Self Drive Adventure Tours of New Zealand

Watch Middle-earth come to life. Explore iconic filming locations from the Shire’s rolling hills to Rohan’s sweeping plains and Mordor’s dramatic landscapes. Travel at your own pace, uncover behind-the-scenes stories, and experience breathtaking scenery that made the trilogy legendary. Your epic adventure awaits on the open road.

It took two years to film the LOTR trilogy, but many millions of years to build the sets.....This 8 Day LOTR New Zealand Self Drive Itinerary gets you up close and personal with the grand landscapes that inspired Director Peter Jackson to make the majority of the Trilogy in New Zealand's South.