Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comYarra Valley Wineries and Puffing Billy Steam Train Day Tour from Melbourne
based on 40 reviews
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Product code: 2230M35
40 reviews of Yarra Valley Wineries and Puffing Billy Steam Train Day Tour from Melbourne
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Had a wonderful day! Interesting, informative and fun!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Australia, April 2009
Great trip doing several different things. Feeding the native birds was a lovely thing to do. The train ride allows for spectacular views. The winery trail was magic for someone who likes wine. My sister didn't do that bit but went to the animal park, which she found disappointing because of the long wait to see one of the shows.
Reviewed by: Isabel P, United Kingdom, February 2009
Trip was excellent; however, I stood for over one hour waiting for my pick up. When I called them, they said to get to Melbourne Centre. Bad start to the day, but good trip.
Reviewed by: Dan F, United Kingdom, January 2009
Most enjoyable day. Meal was good. Our driver kept us informed and was very helpful and courteous. We did find the stairs on the bus steep and difficult to negotiate.
Reviewed by: Delma S, Australia, November 2008
Loved the day, wish the train ride was a bit longer.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Australia, November 2008
My daughter enjoyed the train, and we enjoyed the wineries. Very good tour guides at each winery.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, September 2008
It was a great and entertaining day out. The tour guide was excellent and very informative. Puffing Billy was fun. Would recommend the experience to anyone wanting a great day in the Yarra Valley. Only small criticism was that the tasting at the second winery I believe this was a substitute for the original destination we were given ten different wines to taste within about five minutes. This was far too rushed and it was impossible to sort out the taste of different wines even drinking water in between. We still had about 20 minutes to fill in at the end of the tasting so it wasn't as though we were running behind time.
Reviewed by: Alison C, New Zealand, March 2008
We really enjoyed this tour. It was great to go to the wineries, as we are not really wine people. But after tasting Moscato wine, I am now converted. Puffing Billy was great, and the lunch at the winery was fantastic. What a great day!
Reviewed by: Fiona N, New Zealand, March 2008
Everything about this trip was great except one of the wineries they could not get rid of us quick enough and it was a waste of time.
Reviewed by: Rodney O, Australia, February 2008
Really great tour. The views were beautiful. Our guide was interesting. Just be careful when you feed the birds, one picked my finger instead of the seeds and it hurt. The Chandon Domain visit was absolutely awesome.
Reviewed by: Claire R, Australia, December 2007
The Domaine Chandon tour was great but it would have been nice to have time to taste and purchase some wine. After doing the tour the tour needs to spend more time at this winery, more than other wineries. I asked other tour memebers and they also agreed.
Reviewed by: Debbie F, Australia, December 2007
We had a great day; the driver was helpful, funny and a good driver. We would recommend the tour to others and probably would do other tours when we next visit Melbourne.
Reviewed by: Diane D, Australia, October 2007
The train ride was great but too short. The wineries were well chosen, interesting and fun. Lunch was delicious and plentiful, which was just as well as we did not receive our advertised afternoon tea platter at Domaine Chandon. We were too rushed because there were other tour groups joining us for the winery tour, which then took too long. It was a disappointing end to a great day. Our bus was comfortable, and the driver was entertaining and knowledgeable.
Reviewed by: Wendy M, Australia, September 2007
This is a good day trip with excellent wines to taste in pleasant surroundings. We had a very good driver as well. It was a pity about the dreadful traffic in the city when we got back.
Reviewed by: David M, New Zealand, July 2007
The weather was horrible but the trip was very good. The staff were excellent.
Reviewed by: Maxine S, Australia, May 2007
