but Phil was a knowledgeable and charming host. Thanks Phil!
Written 13 January 2020
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Thank you for looking us up and leaving us the review, Phil is our hero too!
Written 14 February 2020
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EddieRoooo
1 contribution
Dec 2013
Confirmed the booking for 0830 hotel pickup then they straight up didn't turn up for the full day tour. Phoned at 0850 and they said they'd lost the booking and the tour had left. Even though it was before 9 (their stated Wellington pick up time) they said they weren't able to pick me up. Offered no apology. Had arranged my time in Wellington around this tour so left a sick taste in the mouth.
Written 21 December 2013
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MonicaH_SLO
San Luis Obispo, CA17 contributions
Apr 2013 • Family
Okay, so I read the other reviews, and saw complaints from people who were disappointed that they didn't get to see actual sets. This is a tour of LOCATIONS around Wellington, and it will especially make sense to people who have watched Peter Jackson's extended edition "appendices" -- If anything, I was MORE impressed to be shown how the filmmakers took a simple quarry and transformed it into Helm's Deep. If you want to see the full sets and CGI, watch the movies. If you want to have fun and learn how the magic of filmmaking really works and spend a day with other LoTR fans (some die-hard, and others just curious), then take this tour. My almost-12-year-old daughter and I did the full day tour with Randall and had a blast. We were with 7 other people all from different countries and of different ages, and we liked it better than Hobbiton, because of the personal touch. Lunch was fabulous, tea in Rivendell was fun, and the Weta tour (yes, we got the tour, not just the movie) was brilliant. On the plane ride back to California, my daughter and I enjoyed watching the trilogy again and marveling over how we had actually been in those places.
Written 10 April 2013
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JBK2917
Washington DC, DC32 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
We are huge Lord of the Rings nerds, and took multiple tours of Lord of the Rings filming locations over our tour of the two islands. We both felt that this tour was the best of our whole trip. Grant, our guide, was kind, funny, knowledgeable and about as nerdy as us. He told us many great stories from filming, and let us spend as much time as possible exploring each location. We loved the laminated photos the tour provided so that we could envision each scene at its location. Our lunch at Scorch-o-Rama was delicious and our tour at Weta was incredible as well. Everyone on our tour seemed to have a great time. We would recommend the full day tour – you’ll hit all the great LotR spots around Wellington in a day – and it’s a day you’ll be talking about long after!
Written 31 December 2017
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Bluejug
Scarborough, Australia109 contributions
July 2015 • Solo
We did the half day tour. We visited Mount Victoria, a film location trail nearby that didnt resemble the scenes much and then the Weta caves for the last 2 hours. All locations are open to the public to visit without being on a tour. For almost $300 for 2 adults and 2 children I didn't see the value and would have rathered just visit Weta on our own.
Written 18 July 2015
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Alan W
Gilbert, AZ12 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
While I understand that this company is competitively priced, i was very underwhelmed at the sites we saw during this tour, thus I feel there are other things to do in Wellington instead of a LOTR tour.
Our tour guide was very friendly and chatty, however we encountered a few problems. First off, we were told that we would be picked up from our hotel at 8:35AM and we woke up early and got breakfast and was ready in the hotel 10 minutes early. We were not picked up until after 9AM as they had last minute bookings and other passengers were not timely picked up, causing us to wait nearly half an hour.
While on the tour, our guide took us to Victoria Peak and told us some great facts about the area. The view from the peak was fantastic! We then went to one of the major scenes of the first LOTR movie, which was easily noticeable from the film and again our guide had interesting stories and provided us with little known facts about the location. We then went to Weta Cave and things started to go a bit sour. After completing our tour, we waited for what felt like an hour waiting for a credit card machine. Instead of making us wait for a long time while we were hungry, it would have been nice if the other driver had met us at the cafe where we had lunch. The lunch spot had a special menu, however there was no LOTR inspired food on the menu.
After lunch we went to the Anduin River and the guide was going off on tangents about other movies and characters and we spent a long time just standing and listening to the guide before heading back to the bus. After this we went to Rivendell, which was a fun spot and did a little walk and heard about the how they were planning to build a facility at the location. We had a snack and drink and then went to Isengard, which was quite underwhelming (at least to me because it was a frisbee golf park and looked nothing like what the movie portrays). We spent what felt like an hour here and due to the morning mishap and waiting for the card machine, we ended up at the hotel later than expected. We were briefly shown Helms Deep and Minas Tirith locations from the bus, which again you would have no idea any filming happened there. While the tour delivered on what it promised, I just feel it was not worth the full day we had in Wellington and certainly not worth the cost.
For other Wellington visitors, I'd recommend not doing a LOTR tour as there are better things you can do with your time and money. Please note I am a lord of the rings fan and this review is my opinion. I will reiterate that the tour delivers what it states, however not worth the cost.
