Cruising The Swan Tour

A lovely way to see a wine area close to Perth without having to travel. The wineries were a good variety of wines lunch was to much smaller serves would be better and the chocolate factory was a chocolate lovers heaven. The cruise down the Swan was a pleasure with lovely views and nibbles and drinks and the crew entertained us with their singing

All aspects of the day were great. The bus left on time and our driver Keith was very knowledgeable. We enjoyed visiting 3 wineries (Sandalford was the best), had a great lunch and enjoyed visiting the chocolate factory. The boat trip home was enjoyable. All in all, it was a great way to visit the Swan Valley. Happy to recommend.

Excellent Day exploring wine and food offerings around Perth. The bus trip was quick to the first winery, and the driver was very informative as we travelled to our first destination and throughout the morning. Lunch was delicious (we had the burgers including the plant-based burger) which were recommended. The afternoon was equitably enjoyable with a short distance between wineries, Chocolate stop and onto the river cruise back to Perth. Would highly recommend this experience.

I would highly recommend this tour. Perfect from beginning to end. Wineries and lunch were great. Cruising the river was the perfect way to end

All ran very smoothly. Guide was great and good wineries and food.

A really good tour of the Swan Valley. Excellent commentary, wine and food

Fantastic day! Keith the bus driver was great fun and informative. Wine tasting at all three locations was excellent. Lunch was great, afternoon cheese selection tasty. Boat cruise back to Perth was fun, plenty of wine and snacks.

A well organised day out. All the staff were friendly and helpful. Nothing was too much bother. The timing was excellent.

Amazing experience. Went on trip alone and met some pretty amazing people. The staff was nice and the experience was well organized

Very good tour! Well-organised right from coach pick-up to cruise drop-off. Sandalford was the highlight of the wineries (Jamie was brilliant!). Plenty of tastings at all three wineries. Also loved the stop at The Margaret River Chocolate Company. Delicious lunch (burger) at Mandoon Winery. Get in first for the cheese on the cruise back - not replenished and hogs took too much! There is no commentary on the cruise which was a little disappointing. However, really good value and well worth doing. Recommended.

3 wineries, 1 brewery and the chocolate factory were awesome and very good deal. The river cruise was fantastic, lots of wine and great singer.

Excellent fun filled day! Visits to multiple wineries, great food and laid back approach to the day with fun cruise back to Perth.

We used Swan Valley Tours for our staff Christmas party this year, and it was absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Thanks to Adele, the whole day ran smoothly, with everything organized perfectly. From the coach pickup at our office to the beautiful winery lunch and the cruise back to the city. Our driver John was friendly and professional which made the journey fun and engaging. The atmosphere on board the cruise was relaxed and festive, and our team loved every moment. Lunch at Sitella was delicious, with great tasting food and amazing cocktail choices. The return river cruise was a highlight with stunning views, great music, and the perfect way to wind down after a big year. The logistics were handled flawlessly, which made my job organizing the event so much easier. Everyone on the team commented on how much they enjoyed the day, and it definitely set the bar high for future Christmas parties. Highly recommend Swan Valley Tours for corporate events, group outings, and anyone wanting a stress-free, memorable experience in the Swan Valley!

We did this trip with a group of friends and it was fantastic! The locations, the wines, the food and the staff for the bus and boat cruise were amazing.

Fabulous time from the start to the end. Bus driver provided historical info as we drove to Swan River. Thoroughly enjoyed the tastings. Driver made sure all ran to schedule. Lunch was great. Next driver who took over after lunch was lovely as well and more tastings and cheese platters was had a good time and lovely cheeses. Then on to cruise which was devine. Lovely treats with cake, cheeses and refreshments. Lovely travelling along the swan and to top it off staff entertained us with fabulous music and song. Just an incredible day which we thoroughly enjoyed.

Lauren has an amazing voice and I think she should start singing earlier. Everyone was friendly in our group and I would highly recommend this trip.

This was a trip of 6 parts, initially a coach trip (minibus) with a fantastic, funny and knowledgeable driver 5/5. Part two at the sandlford winery, brilliant wine presented by a brilliant guy, 5/5 Part 3 at the Lancaster winery, rushed through the tastings and the only info presented was, this is ....type of grape. The wine was excellent which helped the score 3/5 Part 4, lunch, excellent service, delicious food and a great accompanied wine, 5/5 Part 5, the Mandoon winery and cheese tasting, again the wine tasting was rushed with very little information and way too many people for the amount of cheese supplied 3/5 Part 6 , trip back on the Swan River, amazing journey, the wine flowed more than the river, ace crew, 5/5

This trip was exceptional value for money and such a good day out. We chose to go on the coach then boat return. We visited 3 wineries enjoying a wide variety of wines and fizz (all delicious 😋) lunch was included as well as a stop at a chocolate factory. We were entertained on the boat by members of the crew staff along with more inclusive wine and cake. Nothing negative to say!!

