David Riffle said... Drive out was a bit brutal, as it was 2 hrs of the driver providing a history lesson on New Zealand’s top 5 exports, native vs. non-native tree species, etc. It was 8am, so I was hoping he would pop in a LOTR movie and get the nerds psyched up for the tour. Hobbiton was obviously the highlight of this trip, and it was a very cool experience. Food was pretty good as well. The Waitomo glow worm caves were never our primary interest, but it was only about an hour further to get to them. Neat experience, but the tour is fairly short, especially the boat ride that only lasted maybe 5 minutes through what I would guess was about 50 meters of cave. Drive back was about 3 hours of mostly total silence...no movies played on the large screen monitors. That being said, the bus was comfortable and the trip overall was a fun experience.