Very communicative and helpful guide. I went on 2 tours with the same company with different guides/drivers and I loved both. Spacious and comfortable cars and they offer water and snacks. I loved the experience and I recommend it!

This was a great way to fit a lot in to one day! Our guide Brendan was very friendly and knowledgeable. Both excursion (Hobbiton & Waitomo Caves) we're really cool and worth it. The bus ride did get warm but it was a hot day. Water, snacks, and bathroom breaks were all provided which was nice. Highly recommend!

Such a wonderful experience! The bus had easy pickups from well established hotels with easy pick up times. Lots of stops for food and toilet breaks and other fun things like emu feeding. Our tour guide Brendan was so funny and had great advice and information on everything and more. Lots of enjoyable moments and I would absolutely recommend booking with them! Thank you guys for the great time!

It makes for a very long day, but this is absolutely the best way to see Hobbiton and the glowworm caves. The driver gets you there, and then each organization takes you on its own tour. We had time for a leisurely lunch and an ice cream stop on the way home. Just be prepared for the long day of almost 7 hours in the van. I will say that the van was extremely bumpy in the back as well so there's that to consider. I would do it again.

Fantastic tour - great way to see the beautiful north of New Zealand! Tour guide John was very knowledgable and great company. We had some amazing experiences without the tour feeling too packed. Highlight was the Kauri museum and the boat trip.

Great tour. Professional and friendly guide, Grant. He was personable, confident , experienced and made every bit of the tour comfortable and easy! Got the tickets, prepared us for what would happen next, where to meet, where everything was located, etc. He gave informative talks interspersed through the day, but not too Much information. Let us know where and when to meet, and made the entire day go smoothly. The group was lovely, fun to interact with some of the passengers from all over who were traveling alone, and with the groups and couples. Everyone was respectful, ready for pickup and ready at each designated time, so made the group aspect easy and pleasant. We loved Hobbiton and the glow worm caves also exceeded our expectations- both great experiences!!

Great communication before the trip. Prompt pick up. The guide, Grant, was lovely and very informative. Hobbiton is a must see, even if you aren't a Lord of the Rings fan.

The ride from to the movie set was smooth. Our tour guide Matt was informative through and through about Auckland and the Hobbiton as well. Even it was raining the day we went, it didnt deter us enjoying the Lord of the rings experience. Its a 10/10 experience and would go back to with Cheeky Kiwi Travel to hobbiton, to the shire.

Fantastic, Wotomo glow worm caves was a magical experience. Rotorua and Te Puia wonderful with some Kiwi Birds! Convenient tour from Auckland to Wotomo Glow worm caves and Te Puia Rotorua. All day tour.

The Waitomo glow work cave tour was excellent. The Māori cultural center was interesting. The driver was a bit boring and didn’t manage our visit to the cultural center as well as we could have. The overall experience I would go to the caves and skip the 13 hour day most of it driving through farmland

Hobbiton venue is great - their tour was interesting &informative. Would have liked guide to narrate coming and going!

Our driver John was very passionate about his job and extremely informative. We had the best day of our 10-day holiday today in NZ. We highly recommend this day trip with Cheeky Kiwi Tours.

The driver (Dean) was on time, and had a great sense of humor, with many entertaining stories along the way. The tour itself was amazing. Would recommend.

Distressed driver/guide, quality vehicle, you spend like 9 hours on the way, no wow experience. We were unlucky with our "guide". Erine was highly distressed and we felt like rather getting out of the vehicle for safety doubts first three hours. Very disorganised person with some emotional overload tired from 3 days in vehicle in the row. You are rushed whole day to get somewhere on time. Then you somehow manage and you are quite disappointed, I am not sure whether you want to spend a day like this. Imagine like 9 hours spending in the vehicle (high quality - biggest upside) with driver who says highly non interesting things and you feel unsafe first three of hours of the ride. Then you arrive to your first tour, which is super quick, guide is not very interested and the worms are not that well visible as you expected - pictures are absolutely not corresponding with what you will see!!! Glowworms are interesting but I understand that so many people are disappointed and it's very questionable whether it's worth the trip. After that you drive 3 hours to another destination (you don't receive any valuable instruction or information from your driver) and you are rushed for another tour, which main part is standing and listening how mauri creates ornaments from various materials - not what I came for!!! Afterthat from my perspective highlights of the tour - we were able so have a glimpse on kiwi chick - amazing but not all from the group had this opportunity and te puia short experience. After one hour standing with mauri ornaments I would be happy to skip the nature experience and rather stayed at the hotel. Overall the whole experience is quite questionable. It depends what you want, what is your schedule etc. If you are staying short time and you want to get a feeling of New Zealand from the car, it's perfectly fine! If you are interested in nature, expecting some wow experience, I'd rather warn you, you may be disappointed. Very rushed day spent in a car with not enough experience.

This is a great day out - the Waitomo caves are beautiful and the geothermal park equally incredible. It is a long day, with quite a lot of driving (not helped by a motorway closure!) but totally worth it in my opinion. Both places have a guided tour and are expertly run with Cheeky Kiwi already ‘booked’ for a time slot so everything feels smooth and organised. Food stops are at a premium due to how busy the day is, so I’d advise having some ‘backup’ snacks with you ……. though the traffic is probably the ultimate decider in how long you get for breakfast and lunch!! If you’re lucky enough to get Arani as your guide, then you really lucked out! Great fun, down to earth, flexible and clearly passionate about her people and country, she’ll mak a great day even better!!!