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Weta Workshop Tours
Weta Workshop’s tours are your gateway to immersive filmmaking experiences in Wellington, New Zealand. Join us on a journey from Middle-earth to Tracy Island and beyond as you explore 20 years of award-winning creativity! CLICK HERE to stay up to date with Weta Workshop.
Weta Workshop Tours
The Weta Workshop Combo Tour
Includes both popular film effects tours
45-minute guided original Weta Cave Workshop Tour
- Step inside a converted area of Weta Workshop, where we house props, costumes, creatures and vehicles created for the big screen.
- Learn how Weta Workshop designs and manufactures practical effects for films like The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia and Ghost in the Shell.
- Wander through Manufacture Alley, interacting with tools of the trade and examples of artistry from our creative departments.
- Your guide, a Weta Workshop crew member, will spill behind-the-scenes secrets from the Workshop floor!
45-minute guided Miniatures Effects Tour: Thunderbirds Are Go
- Explore the huge miniatures crafted by Weta Workshop for the popular television show!
- Check out original storyboards and concept art.
- Learn the secrets behind what it takes to bring the world of Thunderbirds Are Go to the small screen.
- Rare photo opportunity in a Thunderbirds Are Go set, made by Weta Workshop exclusively for the tour!
PRICE
Adults: $48
Children 6-12 Years: $22
Infants 0-5 Years: Free (please make sure to include your infant when booking)
Family (2 adults + 2 children): $125
The Full Experience – Both Tours with Transport
Get an incredible insight into Weta Workshop’s creativity for film & television with The Full Experience, includes our two most popular tours with return transfers included! Guided from start to finish, you’ll get an incredible insight into Weta Workshop’s creativity for film & television.
Your tour includes
- Guided return transfers – Journey from central Wellington to Weta Studio Tours in a dedicated shuttle. Your friendly driver will point out iconic landmarks along the way!
- The famous Weta Cave shop – Home to an incredible range of Weta-designed collectibles and movie merchandise. While you're here snap photos with our life-sized sculptures and check out the mini museum.
- Priority seating to documentary – Take a seat in the Weta Cave to learn about the history of the Weta Group and hear from our co-founders, Richard Taylor and Peter Jackson.
- 45-minute guided Weta Cave Workshop Tour – Get up close to the props, weapons and costumes crafted for The Lord of the Rings, District 9, The Chronicles of Narnia and more.
- 45-minute guided Miniature Effects Tour: Thunderbirds Are Go – Check out authentic Weta Workshop miniatures and learn how a TV show is brought to life!
Price
Adults: $88
Children 6-12 Years: $52 (must be accompanied by adult 14 years or older)
Infants 0-5 Years: Free (please make sure to include your infant when booking)
Total Duration 4 hours (approx.) from departure to final drop-off.
Weta Cave Workshop Tour - Join the Weta Workshop crew on our exclusive Weta Cave Workshop Tour: a unique behind-the-scenes look at how Weta Workshop helps craft some of the world’s biggest films! We can’t take you inside the Workshop itself, but you can be sure we’ll get you as close as possible to where imaginary worlds come to life.
Price
Adults: $28
Child 6-12 Years: $13
Infants 0-5 Years: Free
Family (2 adults + 2 children): $72
Miniature Effects Tour: Thunderbirds are Go - Visit the authentic Thunderbirds Are Go shooting stage and discover the genuine Weta Workshop props, models and miniatures behind the popular TV series on a tour guided by our experienced crew. Nobody knows these incredible miniatures like we do!
Price
Adults: $28
Child 6-12 Years: $13
Infants 0-5 Years: Free
Family (2 adults + 2 children): $72
Weta Workshop Tours’ Half Experience - Guided from start to finish from the Wellington i-SITE and is the perfect option for visitors who require transport.
Price
Adults: $68
Children 6-12 Years: $42 (must be accompanied by adult 14 years or older)
Infants 0-5 Years: Free (please make sure to include your infant when booking)
About Weta Workshop & Weta Cave
Weta Workshop is a five-time Academy Award-winning creative design and practical effects company that services the world’s creative industries.
In 2008, Weta Workshop co-founders Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger – seeing the vanloads of hopeful Lord of the Rings fans pull up outside the workshop each day – opened the Weta Cave shop. Full of cool stuff to explore, buy, photograph, or simply gawk at, the shop quickly became an iconic landmark in the sleepy suburb of Miramar.
Weta Workshop Tourism Crew
Our Weta Workshop tour guides are storytellers first, tour guides second. Our mission is to take you on an epic journey through the imagination and creativity behind your favourite films. With all sorts of tools at our disposal: first-hand anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, movie effects secrets, tips, tricks, and more, each tour guide is unique, so too is every tour!
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Address:
21 Camperdown Rd
Miramar
Wellington 6022
Phone: +64 4 909 4000
Fax: +64 4 388 9722
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