Swan Valley private day tour: Wine, art and heritage
Taste wine, meet metalworkers and walk through 1830s Guildford in one day
A private Swan Valley day tour from your hotel includes a guide, air-conditioned transport and stops at wineries, breweries, distilleries, heritage sites and artist studios. You pick which venues to visit based on your interests (wine, beer, spirits, history or local crafts), and the guide customizes the route. Tastings and lunch cost extra and are your choice.
Step-by-step itinerary
Explore Swan Valley region highlights
- Visit Earlsferry Sculptures garden
- Tour heritage sites in Guildford
- Enjoy coffee tasting or grab coffee
- Taste wines at Lancaster winery
- Visit Old Young’s spirits distillery
- Sample beers at Feral Brewing Co.
- Stop at small family winery
- Optional cheese tasting stop
- Taste wines at Kosovich Winery
- Visit local honey and mead producer
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
- private guide in a comfortable air-conditioned car.
- chilled bottled water.
- flexibility to choose your own wineries, breweries, distilleries and lunch stops based on your interests.
Times
- Every day No fixed time
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The experience
This is a private tour, so it's just you and your group in one car with a guide who knows the region well enough to skip the standard stops and take you to places larger operators can't fit in. Earlsferry Sculptures sits off the main road to Guildford: a riverside garden where metalwork artists create and sometimes work while you're there. Guildford itself is where the Swan River Colony settled in the 1830s, and the tour passes heritage buildings and sites from that first century, with time to browse antique shops and visit one of the region's best bakeries. The Swan Valley is 30 minutes from a major capital city but has over 40 wineries, breweries and distilleries, so the choice of where to stop is genuinely yours.
Wine here runs to fresh whites and soft, drinkable reds (Chenin Blanc, Verdelho and Chardonnay are the backbone), and the valley has a strong tradition of fortified wines. Lancaster, on the Swan River banks, holds some of the oldest vines and pours its own Old Vines Shiraz and Late Picked Chenin. Old Young's makes hand-crafted vodkas and gins with a flair for the unusual. Feral Brewing Co. runs an experimental brewery with a barrel-aging shed and beer garden. If wine and beer don't appeal, the region also has chocolate, honey, nougat and cheese stops. A coffee tasting before the wine tastings can help reset your palate. Tastings run $5 to $10 per person and are not included in the tour price.
The guide builds the day around what you actually want to see. If you're interested in history, local art and food but not alcohol, that's the tour you get. If you want to taste at family-run wineries and stop at a restaurant that suits your mood, the route shifts to fit. The car is air-conditioned, the water is chilled, and the guide handles the driving so you can focus on the stops. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and the tour runs 6 to 8 hours depending on how many venues you choose and how long you linger.
Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to customize the stops around your own interests (wine, beer, spirits, history, local art or food) rather than follow a fixed itinerary. The private format means the guide can include smaller family wineries, artist studios and heritage sites that larger group tours skip.
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Top questions
What's the difference between Lancaster and the other wineries on this tour?
Lancaster sits on the Swan River banks with some of the oldest vines in the valley and produces Chenin Blanc, Verdelho, Chardonnay, Old Vines Shiraz and Late Picked Chenin dessert wine. A standard tasting costs around $5 and includes local cheese pairing.
Can I visit Feral Brewing Co. if I'm more interested in beer than wine?
Yes. Feral Brewing Co. runs an experimental brewery with a barrel-aging shed, market garden, restaurant and beer garden. The brews are deliberately complex and include barrel-aged barley wines and seasonal experimental beers. Tasting paddles and lunch cost extra.
What happens if I don't want to do wine tastings at all?
The guide has taken many visitors with no interest in alcohol to the Swan Valley. The region has history, heritage sites like Guildford, artist studios including Earlsferry Sculptures, and excellent places to eat. You customize the stops to match your interests.
Is Guildford part of the tour route?
Yes. On the way to the Swan Valley you pass through Guildford, one of the main settlement areas for the Swan River Colony in the 1830s. The tour shows heritage buildings and sites from the first century of Western Australian settlement, and you have time to browse antique shops and visit local bakeries.
What's included in the tour price and what costs extra?
Included are hotel pickup and drop-off, the private guide, air-conditioned transport, chilled bottled water and the guide's local knowledge. Tastings at wineries, breweries and distilleries cost $5 to $10 per person and are extra. Lunch is your choice of venue and cost.
Swan Valley private day tour: Wine, art and heritage
6h–8h · EN · at your hotel
from AU$ 530.34 per person
≈ US$ 378 in your currency
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