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Yarra Valley experiences cover a lot of ground, and most of it is above or around vineyards. You can float over the Yarra River at sunrise, taste wine where it's made, fly an open-cockpit Tiger Moth, or follow clues to a picnic on a hillside. Book one for yourselves, or give someone a day in the valley that they plan themselves.
The best days here tend to begin early. A sunrise balloon lifts off over the Yarra River and the wineries below, then lands in time for breakfast at Rochford Wines. After that, the valley opens up: cellar doors, a Dame Nellie Melba estate lunch, an open-cockpit Tiger Moth, white water on the Yarra or a mystery picnic where your phone gives the directions.
Two products fly for a four-hour morning tour. The Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Tour Over Yarra Valley takes you over the river, the hills and well-known wineries, with in-flight photos and video, while the Yarra Valley Hot Air Balloon Tour finishes with a buffet breakfast at Yarra Valley Lodge.
The Yarra Valley Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flight & Breakfast is a one-hour flight with breakfast at Rochford Wines, and you can help the crew set up and inflate the balloon if you want to.
Rochford Wines has three options for two. The Rochford Wines Wine Tasting and 2 Course Lunch starts with a tasting and moves to lunch at Isabella's Restaurant, and the Rochford Wines Wine Tasting and Pizza Lunch is a pizza lunch at il Vigneto Restaurant. For a lighter session, there's the Wine Tasting Flight with Cheese and Charcuterie, hosted by a sommelier, with two bottles to take home.
At De Bortoli, the De Bortoli Wine Blending Adventure has you blend your own wine and take it home in a hand-labelled bottle. At Coombe, the Melba's Guided Garden Tour & 2 Course Estate Lunch starts with a one-hour walk through Dame Nellie Melba's gardens before lunch with matching estate wines.
Tour days include transport, so nobody has to drive. The Expert Guided Yarra Valley Winery Experience starts with a sparkling tasting at Domaine Chandon, then lunch at Soumah and tastings at Tokar Estate and Yering Farm. The Yarra Valley Wine and Gin Tour lets you flex the itinerary across five venues, with gin at Four Pillars and a private chocolate tasting.
The Tiger Moth is a 1943 de Havilland DH82A, flown open-cockpit in a leather jacket, goggles and helmet. Choose the Yarra Valley Tiger Moth Discovery Flight for a calm look at the valley, or the Tiger Moth Aerobatic Flight in Yarra Valley for loops, barrel rolls and wingovers.
On the ground, the Lamborghini and Ferrari Drive Yarra Valley gives you 30 minutes in each car with an instructor beside you. On the river, the White Water Kayaking - Half Day Tour is a three-hour paddle on the Yarra River that welcomes first-timers.
If you like being sent somewhere with a clue, the Yarra Valley Mystery Picnic Experience has you visit five mystery produce stores to collect your picnic before eating it at a scenic spot with a glass of wine.
For something slower, the Premium Country High Tea with Sparkling & Tea Gift serves six savoury items, three desserts and bottomless scones in a country cottage, with unlimited sparkling.
The Yarra Valley Overnight Bed and Breakfast Stay is a night in a Melba suite at a property with heritage-listed gardens and a main house built in 1854, with breakfast at Sweetwater Cafe. The Overnight Country Escape with Breakfast puts you in a King Suite on 68 acres of bush land.
A Yarra Valley day has a few moving parts. A sunrise balloon means an early start, a winery lunch means someone has to drive, and tours with Melbourne transfers take that problem away. A gift that sorts out the logistics is the kind people actually use.
If you'd rather the person choose, a RedBalloon gift voucher covers any of the Yarra Valley experiences here, and they pick the day that suits them.
The main things to do are hot air balloon flights, wine tastings and winery lunches, Tiger Moth flights, white water kayaking, mystery picnics and high tea. For a first visit, the one-hour sunrise balloon flight with breakfast at Rochford Wines followed by a cellar door lunch covers the valley's two best-known draws in one day.
Yes, balloons launch at sunrise and fly over the Yarra River, the hills and the wineries. The four-hour sunrise balloon tour and the balloon tour with a buffet breakfast are popular choices. Balloon flights over the Yarra Valley are also covered on the more hot air balloon flights page.
The range includes Rochford Wines, De Bortoli, Coombe Estate, Domaine Chandon, Soumah, Tokar Estate and Yering Farm, plus Four Pillars Gin for distillery tastings. Rochford, De Bortoli and Coombe offer set experiences for two, while the full-day tours visit several estates in one trip.
It varies a lot. Experiences with alcohol, including the winery lunches and tours, are for ages 18 and over, and the Lamborghini and Ferrari drive is for drivers aged 25 or older. The Tiger Moth flights need passengers to be at least 13 and no heavier than 100kg, the Winter White-Water Kayaking trip is for ages 10 and over, and the Healesville Sanctuary Kangaroo Experience has a minimum age of five.
Both run with experienced pilots and a briefing before you go up. The balloon flights come with a local pilot and safety briefing, and the Tiger Moth flights use an experienced commercial pilot with a pre-flight briefing and a helmet, goggles and headset. The balloon flights are not suitable for pregnant women, and passengers over 130kg are asked to contact the operator first.
Book a tour if you want several wineries and no driving: the full-day guided winery experience visits Domaine Chandon, Soumah, Tokar Estate and Yering Farm with transport. Book a lunch if you want one estate and a slower pace. See winery tours and tastings and winery lunch options for more of each.
A few work well for two. The mystery picnic has you solve clues on your phone to collect a picnic from five mystery produce stores, and the Melba suite stay adds an overnight stay in a heritage property. For a shared first, a sunrise balloon flight over the valley is the other obvious pick.
For the highlights of this page in more depth, see hot air ballooning, wine tasting and winery tours and winery lunches. Scenic flights cover other aircraft, high tea has more settings, and gin and whiskey tastings go deeper on distilleries.