The drive from New Plymouth
By road it's about 251 km from New Plymouth to Hobbiton Movie Set, roughly 3 h 27 min without stops. Matamata town is 266 km away (about 3 h 34 min).
Your driver will usually go via Bell Block → 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 New Plymouth 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
- Cambridge to Hobbiton
Nearby in Taranaki
- Highlands Park
- Ferndale
- Blagdon
- Bell Block
- Ōakura
- Te Whai-taranui-a-Whare-Matangi-ki-te-kimi-i-tana-matua-a-Ngarue