The Yarra Valley Touring Company — Local services in Melbourne

We were on our honeymoon trip in Melbourne and it was a wonderful day with Craig.

We took the metro from the city and Craig met us at the Lilydale station. We started by having a cheese tasting session with 8-10 kinds of cheese in a local cheese house. Love the cheese and the friendly staff there.

We then headed to Yering Station, the oldest winery in the region, for the first round of wine tasting. We were presented with some outstanding sparkling wine (which in our view were as good as champagne and we brought two bottles back). The reds and whites were more of personal preference but they were also amazing.

Next we went to Chandon for a wine-paired brunch. Absolutely love the environment and the wine there. They are not ordinary sparkling wine - they are the naughty boys in the traditional family - creative fruity sparkling wines. We liked them so much that we had a hard time thinking which one to bring home (thanks for the tips Craig).

Since we were the only customers in the tour, Craig was very nice to allow us to choose where to go next. We decided to visit the Yering Farm (the Apple cider was the highlight) and the chocolate factory (Craig managed to get us to a private chocolate tour). We love the chocolates and think they tasted much better than Koko Black.

And this wasn’t the end of the tour! Craig brought us to a secret place for the wild kangaroos and we saw a big family of kangaroos there.

Throughout the trip, Craig had been professionally explaining the history and climate of Yarra Valley - eg how this led to the growth of the winery industry, how the climate could impact the grapes. We enjoyed the tour for it not being just a get-drunk trip but rather a trip to appreciate and treasure the land through the tour.

We would like to add that Craig was very friendly and knowledgeable, and he took every possible step to make the Yarra Valley experience golden. We definitely recommend everyone to join Craig’s tour. Taking the metro to Lilydale station was straightaway and everything was smooth even for foreigners like us.

Thank you very again Craig. We had a great day and we...

Had an absolutely amazing time during our tour!

Due to the others in our group changing their itinerary, we were given the opportunity to tour around using a Mercedes 8-seater van. Mark was our guide for the day and we were all provided with sufficient bottles of water which helped since it was a beautiful sunny day out. We were first brought to Chandon, which was not originally part of our itinerary, and perhaps due to the sudden changes in transport plans, we were told that we get to choose a bottle of wine to share within our group! This was super sweet of them and we really appreciate it~

Throughout the day, Mark was very considerate and always mentioned interesting stuff, including information about the birds we saw during the tour. The cheese tasting we had was also amazing! Everything tasted so good, including the red salsa thing (I forgot what it's called T^T) when combined with the cheeses. We were also brought to Punt Road instead of Yerring Station so that we can avoid the crowds for the wine tasting and this was such a great gesture since we had Punt Road all to ourselves and it felt like we were having a private tasting of some of the best wines I've ever had. I don't really like reds, but the Pinot Noir that we had was divine!

After the wine tasting, we went to the chocolatier so we could have chocolate tasting, and we had some great and unique chocolates served to us It was a bit late already (our fault really) so we had to rush but I got to taste their ice cream and bought some chocolate bars to taste

We ended the day with some kangaroo viewing! There were so many and they were all just calmly munching on grass, lying down, or staring back at us~

I would say this is one of my fave guided experience of all time. It was chill, our guide was very nice, we got to taste some amazing wine, cheese, and chocolate, and see some kangaroos! Definitely a...

Great half day tour with Craig as our awesome guide, chose this tour as it started slightly later and we got to see kangaroos! Recieved a reminder email a day before with the meeting details! Meeting location was at Federation Square Bus & Coach Pickup Drop-off area, there was a toilet there before boarding the mini-van. While driving out of the city, Craig shared some history of the area even giving us quizzes with prizes. The first stop was Yarra Valley Dairy which was about an hour ride, and we got to try different type of cheese. The next stop was 5mins away, Chandon, where we got free salted fries, and purchased our own sparkling wine to try. Next stop was the Yering Station Winery where we got to taste different types of wine, followed by the next stop at the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery, where we got to taste multiple chocolates. Time was given to purchase your own Ice cream and chocolates as souvenirs. Finally, we were driven into the exclusive eastern golf club to see kangaroos! We had an hour drive back to Federation Square to conclude the tour around 7.15pm. overall a delightful...