The tastings were good and plentiful. The cruise back was relaxing. It would have been nice to have a few more snacks (macarons were in short supply). The singer was very good.

so easy and everything flowed naturally , our driver Michael gave us past and present history on each vineyard and looked after us as a group

Goodly organized. Nice tour guides with appropriate advice for us. We will recommend our friends to join your tours.

Captain Soren was informative in his talk, Jess & Lauren were awesome in singing! That was a pleasant surprise indeed! Maggie was awesome! Whole boat turned into a nice day party venue when the girls started singing! Crew was overall friendly, professional, and they definitely deserve a pay raise!! Best wine tour I've been on!

Awesome way to see the Swan valley, we had a good time on the way back on the boat listening to the crew cerenading us as we were dropped off

Overall wouldnt do again - wasnt personalised - no proper presentation of wines, dissapointing trip.

We signed up for the Guildford tour followed by 2x wineries, the chocolate, and the River Cruise back to Perth. I don’t recommend the Guildford tour on Monday or Tuesday (when we went) because many stores are closed. Still, it’s a quaint town. Our tour went to two wineries, one quite fancy, the other quite earthy, both very good. They were generous with the tasting and we had a lovely cheese plate at the second one. Then, chocolate insanity at Providore. Finally, and the best part, was the leisurely Swan River boat trip back to Perth. Two words: open bar. Two more words: great singer. Two final words: much fun. This thing was a tad touristy and cheesy, but it was a perfect good time.

A wonderful experience from start to finish. Our guide was knowledgeable and professional, ensuring we were enjoying our experience at every stop. The wine was free flowing, so much so that we could not indulge as we cruised the beautiful Swan river back to Perth. Tea and coffee was most welcomed though at this stage.

The day turned out better than we could of hoped for. Very organised right from the pick up with the very knowledgeable Keith, all the way through to the best finish with the Swann river cruise... awesome day.

Had a great day today. We did the boat trip both ways and found Captain Matt, Bec, and Michelle were all fantastic, friendly, and provided the best customer service...... only gripe was that we all felt that Bec should have sung for longer on our way back, as she was that good!!! Our lunch was nice but the attitude of the waiting staff at Mandoon was poor.... definitely needing a personality transplant. After speaking to others on the tour, we would recommend doing the boat cruise each way!!

This is a good way to spend a day in Perth. Left at 9:45 from Perth train station corner of Wellington st and William st and returned to Elizabeth quay about 5pm. We had spent a few days in margaret river including a similar organised tour a few days before this and have to admit if you’re based in Perth, this is so much easier. Many of the wineries in swan river grow their grapes or have some brought up from margaret river anyway so you end up trying some from MR on this tour. And only a 30 min drive from Perth. Peter the driver was super friendly and good sense of humour, and so helpful with everything. We went to Sandalford wines (some sweet wine options too, and cheese and jatz provided), Mandoon estate (which became our sort of base, we could’ve walked to it was literally next door). Homestead brewery was in the same complex as Mandoon estate but unlike other reviews here we didn’t have lunch at the brewery as expected, but at a far more upmarket dining room next to their Wild Swan fine dining restaurant. We suspect this was because it was a Saturday and the brewery was busy. Lunch options were: Chicken with beans, peppers and other such Crispy skinned barramundi with potato rosti type thing and cabbage (we had) Beet salad (not sure what else was in this). Glass of red, white, lager or soft drink was included. The Barra was delicious and well cooked. Fine dining sized meals so not huge, but a nice light lunch. Then went to Lancaster wines (very noisy and busy but a welcome big cheese platter). Although we’d been on a small group tour (10 people) up until that point, another tour joined us on the bus so we ended up with about 24 people sharing the cheese. Margaret river chocolate company you not only get the public samples but a truffle each and Peter was great - he’s able to dive in behind the counter and start serving to save time and then dug up some more samples for us of nougat and other things. Also in this stop was Providore who had more wine (we missed) and chocolate liqueurs which were delicious and they also have olive oil, chutneys etc for tasting by the public. The Captain Cook cruise back to Perth was nice. Back to Mandoon estate to catch the boat. Being a spring Saturday there were a couple of spring weddings we got to see along the banks of the swan. And free coffee and tea and cake and fruit at first, then open bar for the rest of the trip (red, white and sparkling - didn’t seem to be from wineries we’d visited or even swan valley so there’s an opportunity). Lauren from the crew started singing about 30 mins before arrival in Perth and as others have said has an amazing voice. All in all a good day out!

