Trilogy Trail

Visit the New Zealand location sites used to create "The Lord of the Rings" movies, and replicate Middle Earth. Landscapes as described by J R R Tolkien and used by New Line Cinema and Three Foot Six Films. Take an unbelievably beautiful journey through our Middle Earth - from Queenstown New Zealand.

The Hobbit

Glenorchy Air is now including some of The Hobbit locations in it's Trilogy Trail Tours.

RINGS TRILOGY TRAIL TOURS

Glenorchy Air offers both ground and air tours to the various location sites here in the South Island of New Zealand. These include the locations used to represent Lothlorien, Amon Hen, Nen Hithoel, Amon Lhaw, Path Galen, Ford of Bruinen, The Pillars of the King on the River Anduin, and the site of Gandalf's ride to Isengard.

Several Trilogy Trail Tours are available, but on request we can also include other location sites. Just ask us!

Glenorchy Air’s ‘Three Rings’ trilogy trail is for the Lord of the Rings connoisseur. We journey through the stark beauty of the central South Island.

The tour includes two landings at major movie locations and lunch at Omarama near the Pellenor Fields Location. Click here for more detailed information about this tour (will open in new window).

Allow 7 hours with 2.5 hours flight time. Morning departure 9.00am. Includes lunch.

Adult: $850 NZ

Child: $500 NZ

Minimum two adults or equivalent. Valid until 30 Sept 2012.

By air, see the locations for the river Anduin, Ford of Bruinen, the Rohan camp at Dunharrow and Nen Hithoel, where Frodo saved Sam from drowning. Included is a landing at the location of Lothlorien, the battle of Amon Hen, where Boromir is struck down, Fangorn Forest and Saruman’s Tower at Isengard. Click here for more detailed information about this tour (will open in new window).

Allow 2.5 hours. Departure times: 9.30am, 2.00pm.

Trilogy Trail Air Tour and one landing (Prices at 1 Oct 2010):

Adult: $370 NZ

Child: $180 NZ

Minimum two adults or equivalent. Valid until 30 Sept 2012.

Road Tour of Queenstown Area

Our land tour showcases the beautiful Wakatipu basin. Travel in comfortable four-wheel drive air-conditioned vehicles, which stop for you to walk and see the locations.

Option 1 You will visit the River Anduin – Pillars of the King, Ford of Bruinen, Gladden Fields and the Ithilien Camp where the Oliphants go past. As well as the views from Bennetts Bluff towards the locations of Isengard and lothlorien.Click here for more detailed information about this tour (will open in new window).

Option 2 Head up along the Glenorchy Road past the Amon Hen location, and stopping at Ithilien. Stop at Rat Point to see the Dart Glacier on Mount Earnslaw and continue up the Glenorchy Road. Over the other side of the lake is the Greenstone valley, the location for Dunharrow where Aragorn raised his army. Past Glenorchy is Paradise, Location for Lothlorien, Isengard, and the location of Gandalf's ride to Isengard. Paradise is also the location for part of the Battle of Amon Hen.

Allow 3.5 hours. Departure times: 10.30am, 2.30pm.

Adult: $148 NZ

Child: $74 NZ Minimum two adults or equivalent. Valid until 30 Sept 2012.

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Further information is also available on The Story page.