Swan Valley River Cruise and Wine Tasting Day Trip from Perth

Fantastic Day and the staff were first class. We will do another tour shortly very impressed. Next will be the river cruise.

Totally enjoyed the cruise up-river, morning tea and cheese/wine tastings. Staff for both legs of the trip were absolutely incredible. HOWEVER - The sausage in my spicy sausage pasta was almost raw (very red) and there would have been insufficient time to send them back as you run on a tight schedule. We went to two wineries which each had their own problems. The first one was very hot as the fans were not working and we were not allowed in the air-conditioned area. The second one's amenities were disgusting, being attached to an old house. You couldn't swing a cat, never mind a rat (which I wouldn't have been surprised to see) in the toilet and then you had to use the laundry to wash your hands. The tub was full of jugs of some type of liquid, no soap and no hand-drying. I was glad we had no overseas visitors as it would have been very embarassing for them to consider this as standard Australian offerings. Both wineries offered cheese and biscuits, but three times in one day is a bit much. We then went onto a brewery which supplied plates of hot chips per group of 4, which was nice but a bit off-putting after the lack of sanitation at the winery. There are many wineries of very high standards in the Swan Valley, and I appreciate you wanting to support smaller family businesses, but you must assure they are meeting a reasonable standard. As always, the chocolate factory was a delight! We thought we had booked for the full trip including lunch at Sandalfords, but were told this was not the case. On review I can see where we went wrong, however when we called your office to discuss this at approx 10 am on Thursday 31 Dec there was no response. Via your site we could have upgraded for $30 per head, however Captain Cook wanted to charge us $60 per head which we felt was a bit much. Even if paying an extra $30 per head this would have been a much better option as it included desert and free glasses of wine on the return trip (which we had done before).

A beautiful cruise up the swan lots of wine & cheese, lunch & wine at mandoon and onto various wineries with Peter our Driver well worth the money will definitely do it again

Awesome tour!!! Had a fantastic day! Wineries/brewery were great, and of course the chocolate factory- tour guide looked after you and was very obliging

Great day from start to finish with a very informative cruise for 2 hours up the River Swan with of course wine sampling accompanied by a cheese board. We then disembarked for lunch with a beer or wine in a winery then on a small coach taking us to 2 vineyards 1 brewery and a chocolate factory all with samples at each stop. Our day was finished off by being dropped off in central Perth near our Hotel. A great day from 9.30 - 17.00

It was a bonus that the day was perfect for a leisurely cruise on the Swan River. Great staff, food and wine. Glad we did it.

Oh what a wonderful day! Travel in comfort by boat and coach. Spent the morning cruising the Swan River, on-board our cruise, we enjoyed a morning tea and a mid morning wine tasting with cheese and crackers. Then onto our coach for a short distance to lunch. Then as scheduled, our coach brought us to the boutique wineries for wine tasting, with cheese platters included, 1 brewery for beer tastings, which was served with potato wedges to nibble. Our day ended with a tour at a chocolate factory for tastings of chocolates and a truffle. We were dropped back at a designated hotel. Eight hours of total enjoyment. Everything was delivered as presented. Great value and we highly recommend this all inclusive tour!! JUST GO!

The trip overall was excellent, however when we arrived we were told it was a one way trip and we would have to pay $38 for a return trip. The trip I booked was $150 per person and stated it was an 8 hour all day return trip, we paid the money on the day as this was a gift for my wife and sister in law. The ticket staff told us a line way trip booked through then would have cost $66 each. I would like to know why your one way trip would have been $150 each and why we had to pay an extra $38

excellent cruise and winery visits, plenty to see and drink, well worth the journey and experience.

We loved every minute of it especially the boat .such great staff all of tour.would DEFINATELY recommend.we meet some lovely people as well.