HUNTER VALLEY WINE AND WILDLIFE TOURS

Heading towards the north of Sydney after picking the travelers from their Sydney accommodation at 8.00 am, the first stop on our private tour to Hunter Valley wine and wildlife is the Australian Walkabout wildlife park. This is the only wildlife sanctuary in New South Wales with both free-roaming Australian animals, ancient Aboriginal rock art sites.

The Hunter Valley is the next stop and one of the oldest wine regions of Australia offers you the opportunity to learn about viticulture from a master winemaker. Winemaking is a highly sophisticated process of harvesting, crushing, pressing, fermentation, clarification, aging, and bottling.

Hunter Valley private wine tours with Sydney Top Tours offer options to contrast some great wines from the best Hunter Valley wineries and learn about the winemaking process. Some of the cellar doors are award-winning wineries and regularly producing wines of exemplary quality. Some of the selected wineries for this tour are Tyrrell’s, Pepper Tree, Tinklers, and Gartelmann. These ranks at the top on the Halliday Wine Companion in terms of star ratings.

Recommended Hunter Valley wineries and tasting fees per person A$ –

Audrey Wilkinson wines – standard experience 10, premium tasting – 25

Pepper tree wines – cellar door bar tasting 10, premium tasting – 20

Savanah Estate – 10

Gundog wines – 10

Allandale wines – 5

Briar Ridge cellar door – 10

Gartelmann wines – 5

Any traveller with our private tour to Hunter Valley does not want to miss the delectable taste of handmade chocolates from the Hunter Valley Chocolate factory. It is one of the most premier attractions in the region. It offers a wide array of handmade chocolates and fudge made from the finest Belgian couverture chocolate.

One of the popular stops of private Hunter Valley tour from Sydney is the cheese tasting at the HunterValley Cheese Co. If the shop is not too busy, you can learn the process of artisan cheesemaking by listening to master cheesemonger, Dave at Hunter Valley Cheese Co. The highlights of cheese are washed rind and brie from many cheese varieties produced by Hunter Cheese co. The café offers a wide variety of coffees. Furthermore, snacks and cakes if you are looking for a light bit before heads up to Sydney.

If you love a crafty experience, Hope Brewery has a wider choice of beers on the tap that suits your taste buds.

Most of the travellers with our Hunter Valley private wine tours prefer Hunter Distillery as their last stop. It is a certified producer of organic gin, rum, and vodka. A new addition to the Hunter region offers variety to whoever traveling to the Hunter region for a unique gastronomic experience. Neither to say, a popular stop of hen parties.

Tasting fees – $5 per adult

Leaving the Hunter Valley around 3 pm, your private Sydney tour ends at around 5.30 pm Sydney CBD by dropping off you at your hotel. 

Our Hunter Valley wine and wildlife tour itinerary is fully customizable and if you wish to visit another other winery or attraction such as Hunter Valley Gardens, please inform the driver in advanced.

Some travelers like to join for an inside winery tour and this can be arranged for an extra cost. Please let us (Sydney Top Tours) know during the booking.

As per the NSW Liquor act 2007, you need to be over the age of 18 to consume alcohol.