Lord of the Rings Tour: Explore Filming Locations

Embark on an exclusive Lord of the Rings scenic tour in Queenstown. Explore breathtaking film locations, including Arcadia Station, with local guides. Book now!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Glenorchy-Queenstown Road - Tour as our guest from Queenstown on one of the Top 10 scenic drives in the world up the Glenorchcy road to visit epic scenery and Lord Of The Rings filming locations.
  • Bennets Bluff Lookout - The most scenic lookout in New Zealand
  • Twelve Mile Delta to Bob’s Cove Track - Very relaxed nature walk to a LOTR…
What's Included
  • Exclusive access to the Arcadia Station Filming locations in the Paradise valley
  • Optional Lord of the Rings costumes/ replica swords
  • A light morning or afternoon tea, with cake, biscuits and hot tea & coffee
  • Professional, friendly & local guides
  • Live Commentary
  • Umbrellas provided
  • Tea and coffee
Additional Information

Embark on an enchanting odyssey with us across Middle Earth, traversing iconic Lord of the Rings filming locations from Queenstown to Glenorchy and Mt Aspiring World Heritage N.P.
Experience the awe-inspiring trilogy spring to life as you witness the astonishingly beautiful and mystical settings that stirred Peter Jackson’s creation of The Lord of the…

Location
43 Camp Street
Camp Street
7:55am & 1:30pm DEPARTING TIME: ARRIVE ON TIME THANK YOU!! Please wait outside the The Station Information Centre on CAMP Street - down from Marmolada Cafe (43 Camp St) please wait on the wooden seats and look out for your vehicle, they are Toyota vans with Pure Glenorchy on the side.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Mighty_mouse50
Mar 29, 2025
Marisa was our favorite tour guide of many in New Zealand! - We are big fans of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and seeing where the movies were filmed was the main reason we visited New Zealand. Hobbiton was fantastic, but we voted for this tour as our favorite because of our tour guide, Marisa. She kept us entertained with so many great behind the scenes stories and answered all questions from the group, with authority. The tour itself also greatly exceeded our expectations - what a treat to get nerdy and in costume for our favorite characters, including posing with exact replicas of swords and the hammer from the actual movies! Even the weather cooperated, despite a forecast of all day rain, it just showered briefly, and the clouds added to the ambience and mystery of the movie scenes. Two thumbs up!
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V8734tdkim_
Mar 29, 2025
Something to make you giggle as a film fan - The day was beautiful, was free the whole day, and huge Lotr and film nerd. What better way to spend it than with Pure Glenorchy? Amy was super caring for the whole group and took well care of us all during the whole day and presented true competence as a tour guide. Only thing I would have loved to see more is more merch repllicas from the evil side and more than just swords and melee weapons. Other than that - Def recommend!
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D9271lkraymondl
Mar 28, 2025
Seeing the scenery from the Lord of the Ring movies. - Incredible landscapes. Our guide was amazing and full of information. He told us all the history and about all the movies filmed in the area, since not every one had seen the Lord of the Ring movies. When we got back to our hotel and told of our experiences to others, they were all sorry they hadn’t done the tour.
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Marie
Mar 28, 2025
Highly recommended - Excellent tour, minibus with frequent stops, our guide (Tristan) was very knowledgeable and shared lots of LOTR anecdotes. Loved the dressing-up part with original props.
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Shubhra
Mar 27, 2025
Wonderful, LOTR tour - It was an excellent tour. The guide Tristam was incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about everything related to LOTR and he really made it come alive for us. Obviously, there were a lot of LTR fans on the group and they asked him a lot of questions and he was able to answer every single one of them. I can honestly say that because of his passion, I enjoyed the trip much more. I was also pleasantly very surprised to see how many sites we were able to cover.
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Loudj394
Mar 27, 2025
Solly sings - Solly sung wonderful songs while we travelled through the Misty Mountains. Beautiful sights all throughout New Zealand.
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Ivoh66
Mar 26, 2025
Great way to spend 1/2 a day around Queenstown - Great tour and Solomon told lots of nice stories around the making of the Hobbit and Lord of the Ring. There is also some music involved if you are interested.
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Catherinebx805jc
Mar 26, 2025
LOTR and a little Glenorchy! - We had an amazing time on this tour that had a lot more variety that I thought. We stopped at many filming locations of LOTR and our guide was able to show us the photos of the scene from the movie next to the actual scenery. We had a lovely stop in Glenorchy for views, a snack and a stop at a wonderful craft, food and souvenir shop. Onward to more scenery and more (I won't give away the fun!). Our tour guide was fantastic - very interactive and knowledgeable. A lot of fun!
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Road33488207115
Mar 24, 2025
Awesome tour of Middle Earth! - This was a fantastic tour! Our guide, Marissa, was super friendly and energetic. As a fellow LOTR nerd, I appreciated her knowledge behind the scenes information she shared. Definitely recommend this tour for everyone, LOTR super fan or not!
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Njpatraveler
Mar 23, 2025
Great half day experience - Great time learning about all the local areas where parts of the Lord of the Ring was filmed. Our tour guide Tristan was fantastic. He was energetic, patient, friendly and knowledgeable. He made the half day a great experience.
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