Hunter Valley Wineries and Wilderness Small-Group Tour
- Location:Sydney, Australia
- Duration:10 hours (approx.)
- TOUR Code:3898A198
27 reviews of Hunter Valley Wineries and Wilderness Small-Group Tour
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Great day out. Guide was very knowledgeable and kept us interested and entertained throughout the day. A good selection of wines to try and enjoyable lunch. Much better as a small group tour. Have been on large tours of this type and the variety on offer was minimal. Use of cool box on board for any purchases you make.
phil was awesome! wine was awesome! lunch was awesome! he should be prime minister!
This was a wonderful tour that helped acquaint me with the wines of Hunter Valley. The tour guide/van driver picked me up at the appointed time at my hotel and was a knowledgeable and entertaining guide for the entire 9 hour trip to several wineries, wild animal park and a delightful lunch.
One word sums it up... Excellent
This was very enjoyable, and our tour guide was excellent. There were only two couples on the tour, and it wasn't cancelled due to the small group, for which we were thankful. We saw the beautiful country and tasted excellent wine and cheese. The meal was okay. We didn't care that much for the food, but that was personal taste. We also learned a lot about Australia and the area.
This was the highlight of our 9-day honeymoon in Australia! I have not the foggiest how much wine we gobbled up but our taste buds were extremely satisfied throughout the whole trip.
The driver / tour guide really made all the difference to the trip with his great sense of humour and stories. We had another similar day tour in Barossa Valley, Adelaide, with another tour operator a few days later and did not have the same enjoyable experience as we had at Hunter Valley. I also recommend this for those who prefer a smaller tour group to the big coach tours. Pricing would most likely be cheaper than the private tours which I have been on a previous trip and you would receive similar experiences.
The morning trip to Calga Springs Sanctuary was a refreshing and delightful experience for us. Something not to be missed if you visit Australia! Many thanks for making our trip a great one!
The driver was knowledgeable and entertaining. The wine tasting was professional and informative. We gained a greater appreciation of wine enjoyment while having a comfortable and excellent tour around such a beautiful region. Definitely Top Rating!
This was a brilliant day, tasted loads of different wine and saw some lovely countryside.
Friendly and knowledgeable driver/guide. Good wineries visited with generous tastings!!
An awesome day with great company. The experience was made even more enjoyable by the wonderful tour guide/driver. He provided great commentary and a wonderful sense of humour.
A long day, but brilliant driver/guide and the extra bits on the way to the wine tasting absolutely worth it.
This wasn't just a wine tour - this was a culinary, historical, wine and wildlife adventure for the senses. I chilled with kangaroos, emus, and wallabies at a wildlife sanctuary. Up close and personal with the animals feeding them and giving them hugs. The guide in our mini-bus (quite comfy actually) gave us an extensive history lesson on all things Australian. I even walked on the original Convict Road on our way up to the Hunter Valley. His knowledge has even prompted me to ask all my Aussie friends where they descended from. The Hunter Valley was beautiful. We hit three very different wineries that allowed for a range of experiences - a large family-owned, a corporate-owned and a small boutique winery. I bought wine all around and had smiles throughout the private tastings at each winery. The tastings included Semillon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet, and Desert Wines to name a few. The lunch was a class act with small plates of meat, cheese and vegetables and yes, more wine (obvvviousslllyyy). We also had a delicious cheese tasting at the boutique winery paired perfectly with their wines. And of course I must not forget the roadhouse and chocolate shop stops. Two thumbs up, a must-do for a day outside of Sydney.
My official review: This was a really fun tour. Our guide was really knowledgeable about Australian history, which made the drive out to the Hunter Valley educational and interesting. We stopped at an animal reserve to see kangaroos and other native animals, which was cool. The wineries we visited were great and we learned a ton about Australian wine.
My non-official review: I loved Coopers so much that I shipped out a case of their wine. Seriously. Everyone on the tour was like, crazy American girl shipping out cases of wine.
Small group enjoyed a trip via the reptile farm for close ups with a koala and kangaroos amongst other animals and then through some lanes where we saw kangaroos in the wild. Wines were tasted at broken Ridge, rather too many without any dry biscuits or something else to mop up some of the alcohol, then lunch at Hunter valley resort with more wine and then another winery before stopping at a rather overpriced chocolate and cheese shop, very sleepy on the way back! Arangements good in terms of pick up etc, wineries mainly large corporate type although last a bit smaller. Personally could have done without the chocolate/cheese stop but on the whole a good tour.
Great day Vanessa our bus driver was excellent. we had only 6 people on our trip. The day did seem rather rushed, even though we were all on time for the pickup which put us ahead of time. This meant we were back in Sydney early. I would rather have had more time at the Wild Life and Reptile Park. That was a high light for us.
