photo via Hobbiton Movie Set Hobbiton Tours is a public tour located in Matamata, New Zealand of the real hobbit village that was built for Peter

Elvish gardens

[Peter Jackson • 2002]

Gondor - Semur-en-Auxois, France

This was one of my favorite adventures on the South Island. If you like horseback riding, enjoy beautiful scenery, are a movie buff (or all of the above), you should definitely make the 45-min drive from Queenstown out to the small town of Glenorchy. Dart Stables offers several tours to suit all riding abilities. We […]

Magical Landscapes around every corner... In the North Island, visitors can easily discover epic landscapes like Tongariro – the home of the Dark Lord Sauron. In the South Island, you’re free to imagine yourself floating down the glistening Pelorus River, just like the escaping Dwarves did in The Desolation of Smaug.

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Ramsey Avery, production designer behind ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ shares an exclusive glimpse of Númenor.

Bridge in the Shire

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A bridge outside Da Nang in Vietnam is wowing visitors with its elegant design – seemingly being held aloft by two giant stone hands. Known as the Golden Bridge, it stands 1,400m above sea level above the Ba Na hills, offering majestic views of the surrounding countryside.

Tolkien tourism is bringing fans from all over the world to New Zealand to see the filming locations for The Lord of the Ringsepic trilogy. Discover the real Middle-earth in all its otherworldly glory.