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Margaret River 3-Day Tour from Perth: Caves, Wineries & Lighthouse

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Duration3d

GroupUp to 15

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PickupAt your hotel

Three Days in Margaret River: Where the Southern Ocean Meets Limestone & Wine

You spend three days exploring Margaret River's wineries, caves and coastline with hotel pickup from Perth included. The itinerary covers Mammoth Cave's fossil chambers, Boranup Karri Forest, Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, and tastings at five different producers — Redgate, Brown Hill Estate, Edwards Wines, Yahava Koffee Works and Olio Bello. Meals and expert local guides handle the details so you move through the region without arranging anything yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Margaret River via Mandurah and Busselton

Depart Perth city hotel
Coffee stop at Mandurah Foreshore
Visit Featured Wood Gallery near Bunbury
Free time at Busselton Jetty
Chocolate tasting at Gabriel Chocolate
Visit McLeod family farm
Stop at Prevelly Chapel
Lunch at The Hummingbird in Busselton

Day 2 — Forest, Cave & Lighthouse Tour

Breakfast at White Elephant Café
Visit Surfers Point
Guided tour of Mammoth Cave
Stop at Boranup Karri Forest
Visit Hamelin Bay
Tour Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Wine tasting at Redgate vineyard
Free time in Margaret River township
Lunch at The Colour Patch in Augusta

Day 3 — Taste Margaret River

Breakfast at Aldo's Café
Coffee tasting at Yahava Koffee Works
Wine tasting at Brown Hill Estate
Wine and cheese tasting at Edwards Wines
Olive oil tasting and lunch at Olio Bello

The Experience

The sound hits you first at Surfers Point — the roar of the Margaret River Pro break colliding with the estuary below, a wild coastal landmark that sits at the edge of everything. This 3-day Margaret River tour from Perth moves through that kind of contrast the whole way: dense Karri forest canopy reaching 65 metres overhead, then suddenly you're standing at Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse on the most south-westerly point of the Australian continent, where two oceans meet. The itinerary threads together wineries, limestone caves, timber jetties and family farms — the kind of stops that feel like you've been invited into the region's actual story, not a highlight reel. Hotel pickup from Perth means the bus arrives at your city hotel and you're on the road south; the route takes you through Mandurah and Busselton before the landscape opens into the Margaret River region proper.

Day two is the one people remember. Mammoth Cave sits beneath your feet — a guided walk through chambers filled with 35,000-year-old fossil remains of extinct megafauna, crystal formations catching the light in ways that photographs never quite capture. Your McLeod Tours guide leads you through it personally, not a recording playing in the dark. After that, Boranup Karri Forest is the kind of stillness that's hard to describe until you're inside it, the canopy so thick that the light turns green. Then you're at Hamelin Bay watching stingrays glide through clear shallows, and by afternoon you're climbing the lighthouse tower at Cape Leeuwin or walking the interpretive grounds at your own pace. The day ends with an hour of free time in Margaret River township — time to browse the bookshop, grab gelato, pick up something handmade. Redgate Wines, one of the region's original boutique producers since 1977, sits somewhere in that afternoon too.

The third day moves slower. Yahava Koffee Works offers complimentary tastings of single-origin beans roasted onsite daily. Brown Hill Estate in Rosa Brook is family-owned since 1995, often hosted by a member of the Bailey family themselves. Edwards Wines has a restored 1943 Tiger Moth biplane in the cellar door and wines aged beneath the ocean at SubSea Estate. Then lunch at Olio Bello, set among 320 acres of certified organic olive groves, where seasonal dishes highlight local produce and the estate's own oils. It's the kind of ending that doesn't feel rushed — three days that move through the region without you having to arrange transport, book tickets separately, or time anything yourself. Two nights at Margarets In Town, standard rooms, with accommodation upgrades available if you ask.

What’s included

Your three days include hotel pickup from Perth, comfortable bus transport with a dedicated local guide, entry to Mammoth Cave with guided tour, access to Boranup Karri Forest, Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse grounds, tastings at Redgate Wines, Brown Hill Estate, Edwards Wines (with local cheese pairing), Yahava Koffee Works (complimentary coffee tastings), and lunch at Olio Bello.
You also visit Busselton Jetty (1.841 kilometres, free time to explore), Featured Wood Gallery, Gabriel Chocolate, McLeod family farm, Prevelly Chapel, Surfers Point, Hamelin Bay, and Margaret River township (free time for browsing).
Two nights accommodation at Margarets In Town is included; other meals are at your own expense.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by McLeod Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want Margaret River's main attractions — caves, forest, lighthouse, wineries — without arranging your own transport, timing or entry tickets. The small group format and local guides mean you move through the region at a pace that lets you actually absorb each stop instead of rushing between them.