There's a campsite at the reserve if you decide to stay overnight. Must-do: Hike up into the Pinnacles, of course! You can't see the best bits from the parking lot. Much of this was filmed in a studio if you haven't seen the behind-the-scenes footage of this, I can highly recommend it , but parts of it were filmed on a real river in New Zealand.
Seeing the river is cool, but if you really want to see things from Bilbo's perspective, you'll want to get ON the river. It's possible to kayak here and stop at a few spots you might recognize from the film — plus the scenery is pretty awesome in general.
Must-do: If someone in your party isn't kayaking, have them take some shots of you on the river! Or take a GoPro along to capture your own photos. These of course aren't all the Middle-Earth-y locations that you can find in New Zealand. The whole country was used for filming, after all.
But many of the other recognizable locations like the Rohan plains and the Pelennor Fields are located on private land and are therefore tough to get to on your own. These five are all easily accessible by the public, though, and are some of the more iconic and cool locations that you can find! You step onto the road, and, if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might get swept off to.
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I took a buzz-feed quiz and it says I belong in middle earth and now that I see it its actually incredibly awesome to live there lol i wish that whole house was my art room that way it would be peaceful and so many landscapes to draw in middle earth. Hi is there anything which highlights the best order and distances between locations so you get an idea how many days would be needed to do which things?
Hi Dave! To see them all and everything in between , you need probably at least days! I got a lot of my information by going on several tours. And of course I never recommend jumping fences or ignoring these sorts of signs! Have built a replica Hobbit style house in my garden,just doing the inside now,the outside has round door made from a cable drum reel, round and arched windows clad in artificial grass and cedar wood shingles,now growing climbing plants up and over the front and sides.
Newzealand is a must for the future maybe my Honeymoon x. I have been to the loaction of Hobbition with a friend of mine Joseph Choughfeh It is was amazing time when Joseph and I went on our quest to the loaction of Matamata and we were quite amaze. It was very wonderful and beautiful remarkable thing that Peter Jackson did for the films of the Lord of the Rings, I am very proud of Peter what he did for the whole 3 books??
You can drive to most of these places on your own, but many of them including Hobbiton, the Trollshaws, and canoeing on the barrel river do require guided tours. The only ones you can visit entirely on your own are Mount Sunday Edoras and the Paths of the Dead site.
My sister and I traveled to most of these places in NZ, just a couple months ago and we used your blog like a guide while we were planning our trip. Here is a video of our time there. Hobbiton in Matamata has been on my to bucket list forever. Kaitoke Regional Park is only a minute drive from New Zealand's capital city Wellington, but it feels like a world apart.
Clad in dense native bush, the park covers an area of hectares in the foothills of the Tararua Ranges. For the filming, several wooden structures were built and carefully placed within the existing forest, including Frodo's bedroom, Elrond's house and the bridge in the kissing scene between Arwen and Aragorn.
Over the years, increasing numbers of fans have flocked to the location. As a result, a couple of tour operators running tours out of Wellington decided to enhance the location experience with the permission of the regional council. The main focal point is now a life-size gate, created by Weta Workshop , the very company that designed the props, weapons and sets for the movies.
See our Cookie Policy for more information. New Zealand Travel Blog:. Blog view More blogs you might like. Immerse yourself in the magical world of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit! Visit these beautiful locations across New Zealand where the famous movies were filmed. Take a tour through the set during the day or spoil yourself with a unique evening banquet in the village! Weta Cave — Wellington A large portion of the set and props creation, costuming and computer-generated magic happened right here at Weta Cave and Weta Digital.
Join a tour and learn about the processes that created much of Middle Earth and its quirky characters.
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