Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ... which sits at the base of the magnificent Mount Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand. Glacial lakes that feed Lake Pukaki ...

With this weekend's release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected ... From snowy mountain passes to horse-thundering plains, an estimated 150 New Zealand locations have been used to bring Middle-earth ...

New Zealand. The gorgeous mountains around these towns were used as the Misty Mountains in the Lord of the Rings Movies created by Peter Jackson. We started the day in Hobbit-like fashion at a ...

The sweeping landscapes of New Zealand are, for many “Lord of the ... as well as the subsequent Hobbit trilogy. The Hobbit sets – mostly facades built into landscaped hillsides – have ...

Today, a pair of South Bay readers are sharing their recent experiences in New Zealand — no hobbit sightings, but plenty of gorgeous sights. Wish You Were Here NEW ZEALAND: San Jose reader Thuy ...

New Zealand may have been dubbed the Land of the Long White Cloud by the Maori people, but for many it's now the land of the short stubby hobbit ... and the dramatic mountains and fjords of ...

Peter Jackson's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies put New Zealand on the map as a site ... but often allied with their local Orcs in the Misty Mountains. The Wargs in LotR hailed from Isengard.