Our tour guide was very friendly and chatty, however we encountered a few problems. First off, we were told that we would be picked up from our hotel at 8:35AM and we woke up early and got breakfast and was ready in the hotel 10 minutes early. We were not picked up until after 9AM as they had last minute bookings and other passengers were not timely picked up, causing us to wait nearly half an hour.
While on the tour, our guide took us to Victoria Peak and told us some great facts about the area. The view from the peak was fantastic! We then went to one of the major scenes of the first LOTR movie, which was easily noticeable from the film and again our guide had interesting stories and provided us with little known facts about the location. We then went to Weta Cave and things started to go a bit sour. After completing our tour, we waited for what felt like an hour waiting for a credit card machine. Instead of making us wait for a long time while we were hungry, it would have been nice if the other driver had met us at the cafe where we had lunch. The lunch spot had a special menu, however there was no LOTR inspired food on the menu.
After lunch we went to the Anduin River and the guide was going off on tangents about other movies and characters and we spent a long time just standing and listening to the guide before heading back to the bus. After this we went to Rivendell, which was a fun spot and did a little walk and heard about the how they were planning to build a facility at the location. We had a snack and drink and then went to Isengard, which was quite underwhelming (at least to me because it was a frisbee golf park and looked nothing like what the movie portrays). We spent what felt like an hour here and due to the morning mishap and waiting for the card machine, we ended up at the hotel later than expected. We were briefly shown Helms Deep and Minas Tirith locations from the bus, which again you would have no idea any filming happened there. While the tour delivered on what it promised, I just feel it was not worth the full day we had in Wellington and certainly not worth the cost.
For other Wellington visitors, I'd recommend not doing a LOTR tour as there are better things you can do with your time and money. Please note I am a lord of the rings fan and this review is my opinion. I will reiterate that the tour delivers what it states, however not worth the cost.
Written 14 October 2014
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Daniel C
Orlando, Florida, United States8 contributions
Nov 2019 • Couples
I am a LOTR fan. My wife has not seen one movie. We both loved this tour. Beautiful locations all around Wellington. Lots of information about the books, the movies, and New Zealand itself. Our small group was especially nice at WETA so we felt like we could ask questions and not feel rushed. Manon, our guide, did an amazing job. That she herself was a true fan came clearly through. She was knowledgeable and enthusiastic and even offered to take pictures when needed. The themed lunch was in reality a themed menu of a normal, but very tasty, lunch. No complaints at all for this one.
Written 19 November 2019
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Jet816824
8 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
The tour was really well organized and, more importantly, great fun. There was a terrific mix of beautiful and recognizable scenery, Weta Workshop wonders, and LOTR trivia. Our tour guide Dave told us tales of his exploits as an extra on LOTR and gave us background on all the places we visited. There was plenty of time for pictures and our group had a lovely esprit de corps. Would highly recommend it to anyone who loved the books and especially the movies. We learned lots about New Zealand as well. Lunch and conversation with other members of the tour were a plus.
Written 22 October 2018
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Hi Jet81624,
Thanks for your review. We always try to find a good balance between everything we do in order to cater for everyone's interests. We've been lucky enough to work with several people over the years who had experience working on the movies, so we've managed to gain a lot of insight into the production that you won;t be able to find elsewhere.
Thanks,
Rover Rings Tours
Written 8 November 2018
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What is the max number of people on a tour?
Written 5 January 2019
WTGL
Wellington, New Zealand
Hi cgwright1,
Our vehicles are all 18-21 seats, so that's the maximum. Obviously it depends on bookings on the day.
The Weta Workshop portion of the tour can sometimes be shared with 2 vehicles [in a tour space designed for 50pax].
Thanks,
Rover Rings Tours
Written 5 January 2019
I selected Evans bay marina carpark for pick up. Are you able to pick me up there? it starts at 8:30. What time will you pick me up?
Written 4 September 2017
Yes double check with them and they will verify. They are good about picking you up where you wish.
Written 7 September 2017
Yes we certainly do. Just let us know what date you are arriving and we will happily collect you from the cruise ship terminal!
Written 30 April 2017
Hi,
Under 2 year olds are free of charge however we do not provide car seats
Written 27 March 2017
My husband and I are taking a Princess Cruise that will be at the Wellington ship terminal 10 Feb 2016. Can you pick up and drop off at the terminal?
Written 24 December 2015
I have honeymooners going on your tour on the 27Feb2015. They will be coming in from Taupo and will not arrive to the airport until 7:20am. I am afraid that they will not be able to get off of the airplane and over to the Quality Hotel Wellington in time for the 8:30am tour pick-up time. Is there any way that you would be able to pick them up at the airport on that day before you start your hotel pick ups? Or could you wait until they get to the hotel? They have a Super Shuttle arranged for that day. Their confirmation number is through AOT Group NZ ZHZHT59373/28464. My email address is auscheryl Comcast net. I am their travel agent and I just think it is really a tight connection. Thank you for your help with this. Cheryl Aucone All-Ways Travel Services
Written 6 February 2015
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