Private Charters
If you’d like a more private trip, you can book a whole vehicle for your group, our maximum group size is 6.
4 Pax max
Choose this option to guarantee everyone a window seat. A maximum of four passengers per vehicle, each guest enjoys their own window seat. This differs from our standard tours, which accommodate up to six passengers per vehicle, and do not guarantee a window seat throughout the experience. Please note, our guides always encourage seat rotation so everyone has the opportunity to enjoy a different window view during the tour.
Will I see sets from Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit?
No. As part of gaining permission to film in the spectacular locations, the producers were required to dismantle all sets (except for Hobbiton in the North Island). Instead we specialise in showing you where specific scenes were filmed. Many of the movie locations are recognisable on our trips and your guide will give you insights into the stories behind them.
How long is the Lord of the Rings Tour?
4 hours. This makes it an ideal half day excursion.
Where do you pick up and drop off?
Your tour guide can pick you up and drop you at any central accommodation or information centres in Queenstown.
Is it possible to do 2 Nomad Safari trips in one day?
Yes, this is totally possible – we can drop you off after your morning trip to have lunch in Queenstown and then collect you at 1.30pm for your afternoon tour.
Is any walking involved on this tour?
Not a lot of walking is required. Clients have the option of staying in or near the vehicle if they wish at any of the stops on any of our tours.
What type of vehicles do you use?
6 seater 4WD Land Rover or Land Cruisers.
Which trip contains the most LOTR scenes?
If your main focus is to see as much LOTR scenes as possible we recommend our Glenorchy Lord of The Rings tour. This trip takes you to Glenorchy on a very scenic drive and takes in the Paradise Valley, where LOTR and other movies were filmed. Our Queenstown Lord of The Rings Tour (Safari of the Scenes) offers a good mixture of LOTR movie locations, stunning scenery and gold panning history.
What are your child rates/ child ages?
We have child rates available for our trips. Infants (0-3 years) travel for free on our tours and children (4-14 years) travel at a discounted price. Our 4WD tours in Queenstown welcome all ages; there’s no minimum age requirement. We can provide child and booster seats upon request at booking.
Important Information: Tour Itinerary Adjustments
Your safety is our top priority. In certain situations, it may be necessary to alter the tour itinerary due to conditions beyond our control, such as high water levels or adverse road conditions. This could mean we are unable to cross rivers or drive certain roads or drive the full length of roads like Skippers Canyon.
When booking, please understand that these adjustments may be required. Please also see our full weather cancellation policy
Disclosure of Risk 4WD
Nomad Adventures Limited (t/a Nomad Safaris) Disclosure of Risk for Four Wheel Drive Tours. Wakatipu, Glenorchy, Skippers Canyon, Macetown, Gold Seeker, Essential Queenstown and Private Charter
We, Nomad Adventures Limited, are committed to the protection of our employees, clients & property from accidental injury or damage from work carried out by, and on behalf of, the business. We, Nomad Adventures Limited, adopt health, safety, and welfare as a fundamental business objective.
In meeting this commitment, management will comply with all legislative requirements and take all practicable steps to:
- Provide a safe place of work, safe equipment, and proper materials.
- Activities are reviewed by competent staff (internal technical advisors).
- Establish and insist that safe work methods be always practiced.
- Provide supervision and training.
- Ensure employees and clients understand and accept their responsibility to promote a safe and healthy place of work and are part of the safety management process.
- Comply with all Health and Safety Legislation.
- Prevention of serious harm.
- Continually improve.
Whilst we undertake all reasonably practicable steps to minimize, remove, or isolate risks during our tours, it still exists as it does in everyday life.
Risks you may be exposed to during your tour include, but are not limited to:
- Motor vehicle accident including collision with other vehicles, stationary objects, or the land, rollovers, or vehicle fires.
- Your own failure to heed safety warnings, both verbal and written.
- Actions of other road users or members of the public which could cause harm.
- Risk of falling from alighting the motor vehicle.
- Risk of falling or injury due to uneven, loose, or slippery terrain.
- Risk of drowning.
- Risk of injury or death due to natural events such as Earthquakes, Landslide, Flash Flooding, Treefall, Wildfire, Lightning, Blizzards, Volcanic Eruption, Tsunami, Cyclones, and any ongoing consequences of these events.
Disclosure of Risk 4WD v1.2 – Nov 2025
Weather Cancellation Policy
Weather cancellation policy Nomad Adventures Limited (t/a Nomad Safaris, Info & Track, Info & Snow)
As part of this commitment, we reserve the right to delay or cancel any tours or activities if weather conditions are not suitable. This decision will be made by the Operations Manager or a delegated representative. Guides and Drivers are also authorized to modify their routes, or shorten a tour if weather conditions unexpectedly change.
Reasons for this could include, but are not limited to:
- Excessive rain causing risk of flooding
- Extreme high winds
- Snowfall closing roads
- Excessive ice on roading network
- Risk of lightning strike during tours
- Weather-related State of Emergency declared by authorities
- Any other extreme environmental or weather event, such as Earthquake, Landslide, Wildfire, Tsunami, Cyclone, Volcanic Eruption
Weather Cancellation Policy v1.2 – Nov 2025
