Enjoy a small-group full-day tour that combines native wildlife with wine tasting in Victoria’s internationally acclaimed Yarra Valley wine region. Set out from Melbourne for a visit to Healesville Sanctuary, founded in order to preserve and protect endangered animal species, and spend the morning observing koalas, kangaroos, emus and other iconic native animals.
Early afternoon, travel across to Yering Station Vineyard for a delicious a la carte main course lunch and wine tasting before finishing the day with cheese and wine at the De Bortoli Winery.
Posted By : Naomi_C
Our tour guide Paul is very friendly and helpful throughout pre-tour discussion and the tour day. Very knowledgeable in Melbourne and Yarra Valley history and Wine. It has good selection of Wineries. The mix of Healesville and Wineries can fit every group’s needs. The car is nice and clean, 10 seats for only 6 people group this time. The price is slightly higher than others but it’s worthy!
Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 22:06:35 
Posted By : Anthony_L
Had a great small group tour of sanctuary and then delicious lunch with a couple of wine tastings afterwards - Adrian was a great guide and made everything run smooth - animals were up close and personal and had added bonus of seeing some wild kangaroos in the fields after last tasting. Well done and highly recommended day outside of Melbourne.
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Posted On : 2024-05-02 19:43:50
Posted By : Nikhil_G
Great day with Paul. Top bloke and very engaging and knowledgable.
Speedy pick up and a great group.
Highly recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-04-26 06:32:15
Posted By : Oswaldo C
This was an amazing trip. Rob our tour guide was really cool and friendly. We did a wine tasting as well as a sanctuary tour. The vineyards are breathtaking and the wines are amazing. French barrels in Australia!!!! A must do on your trip to Melbourne.
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Posted On : 2024-04-23 21:07:28 
Posted By : Flyer64921325629
I am from the States (Houston to be exact) so wanted to make sure whatever I booked was worth it. This did not disappoint. Our tour guide Cam was awesome. We had a small group of 5, so there was space and great conversation all over. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and kind. We were also fortunate that just 3 of us checked out Healesville Sanctuary and we had TWO tour guides so that was awesome. Food was great, much better than expected, with several options. Wine tasting was also fun. Must do when visiting Melbourne. Thanks Rob/Cam.
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Posted On : 2024-04-17 14:55:25
Posted By : BayAreaCouple2
We had the pleasure of going to Yarra Valley with Adrian. He was very friendly and we enjoyed the information on Australia and his personal stories. He really engaged the group. Some people went for a total day of wine tasting and the other half spent the morning at the wildlife sanctuary. We didn’t get a volunteer guide at the sanctuary, but that ended up okay. There were lots of children there because of the spring break. It didn’t seem overly crowded and was nice that many animals weren’t in cages and we were wondering how they (eg, kangaroos) knew not to cross the roped off areas. There were lots of Koalas which was great because they are so cute and you get a close up view.
The lunch and wine tasting at Yering was fabulous. Then we went to a wine and cheese paring at Debortoli which was equally great.
Initially we thought this tour might be on the expensive side, but given the lunch and the higher end wines we experienced it was well worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 02:21:28
Posted By : MacKenzie_C
What a great experience! I highly recommend booking this. I went to Australia on a solo birthday trip and wanted to do something with a larger group of people. This was exactly what I needed... The sanctuary was great! It was not super crowded and easy to follow and get around, made for a wonderful experience. Plus, the wineries, after coming from a zoo tour, were PERFECT. Cam, the tour coordinator for the day, was an absolute gem. He gave me so many recommendations for Melbourne and made me feel as though I was apart of the group even whilst on a solo trip. 10/10!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-11 12:19:44
Posted By : Scenic769168
Awesome Trip. First Class. Rob the guide is great. We enjoyed all three stops on the tour. Highly recommend. We took a scenic route and saw lots of wild kangaroos on the way back. Lunch was excellent
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Posted On : 2024-04-10 19:20:40
Posted By : Tara M
Our tour was exactly as it was described. Paul was a great tour guide. The wineries were lovely , lunch could improve a bit. I had some great food and wine pairing in Mendoza Argentina and Chilean wine country. It should have been at least 2-3 course , not one. And couple of glass of wine.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10 00:33:20
Posted By : Bandit384
We had a an absolutely great day with Paul! He met us at the cruise port with a nicely appointed van and drove eight of us on an amazing Yarra Valley wine adventure. We did tastings at four cellars and had lunch and another tasting at the fifth cellar.
Paul was cordial and knowledgeable about wine, the Yarra Valley, and Melbourne. We couldn’t have asked for a better day! We highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2024-04-07 07:07:22
