Hobbits and Glow Worms

We started the day at the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movie sets. This was a fun little hobbit town set amid a sheep farm in the Northern part of the North Island. 

It was a spectacular little village set amid rolling sheep grazing hills and a beautiful pond. 

We had fun seeing the little hobbit holes and learning more about the movies.

We loved seeing Billbo Baggins's home.

We then drove to Ruakuri Cave to check out the stalagmites and stalactites. 

We then traveled to Waitomo Caves to ride on a boat through the caves to see the glow worms. We weren't allowed to take photos in the cave so I pinched  this off the Internet to give you an idea of what it was like inside.