We caught the bus at Guildford and went to two wineries for wine tasting , then lunch at Homestead brewery , then to another winery , chocolate tasting and then the wine cruise back to Perth. We met some lovely people in the group and tasted some gorgeous wines. We had cheese tasting at two of them and cakes and drinks on the boat . It was good value with nibbles , wine , chocolate and lunch

My wife and I had a great day starting with a bus trip to the Swan Valley area with a very informative guide. Lovely wine tastings and lunch or followed up with a cruise back to Perth. We both enjoyed this immensely!

The coach driver was very informative and the winery’s we visited were most welcoming, great wine and food and the cruise back was with more great wine and entertainment from the young girl singing.

My fiancee and I had a most wonderful day. The day and venues were extremely well chosen and organised. Our tour guides were extremely knowledgeable of the Swan Valley area and it was a pleasure to learn surrounded by like minded people. Nothing was too much trouble with the organisers. The food was beautiful and choices supeb. The tastings were fantastic with many different fluids to tempt the taste buds. THEN the extreme coffee hit to get us on our way back to Perth via a beautiful River Cruise. The staff were fabulous and the very talented singer was an added bonus. What staff.. Great.. Beautiful relaxing cruise back to Perth.. Lovely.. Thank you to all.

Such fun!! A well organised trip with excellent tastings, superb lunch and entertaining cruise back to Perth! Don’t hesitate - book this!

We booked and paid for a group tour of nine or fewer people. There were 42 people on the tour. My maths may not be the best, but I make that almost five times more people than advertised. As we only saw bus drivers on the day who just had lists of names, there was no possibility of making a complaint..

Our guide Peter and Kim was super nice and kind. The lunch at the vineyard was also delicious. We had a great time.

Great day out, thoroughly enjoyed it, lovely vineyards, great lunch and relaxing cruise back to Perth . Thanks to Mike, Ed and the team at SVT and the lovely staff at the vineyards .

Great day. Morning spent cruising the swan river, onto bus, lunch then 2 boutique wineries for wine tasting and cheese platters included, 1 brewery for tastings with potato wedges included to nibble on and then onto the chocolate factory for tastings of chocolates and a truffle. Were dropped back at hotel. 7.5hours of total enjoyment. Keith was our bus driver who was a delight. Great value and highly recommend it.

My wife and I did this tour. The bus guides are helpful, informative and engaging. The vineyards and tastings were excellent, good measures and interested staff. It’s a great way to spend a day. Lunch was good quality and guess what; yes, mire wine! We were in the bus tour but asked if we could come back by boat. No problem; just paid the difference. Staff couldn’t have been more helpful and ‘can-do’. Couldn’t recommend more highly. Go try it!

A wonderfully organized tour. My wife an I live in Perth and were lucky enough to win this tour in a raffle. Thank you Keith for the very informative bus ride thru Perth and Guildford. Live in Perth all my life and you provided some very interesting facts that I never knew about Perth and the Swan Valley region. The wineries were of top quality and so was lunch. Never felt rushed but fitted so much into one day. The river cruise back was also fantastic. A great way to finish the day. Highly recommend this tour to any visitors to Perth or people of Perth that are looking for a really nice way to spend a day. Just leave the kids at home. :-)

Michael our driver was very knowledgeable about the area.It was really interesting to learn about & taste the different wines from the different wineries. Lunch was great. It was a wonderful day trip out & to cruise back to Perth on the ferry.

After having to delay our work Xmas Function, this was definitely worth the wait... What a fabulous day out. Our hostess Kim was brilliant, bubbly and friendly. Amazing local wineries with a great selection of wines and cheeses. Lunch stop was delicious. Cruising back to Perth, very relaxing, again staff brilliant, funny and full of surprises with one of the hostess singing us all the way home, awesome. Thank you for a great day out.. we will be back.

<p>The wineries we visited were really generous and the wine was great. Lunch was so delicious and all the people on the tour were friendly and interesting. The river cruise back was fun, except the live cabaret style singing was a little unexpected and weird. The pick up went well although we had tracked into the city only to drive past our accomodation on the bus. I recommend calling the company beforehand and checking about a hotel pickup.</p>

A fun day out and well organised. An informative tour and well worth the trip. Good wine and great entertainment on the ferry back to Perth.

We decided to do the day tour with the cruise back down the Swan River and had an absolutely brilliant day! We got to try lots of great wines and learned about the wines and the Swan Valley from the excellent staff (who were incredibly friendly and very knowledgeable) We ended up on the coach with a great bunch of people and the company made the day one to remember. Loved all of the wineries and breweries we visited and also filled ourselves up with chocolate at the chocolate factory. Lunch was delicious and the cruise back was also good fun. Would really recommend Swan Valley Tours to anyone looking for a fab day out - we will definitely be taking any of our visitors from home to do another tour!