ロード・オブ・ザ・リング半日ツアー（すべてを支配するツアー）ウェタツアー

Our driver Sam met us at the port and we enjoyed the scenic ride to the Weta Workshop where we had a little time to browse before our 90 minute tour. Hazel was our enthusiastic and informative guide and we enjoyed the engaging and informative Weta tour. We headed to Mount Victoria where we went for short walks to various Lord of the Rings filming locations. We admired the lovely harbour views too. Our driver kindly dropped us off in Wellington centre where we explored a little before walking along the waterfront back to the port. A lovely day.

Very informative and fun, great experience overall. Guide very knowledgeable with a lot of insides and flexibility. Highly recommend.

This tour touched all the highlights that we wanted to see in the limited time we had available. Nathan was punctual, energetic, friendly, and always attentive to our needs and interests. It was a small group and Nathan seemed like he knew us well in just a few minutes. I would highly suggest this tour and Ka Rawe Tours if you have a limited time in Wellington and a fan of LOTR.

Easy booking a couple of days before arriving. Could nominate different pick up and drop off locations which made it easy for us as we were coming off a cruise ship. Mini bus was waiting for us just past the cruise line shore tour buses, with a sign displaying our names so took the pain out of trying to organise travelling to these sites on our own. Our guide was great, he explained the locations we drive through to get to the Weta workshop and also on our return. The Weta workshop tour has restrictions for photography due to licensing etc but our workshop guide explained why and when we could film, this was good and avoided any ambiguity. The quality of workmanship is evident and a great success story. The Weta part of the tour is about an hour and a half of standing and walking so if there are mobility issues there are ramps and wooden log seating in the different rooms. We really liked seeing the costumes, how they’re made, and hubby enjoyed trying on the various helmets. After Weta, our tour guide picked us up and took us to Mt Victoria to show us where particular scenes were shot for the Lord of the Rings, this was beautiful natural scenery despite the earlier heavy rains. The smell of pine and background bush while hearing the stories of filming is a great experience. We had the opportunity for photos in the different settings and were very happy we wore runners with good grip as the trail was a bit slippery due to the earlier rains. Guide offered range of drop off options including in town and recommended other interesting activities and sights tailored to the different needs of tour participants. Our tour group had 10 in total, x2 couples and x1 young family with 4 children, and our guide was great in navigating the different needs in the group, thanks Nathan. Highly recommend this tour, excellent value for money and a must-do add to your Wellington list of activities.

Nathan is fantastic, we were picked up in a Nice car, tour with just the 2 of us. Got the view from the top, & visited a LOTR film site! WETA works was fantastic; can’t recommend enough!

Our small group tour ended up private. Sam was great, took us to some beautiful areas. Wellington is a lovely city

We booked this as a surprise for my son-in-law who is a real LOTR fan and we are SO glad we did. What an incredible experience this was. Our Guide (Nathan) went out of his way to make sure we were fully immersed in everything LOTR including unique photo opportunities off the beaten track where we could recreate some really amazing moments from the films. Nothing was too much trouble and Nathan really went the extra mile and even had a bound album of special interest photos which added another dimension as we made our way around the various sites he took us to. On top of this we learnt so much about Wellington itself and even visited some superb vantage sites where the views were just incredible. We learned about where filming and editing took place for the movies and were able to see the many sites that Peter Jackson has acquired in order to produce his fabulous movies. This Tour exceeded all our expectations and we would highly recommend to anyone! The visit through Weta Workshop was the icing on the cake.

We had our own personal tour guide who was very personable and a luxury car for comfort. Our guide was very accommodating.

Most important Nathan was our guide, truly a knowledgeable, friendly and patient guide. He had a good sense of humor, cared that you enjoy your experience, the tour itself was cool, loved the quaint studio, special effects, videos, demos, hands on. Mt. Victoria special must see view and foliage

We had a shuttle service with tour guide. Very informative and we enjoyed each stops such as the exhibition of costumes, swords and special make ups for lord of the rings, visited filmed location of forest, and amazing hill top view of the city.