2025 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award

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2023 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award

Hobbiton & Waitomo Caves including Lunch

From NZD$379

4.9

(1288 reviews)

Departs from: Tours from Auckland

Duration: 12 hours

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Discover two of New Zealand’s most famous attractions in one unforgettable day on this fully guided small group tour from Auckland. Experience the magic of Middle-earth at Hobbiton and marvel at the glowworm-lit world of Waitomo Caves, with plenty of time to enjoy each stop without feeling rushed. Travel in comfort through the rolling hills of the Waikato, led by one of our passionate guides who’ll bring the journey to life with stories, laughs, and secret surprises. Included is a delicious lunch, making this the perfect all-in-one North Island adventure.

Why you’ll love this

Step into Middle-earth on a 2.5-hour guided Hobbiton tour and enjoy a drink at The Green Dragon Inn

Cruise through the Glowworm Grotto in the world-famous Waitomo Caves

Travel in comfort through the beautiful Waikato countryside with stunning photo stops

Enjoy an included lunch featuring fresh local flavours

Meet friendly animals and discover charming Kiwi towns along the way

Experience a relaxed, small group tour that’s personal, fun, and full of stories

Itinerary

What’s included

Entry tickets to Hobbiton and Waitomo Caves

Fully guided small group tour experience

Delicious lunch, chosen from a set menu on the day

Snacks and bottled water

Modern, comfortable, luxury minibus with commentary

Why choose us

Famously passionate tour guides

Our guides share stories, laughs, and Kiwi charm on every journey.

Travel in comfort

Small groups, big comfort. Relax in our modern Mercedes minibuses with style and space.

Award-winning tours

Thousands of five-star reviews and top travel awards - experiences loved worldwide.

Kiwi owned. Kiwi operated

Proudly local and passionate about sharing authentic New Zealand with every traveller.

Stories worth sharing

10/16/2026

Excellent Organisation and a Wonderful Experience

Title: A Wonderful, Well-Organised Experience We absolutely loved this tour! Everything was perfectly organised and punctual. Our guide and driver was fantastic, sharing interesting facts about the places we visited. The stops and schedule were very well planned, with almost no waiting or queues. Lunch was included, with very generous portions, and we were provided with snacks and water throughout the trip. A lovely surprise was getting the chance to meet and feed an ostrich! Highly recommended!

Sofiya B

10/13/2026

Great adventure!

Hobbiton and Waitomo day trip was excellent! We were a mix of first-timers and return visitors and we all enjoyed the trip thoroughly. Ali (Alessandro) our guide was an excellent driver and he managed the group well, was entertaining, informative, fun and chill. The guides in Hobbiton and Waitomo were fun and knowledgeable as well. There were adequate rest stops for stretching legs, getting snacks, and restroom break. Snacks and water were provided as well. Only downside was the seats in the vehicle which were a bit narrow and has limited legroom for above-average size person. Overall, though, great tour

Shiela M

10/7/2026

A great way to experience the Caves and Hobbiton

Matt was excellent and provided lots of great insights on the way as well as providing tips for Hobbiton and the Caves to maximise our enjoyment.

Daniel K

10/6/2026

Worth it!!!

Excellent and worth it! This tour gives an awesome experience of Auckland NZ. The price is right, comes with good and very sumptous lunch. The van was comfortable. The guide Liam was great, very knowledgeable, friendly, punctual, and he always made sure everyone was comfortable! I highly recommend this tour! Thanks a lot! Golda, Debbie, Mae

Golda B

10/4/2026

Amazing and entertaining

Hobbiton and Witomo Glow worm cave were both AMAZING. Our Hobbiton guide, Flavian was informative and entertaining. Liam, our Cheeky Kiwi driver and guide was absolutely the best, going above and beyond to ensure we had a great time. Thanks Liam. I would recommend this tour to anyone who enjoys scenic drive into the country, any movie buff but especially to any LOTR fans. Book with Cheeky Kiwi

Carol G

9/30/2026

Fabulous day out

Thank you Matt for a fantastic day! The bus was so comfortable for the journey. Matt’s knowledge of the local area made the journey all the more interesting. Highly recommend!

Alice C

9/29/2026

Great Hobbiton and Glow Worm Tour

The drivers and guides, Simon and Allison (Ally) made it a very pleasant and memorable trip. Thanks!

FarAway316956

9/29/2026

A wonderful day at Hobbiton and the Waitomo Caves

The trip was perfect with well planned breaks, a wonderful tour of Hobbiton, and great walking and boating tour of the amazing Waitomo Caves with the glow worms. One thing that helped make our tour especially meaningful was our very kind, interesting, humorous, and safe-driving guide, Mike,

AnnSykora

9/28/2026

Perfect Journey

It‘s a really interesting trip, all of the schedule are well arranged. More importantly, We’d like to give a huge thanks to Jeoff for his kindness. One of us accidentally lost a credit card, and Jeoff found it and went out of his way to return it to our hotel. We really appreciate the time and effort he took to help us. It was such a thoughtful and trustworthy gesture, and it saved us a lot of trouble during our trip. Thank you again, Jeoff! Your kindness truly made our day. We had a wonderful trip and really enjoyed our time here. Highly recommended!

Meilin C

9/15/2026

Massive, fantastic Hobbiton and Gloworm day!

What an amazing day! Definitely the highlight of our honeymoon so far! Ale our guide was fantastic, full of interesting info on all things Kiwi! The entire trip was really smoothly done and no hassle with anything, door to door service was great. Loved being able to just enjoy everything as it was so well organised we didn’t have to think of a thing! Lunch was huge and tasty! We have another cheeky kiwi tour booked for Friday and I’m sure it will be great too!!

Emma M