The drive from Manaia
By road it's about 311 km from Manaia to Hobbiton Movie Set, roughly 4 h 9 min without stops. Matamata town is 326 km away (about 4 h 16 min).
Your driver will usually go via Stratford → Inglewood → Te Whai-taranui-a-Whare-Matangi-ki-te-kimi-i-tana-matua-a-Ngarue → Waitara → Kihikihi → Te Awamutu → Cambridge before reaching the Hobbiton countryside near Hinuera.
Want to stay together for the day? Choose wait-and-return and your driver stays near Hobbiton and brings you back to Manaia after your tour. Tour tickets are sold only by the official operator at hobbitontours.com — we provide transport only.
Main routes
- All Hobbiton transfers
- Matamata taxi
- Hamilton Airport to Hobbiton
- Hamilton to Hobbiton
- Taupō to Hobbiton