Harvest Full-Day Wine Tour
A full day across five Margaret River wineries with lunch and small groups, picked up from Margaret River town, Busselton or Dunsborough. It is rated a straight five and it books out on peak weekends.
from A$133 per person, live price on the listing
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A hundred cellar doors sit scattered along a strip of coast that runs about 110 kilometres top to bottom. In a day you can properly taste maybe five of the good ones, but only if someone else is driving and already knows which gate to turn in at. That is the entire case for taking a wine tour down here, and it holds up well.
What follows is the shortlist worth booking: each tour with its real rating, what the day actually includes, and the price in Australian dollars. Prices come straight off the live listings and move around, so treat them as a starting point and check the current date on the operator's calendar before you commit.
Jump to the day that fits: the classic full-day circuit, a smaller premium group, a boutique food-and-wine day, a mixed wine-brewery-distillery run, or the whole region as a day trip from Perth. Each section below compares the real listings side by side.
Classic full-day wine tours
Best for first-timers who want the whole region in one relaxed, driven day
Premium and small-group tours
Best for travellers who will pay more for a small van and unhurried tastings
Boutique and food-and-wine tours
Best for return visitors and food-led drinkers who want the lesser-known cellar doors
Wine, brewery and distillery days
Best for groups who want more than wine across the day
Margaret River wine tours from Perth
Best for Perth-based visitors without a car who want the region in a single day
If you only do one thing, make it a full day with a driver who runs this route every week. These cover the classic version: a spread of established cellar doors, a real lunch, and enough time at each stop to taste properly instead of gulping and rushing back to the van.
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A nine-hour day that leans as much on food as on wine, based around Cowaramup with pickups across the Margaret River area. Alongside tastings at several wineries it works in a two-course lunch with a glass of wine, plus coffee, chocolate and olive-oil tastings through the afternoon. Built for people who want the region's produce as much as its cellar doors.
A seven-hour circuit built around small producers and a long lunch, with pickups from around the Margaret River township. The day pairs cellar-door tastings and behind-the-scenes winery visits with a stop for craft beer or wine, plus chocolate and a distillery along the way. A fuller version of the classic day for people who want the food and the makers, not just the pours.
A full nine-hour day across the Margaret River cellar doors at the most accessible price on this list. The route takes in several wineries for tastings and folds in a two-course lunch, run at a relaxed, budget-conscious pace with pickups from Busselton, Margaret River and Dunsborough. It is the straightforward way to see the region without driving it yourself.
Smaller vehicles, fewer stops, more time in front of the person who made the wine. Worth the extra if the pour matters to you more than ticking off a long list.
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A six-and-a-half-hour small-group day through the region's wineries in an air-conditioned vehicle, with pickups from Margaret River and nearby stays. The day is built around guided tastings at award-winning cellar doors, lunch at a local brewery, and a producer or chocolatier stop when time allows. A tidy middle option between the budget and premium ends.
The step up from the standard full day: a smaller group, higher-end cellar doors and a sit-down lunch across roughly nine hours. Pickups run from Dunsborough, Margaret River and Busselton, and the guided tastings are paced to linger rather than rush between stops. The premium anchor on this list for travellers who will pay more for a quieter day.
For people who would rather eat their way through the region as much as drink it. Think blind tastings, long lunches and stops for local produce between the wineries.
A six-hour boutique day that stays off the big-name trail, opening with a blind tasting and moving through smaller cellar doors with lunch included. Groups are kept small, and the focus is on lesser-known makers rather than the region's headline labels. A good pick for return visitors who have already done the classic circuit.
The region is not only wine. A handful of tours fold in Margaret River's breweries and distilleries, which is the honest pick for a group where not everyone drinks wine.
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A six-and-a-half-hour mix of wine, beer and spirits with door-to-door transport around the Margaret River area. The day covers guided tastings at boutique wineries plus brewery and distillery stops, usually with a chocolate or artisan-producer visit and lunch at a local venue. Built for groups who want more than wine across the day.
A small-group day of roughly six to seven hours that spreads across wineries, a brewery and a chocolate stop, with accommodation pickups in Margaret River. Tastings run at boutique cellar doors, there is a hands-on wine-blending session, and lunch lands at a winery mid-day. A varied option for drinkers who want the beer and the wine in one run.
Perth to Margaret River is about 270 kilometres, so a day trip is roughly six hours in the car before a single glass. These tours take that driving off you. If your plans allow it, though, stay a night down here rather than turning straight around.
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The whole region packaged as a long day trip from Perth, with city pickups and the driving handled for you. The day threads Busselton Jetty, a founding-winery tasting and coastal stops around Surfers Point and the Wilyabrup sea cliffs before the drive back. The trade-off is real windscreen time each way, but it puts Margaret River within reach without a car or an overnight stay.
