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Wellington: Wētā Workshop Experience and Guided Tour

1. Wellington: Wētā Workshop Experience and Guided Tour

Visit Wellington's Wētā Workshop and step into a world of magical creativity. Learn about how special effects and props and designed and made for film and TV on a guided tour of the Wētā Cave. Meet your guide at the Wētā Cave store to begin your journey through the world of Wētā Workshop, one of the film industry’s premier special effects companies, located in the heart of Wellington’s Miramar peninsula. From The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to Avatar and District 9, learn about props, costumes, and creatures were created for your favorite films. Check out cool stuff from the creative departments and catch an artist at work on the tour stage.

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4.7 / 5

based on 161 reviews

What a great experience! Absolutely loved it. Our lovely guide (Sorry, I'm terrible with names) was super knowledgeable and charismatic. I would love for her to pause instead of UM, though. She had been involved with the workshop for quite some years and you could tell she had a real passion for the things involved in the tour, and more. Thank you so much to Weta for making this a thing! I will be sure to tour the Auckland workshop, also, when I'm up there next.

An incredible workshop! The level of detail on everything is absurd. And our tour guide Sol was a fantastic guide - very knowledgeable and just as excited about everything as we were.

Very good. Staff were friendly and our tour guide knew his stuff. Gift shop was slightly expensive but it reflects the quality of work.

Great place to visit especially Hobbit/Lord of the rings fans see items actually used on set . Very informative guide lots of fun .

Easy to find location, heaps of parking and very good tour guide (i think her name was Lana)