Welly Rings Tours (Lord of the Rings Tours)

I had an amazing day tour with Welly Rings Tours! From the stunning Mount Victoria lookout to various filming locations, the Wētā Workshop, and a beautiful short walk through the forest. Everything was exciting and well put together. A big shout-out to James, our tour guide. He was incredibly friendly and you can really feel his passion for film. Even though it rained a lot that day, the tour had a unique and really enjoyable vibe. It was great fun! I was also very glad they offered umbrellas to borrow since I forgot my rain jacket. Absolutely recommend! Thank you so much :)

Can’t thank these amazing tour operators enough. I had a special request to modify one of their existing tours and they rolled out the red carpet. Hamish was so informative and let the LOTR facts fly which suited our group quite nicely! The owner operator Chewy even picked me up and drove me back to my hotel when I split from the group. First class experience!!! Highly recommend.

We did the full day LOTR tour. Chewy offered to take us from Miramar to the office for pick up on his way to work as we were staying out of the pick up zone in the city centre which was really nice of him (also took us home too) Our day tour guide was Grant and Tom was shadowing him - both guides were enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. The tour includes Mt Victoria, Weta Workshop, Hutt River, Harcourt Park and Rivendell. Grant had a lot of still shots we could replicate and you could see he enjoyed telling us all about the films! there was an accident on the motorway which would have delayed our tour but Grant knew the area and gave us a detour and also lots of information about the town we detoured too! The LOTR filming locations were beautiful and i enjoyed the Weta workshop tour. The only thing i will say is that there is so much epicness packed into this day tour that at times it is a rush so you may not get the option to take lots of photos in each place (we still managed to take what we needed but im a photo fiend so i would of liked to take more) I would highly recommend this tour it is worth every penny. Lunch was at Scorch-o-rama in Shelly bay and it was delicious! and gave us time to have a chat!

Me and my partner done the full day tour in March this year this was her first visit to NZ and we only had minimal time in Wellington so I thought this would be a good way for her too see some of the scenary. We had a great tour guide Jackson he was the man very informative and wasn't boring that helps when you have to listen to somone speak most of the day lol great work mate. We thoroughly enjoyed the WETA studios it was amazing to see how many movies they actually help out with and also all the work that went into making the costumes and props for LOTR. This tour was very well organized and the lunch was good too if you do the full day tour make sure you get an early night sleep the night before you will need the energy as it's jam packed day and what I thought was well worth the price,keep up the good work guys.

We had a wonderful day. The guid was very knowledgeable about Wellington and the movies. We reenacted scenes from the Movie at different key spots and visited the Weta cave it was definitely our favorite part of our Wellington visit. I highly recommend this tour.

We had a great 1/2 day tour with Rover last year. The driver was very helpful and entertaining. We visited the sites over looking Wellington ending up at Weta Workshop for an awesome visit to the shop and a tour. We asked to be dropped off at at the Roxy cafe and picture when the tour finished which the driver did, but he also showed us around it before he left. Highly recommend tour.

Ended up being chauffeur driven by Wayne as only two on tour. Great to see locations from LotR and Weta studio tour was fascinating.

Loved the 2 hour hop on, hop off tour of Wellington. Our driver, Alf, was so knowledgeable and passionate about Wellington's places, people and history. It has made me want to do these types of tours in every city I visit from now on, including my local city of Christchurch.