On our way
to our next stop we were going to Hobbiton!! Now this is quite a
shock but I haven't properly seen the Lord of the Rings movies or the
Hobbit ones, but despite this I was really excited about going to
where they filmed them. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan and going to the
Harry Potter movie set was really good, so I knew this would be
amazing. It did not disappoint. The whole tour takes around 2 hours,
and then it has a giftshop and cafe.
From where
you can park you get a coach to the start of the tour, and you begin
where all the hobbit holes are. They are so cute. They were all
different sizes. Some even had mini veg patches, washing lines and
postboxes. The whole thing was super cute. We then went down to see
where they filmed the party scene in the Hobbit. Next we were taken
to the Green Dragon Inn where we got a complimentary cider and got to
sit in there for a bit. We then went round the lake and a little more
scenery. The whole thing was really good and cost around 90 dollars,
which is about £45. The only thing is we were quite a large group so
I felt like if we were at the back we were rushed a little bit even
though people ahead had the photos.
In the
evening we had the choice of a Maori cultural experience evening, and
we could stay if we wanted to. We decided just to do the evening as
staying over was a little pricey. We were picked up from our hostel
and driven back by the most hilarious driver. When we got there we
were welcomed with their dance thing which was really good. From
there we went around their 'village' and they spoke to each group
about certain aspects of their culture, for example the haka,
weaving, how the boys train and some games. We then saw our dinner
being pulled from the ground where they cooked it, and boy were we
excited, roast lamb!! We then went into a, sort of, mini theatre
where they did a couple of performances for us. Then is was DINNER
TIME, eat as much as you like and there was even pudding too. The
food was nice, very smokey in flavour, but was nice. Some of the
people on the bus bought tupperware to fill up which was hilarious,
and we should of definitely thought about that beforehand. The whole
experience was really good and it seemed nice to learn a bit more
about the Maori culture.
ACCOMMODATION – Base Hot Rocks - $30
We had a
mixed shared 8 bed dorm here. We had an en suite shower and toilet
which was good, although a couple of the lights didn't work which was
annoying, and there wasn't really enough plugs for 8 people. The
space was pretty small for a room of 8. The hostel did have it's own
pool which sounded nice, although we didn't have time to go in it.
Rating –
3/5
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