Western Australia's blood-alcohol limit is 0.05 for a full licence, and zero for anyone on L or P plates, driving a novice, or behind the wheel of a charter or taxi. A standard tasting flight is several pours of 30 to 50 millilitres, and there is no reliable way to feel where your reading sits without a test. Add the geography: the cellar doors are spread across a region about 110 kilometres long and 27 wide, usually 10 to 25 minutes apart, none of it walkable. A designated driver who knows the roads turns a day of nervous maths into a day of actually tasting. That is what you are paying for, and on a full day of five wineries it is easily worth it.
Most full-day tours land between about A$130 and A$260 depending on group size, lunch and how premium the cellar doors are. That price usually covers your transport, the day's tastings and lunch. A few things to know before you book:
| What | Typical | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Full-day small-group tour | A$130-180 | 5-6 wineries, lunch, about 7 hours |
| Premium / boutique tour | A$200-260 | Fewer, higher-end cellar doors, longer lunch |
| Cellar-door tasting fee | A$10-20 standard, A$25-50+ premium | Usually waived if you buy a bottle; many tours include it |
| Lunch | Often included | Confirm on the listing; some are winery lunches, some shared platters |
| Tipping | Not expected | Australia does not run on tips; a thank-you is plenty |
Autumn, roughly March to May, is the sweet spot: mild days, the vines turning, and the crowds of summer gone. Vintage runs February into April, so a visit then can catch the wineries mid harvest. Summer, December to February, is busiest and books out over the school holidays and long weekends. Winter is wet and quiet, which suits a fireside tasting if you do not mind rain.
| Season | Months | What it's like |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn | Mar-May | Best all-round: mild, colourful vines, fewer people |
| Summer | Dec-Feb | Warmest and busiest; book well ahead |
| Winter | Jun-Aug | Wet, quiet, cosy cellar-door fires |
| Spring | Sep-Nov | Warming up, wildflowers, the Pair'd festival in November |
Margaret River makes only about 2 percent of Australia's wine by crush but more than 20 percent of its premium wine, which is why the region punches so far above its size. It is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Locals talk about six informal patches (Yallingup, Carbunup, Wilyabrup, Treeton, Wallcliffe and Karridale), none of them official boundaries, with Wilyabrup treated as the Cabernet heartland. There are around 100 cellar doors across 200-plus wineries, so no single day sees more than a slice of it.
You can drive yourself, but the whole point of the region is tasting, and Western Australia's limit is 0.05 (zero on L or P plates). With cellar doors 10 to 25 minutes apart across a 110 kilometre region, a tour lets everyone taste without one person going dry all day.
Most full days run about A$130 to A$260 per person, usually including transport, tastings and lunch. Premium and boutique tours sit at the top of that range.
A typical full-day tour covers three to six producers over about seven hours, with time for a sit-down lunch in the middle.
Yes, and several tours run it, but it is roughly 270 kilometres each way, about six hours of driving round trip. If you can spare a night, staying down here is a much better day.
Autumn (March to May) is the pick for weather and smaller crowds. Vintage runs February to April if you want to see harvest.
On most full-day tours, yes, though what "lunch" means varies from a winery restaurant to a shared platter. Check the individual listing.
Sometimes. Fees run about A$10 to A$20 (more at premium estates) and are often waived if you buy a bottle. Many tours fold the tastings into the price, so confirm on the listing.
Close by touring standards, usually 10 to 25 minutes between cellar doors, but spread across a region about 110 kilometres long, so a route planned by someone who knows it saves a lot of backtracking.
Plan the day before you book it: which cellar doors are worth it, how the region fits together, and what each kind of tour actually covers. Browse all guides or browse all answers.
Award-winning cellar doors, the informal districts, tasting costs and which tour reaches which.
The six informal districts, how far apart the cellar doors sit, and which tour reaches which cluster.
Cellar doors with real kitchens, from flagship dining rooms to long-table farm lunches, and what a meal costs.
The best long-lunch cellar doors, when the meal should land, and which tours build a vineyard lunch into the day.
What a six-hour afternoon loop covers versus a full day, how many cellar doors you reach, and who it suits.
Charter and small-group options for couples and groups, what a private day costs, and how to plan your own route.
The door-to-door day trip from the city: distances, timing, pickup points, and when to stay a night instead.
How a combined day pairs cellar doors with a brewery and distillery, the options compared, cost and who it suits.
The best time is autumn (March to May): mild weather, harvest energy and thinner crowds. How each season really compares.
Yes: it makes over 20% of Australia's premium wine and was 2025's most-awarded region, with coast, caves and food too.
Two to three is the sweet spot for wine, coast and food. How each trip length actually plays out.
Cabernet Sauvignon, with Chardonnay close behind. Why two grapes carry a whole region's reputation.
9 hours · Best value · Harvest Tours Margaret River
A full nine-hour day across the Margaret River cellar doors at the most accessible price on this list. The route takes in several wineries for tastings and folds in a two-course lunch, run at a relaxed, budget-conscious pace with pickups from Busselton, Margaret River and Dunsborough. It is the straightforward way to see the region without driving it yourself.
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