With The Hobbit due to hit our cinema screens soon, now is the perfect time to set out on your own adventure through Middle-earth with hop on hop off bus company Magic Travellers Network offering 25% off itineraries throughout New Zealand.

Starting at just $314 per person, the discount is available on the following travel passes (per person):

Southern Discovery (minimum 9 days, South Island only) ... $314

North & South (minimum 12 days, classic North & South Island) ... $440

Magic Adventure (minimum 16 days, North & South Island) ... $560

Valid for 12 months from the first date of travel, these flexible travel passes will allow you to hop on and hop off Magic Travellers Network buses as many times as you like on routes around the North and South Islands.

Each of the passes visits some of the most popular destinations in New Zealand, including Auckland and Rotorua in the North Island, and Queenstown and Kaikoura in the South Island. Magic Travellers Network is also the only hop on hop off bus to visit the Hobbiton movie set from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

You can start your journey at any point on the Magic Travellers Network route.

Valid for travel until 31 March, 2013.

Book by 19 December.