Wētā Workshop Experiences Tour - Wellington
Overview
Available languages
1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Step behind-the-scenes
Wētā Workshop has been making cool stuff for film and TV since 1987. Our crew has brought to life beloved characters and epic special effects for iconic blockbusters like The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Step into Wētā Workshop Experiences and explore a world of creativity, physical effects and movie magic on a guided tour through our creative home base.
You'll learn about the making of props, creatures and costumes created for your favourite films. Get hands-on with unique pieces from our many departments, catch our artists at work and discover how we’ve grown into the award-winning workshop you see today.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Photography is strictly prohibited in all tour spaces, unless specified by the tour guide.
There is no luggage storage in the Wētā Cave or at our tour spaces.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Want to experience the many sides of Wētā Workshop’s creativity? The Wētā Workshop Experience showcases the making of movie effects and props, from armour to weapons, creatures to costumes, make-up to miniatures. Meet your guide at the Wētā Cave store to begin your journey through the movie-magic world of Wētā Workshop! Explore props, costumes, and cool stuff From The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to Avatar and District 9: learn about props, costumes and creatures created for your favourite films. Interact with cool stuff from our creative departments and catch an artist at work on our tour stage.
What‘s Included
Professional guided Wētā Workshop Experience
Guided return transfers
Options
10am Wētā Workshop Experience
11am Wētā Workshop Experience
1pm Wētā Workshop Experience
12pm Wētā Workshop Experience
2pm Wētā Workshop Experience
Reviews
876 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Weta Wonderland
Doug W,,Jan 25, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Weta Workshop Tour was great! Movie magic exposed. Stuff from Lord of the Rings, but many other movies as well.
Wedding anniversary day out
Departure09529228622,,Jan 24, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had such a fun day! Taken there and back with Alistair the shuttle driver who was great and entertaining. Our guide Holly was friendly, knowledgeable and easy to get on with.Great value and awesome to hear about how it all began. Highly recommended!
Brilliant tour. Amazing...
Rosemary S,,Jan 23, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Brilliant tour. Amazing to see the phenomenal detail that is put into all the items on display. Guide very good, answers any questions you may have.
Incredible for a lord of the rings fan
meighana2018,,Jan 23, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a really great tour guide who was so friendly and knowledgeable. There was also a kid in the group who was on the spectrum and he was so patient and kind to this boy. Very impressive
A must do for movie fans
Voyage00949109675,,Jan 23, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very good overview of Weta magic done by enthousiastic guides from the field. Nice background stories on projects and techniques used. Money well spent!
A wonderful insight into behind the scenes of film making …
T1909E,,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our Tour Guide was Ben - he exuded the enthusiasm you expect as a guide - he gave us plenty of opportunities to ask questions and it was a wonderful insight into the incredible talent that works behind the scenes of so many incredible films, not just The Lord of the Rings. For me there were 2 highlights - one the makeup artist - Mackenzie Hobbs and secondly Kim Beaton who created the most incredible sculptures out of wait for it …… Tin Foil. An incredibly talented lady who enthusiasm for her talent was second to none. This tour isn’t just for LOTR fans, it’s an education
Awesome tour and shout out to Ella
dafydds2020,,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Ella gave myself and my mother visiting from Wales a wonderful tour and we can't recommend enough just how good the tour was and definitely worth a visit if you're in Wellington and have even the slightest interest in film and film making!
Fascinating to see the amount of work that goes into each creation
lp0well,,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We were warned at the beginning that this is a no-touch and no-photos tour, for very valid reasons, copyright being one of them. However they did tell us that there are some places where this does not apply and we could take as many photos as we liked and could touch certain things. This policy did in no way diminish the experience, so don't be put off by this, we got to take photos and try on masks etc in the selected areas but the talk was so fascinating that I was too engrossed in listening and looking to bother taking photos. We were taken through the various stages of creating the masks, hand, feet etc of the characters, weapons, chainmail etc - the attention to detail is amazing and the rationale for the different materials used shows how much thought goes into every creation. I could tell you lots of the fascinating & fun information that was shared with us, but I don't want to spoil the tour for you. We also got the opportunity to make our own tin foil creations, having been shown examples of tin foil creations made by one of the employees - he made it look so easy and you'd never know that beneath the exterior of the bigger ones was a base of tin foil and cardboard. You do not have to be a Lord of the Rings fan (I'm not) to enjoy this tour as the tour covers, amongst other things, the "how" of creating the characters and this process is really interesting. A good tour, that I can happily recommend.
Excellent...well worth the trip
floyd16,,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent....great host and very informative
Weta Wonderses
Dawson H,,Jan 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Went for the workshop tour today and had a fantastic time! Mark Fry, our tour guide, was informative, and made our experience a memorable one. He made our experience very immersive, and answered all of our questions enthusiastically! Thank you Mark for a great tour! Even my parents (who have never seen Lord of the Rings) loved the tour, and had a fantastic time.
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