Three weeks in New Zealand - 4/12 - 5/4/2024

Day  3-HobbiTon continuation-4/14/2024

We are now going down the hill. 

Charming walkway along the way.

There are so many Hobbit holes on the set.

Me in front of a Hobbit hole. Most of the scenes filmed inside the holes were on a set, leaving the Hobbit holes as facades but there are some you can walk into. The inside is only about 5 feet, but still, fun to walk in.

A large pine tree

We are now heading toward Bagshot Row

A beautiful area with a bunch of Hobbit holes.

The holes are based on different sizes to feed to the illusion of their actual size. The holes used by actors playing hobbits were built at a 90 percent scale, while the holes used by Gandalf were built at a 60 percent scale to make him look much larger.  

It is incredible to see all the fruit trees inside the movie set.

Our the houses are really cute.

Playing field.

This area is famous in the movie but I cannot remember the name of this place

We are now at Bagshot Row which is a street in the Hobbiton. Frodo Bagging and Samwise Gamgee all at one point live in its immediate vicinity.

Three of the existing Hobbit hole facades were excavated and people now can go inside to visit.

We are going to enter this hobbit hole.

Out tour guide letting us enter 1 of the 3 Hobbit hole.

The entrance of the Hobbit hole

The interior is supposed to look like a humble home of a typical Hobbit family.

The main living room

The living room was really comfortable.

A family tree on top of the chimney.

Hallway to a bedroom

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Kids bedroom.

The main bedroom

Bathroom.

Tub in the bathroom.

Kitchen

Main kitchen

Table with lots of cooking utensils in the kitchen

Sink with a view inside the kitchen

View of a pond from the kitchen window.

A larder inside the kitchen

Lots of food inside the larder.

Dinning table

Dinning table area.

Working office

Table with baked goods.

On the left is a wooden pole with markings on the growth of children and on the right is a home made drying rack.

We are now headed to the Green dragon Inn for lunch.

The Green dragon is next to a beautiful lake.

Closer view of the Green Dragon inn.

We had to cross the bridge to get to the Green Dragon Inn.

Getting there...

The green dragon Inn.

The main entrance of the Green Dragon inn. 

Hoa enjoying a nice cold beer.

Bridge crosses over the local mill in Hobbiton.

Lunch was included with the tour.  It is really well organized.

My plate.

Hoa's plate.  The served a lot of food and it is actually really good.

The tour is now over and we are heading back to Auckland with the same tour bus that picked us up this morning.

Overall, this tour was awesome.  It was a lot better that we expected to me and it very well organized.  Even though there are a lot of people visiting the set but the way it was set up we only interacted with our small group and felt very private.

NEXT... Dinner at Soul Bar and Bistro