Overview

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The Hobbiton Movie Set is a significant location used for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film trilogy. It is situated on a family run farm about 6 miles southwest of Matamata, New Zealand, and is now a Tolkien tourism destination, offering a guided tour of the set.

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Fees: Admission

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Links: https://www.hobbitontours.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbiton_Movie_Set

Getting There

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Location

Closest City or Region: Matamata, New Zealand

Coordinates: -37.857705, 175.680757

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November 13, 2022 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Savannah Dye,

Story

I started throwing up at about 12:30 and didn't stop until after sunrise. I approximated 35 times throwing up. It was so bad that even after my stomach was empty, I kept dry heaving and then after that I started throwing up the contents of my intestines in large volumes and it was horrible and disgusting and painful and I thought I was going to die. I woke Tara up at about 5:30 because I couldn't suffer alone any longer. She went to look up doctor options because there was no Wi-Fi at our hotel, but the only options were a long ways away, so I just suffered through it. Luckily by about 6:30, my heavings finally subsided long enough that I could do a few things in between. I was still pretty useless though, so I mostly just slept on the couch while Tara fixed breakfast and got everything packed up. Tara got to experience driving on the left side of the road as she was the designated driver for the day. We missed our Hobbiton tour at 9:00, but they didn't offer refunds and we really didn't want to miss the tour, so we went over shortly after 10:00 to see if we could get on a different time slot. Luckily they were able to squeeze Tara and Savannah in on a tour, and the two of them did the 2-hour walking tour to the Hobbiton movie set and had a great time with that. 

Tara: The movie set was pretty awesome. We took a bus ride out to the set and then they took us on a tour all through it. They helped us recreate some of the scenes from the movies in our brains as we went through. We went to Bag End and saw Sam's house and then we hung out on the field where they had Bilbo's birthday party. Then we headed over to the Green Dragon and we got a complimentary drink. Savannah and I both had a ginger beer, which was the only non-alcoholic option, and then we headed back to go see how Jeremy was doing.

I spent the 2 hours in the back seat of the car. I watched a show for a while and then took a nap for the rest of the time. I woke up to raindrops sprinkling my toes a few minutes before Tara and Savannah got back, so that worked out perfectly. 

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