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Puffing Billy Steam Train Ride, Yarra Valley and Healesville Sanctuary Tour

Hotel Pick up included

Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

  • Duration

    9.5 hours

  • Start time

    8:10am

  • Meeting Point
    Good news! You can get picked up from selected hotels in Melbourne, just give us the details at the time of booking. Don’t worry if you have not booked your hotel yet, you pass them onto the operator when you are ready.
  • Ending Point

    Same as the start point

Key Highlights

  • Ride through the scenic Blue Dandenong Ranges with a historic steam train ride
  • Tour through the richness of Yarra Valley
  • Immerse yourself in Australia’s wildlife at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Relish an Aussie style Bush Billy tea, lunch with a glass of wine and sweetmeats
  • Hotel transfers are available from Melbourne’s inner-city hotels

Overview

Have the ultimate Australian experience with this epic day out. Revel in a heritage steam train ride, have lunch and wine at a world-renowned winery, and see native wildlife at a sanctuary.

This tour from Melbourne reveals the best of Victoria as you travel in a luxury coach through the lush rainforests of the Dandenong Ranges and chug along in the famous Puffing Billy steam train. Keep hunger at bay with visits to the Fergusson’s Winery and Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. Follow it up with a visit to Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary and have a stroll through paddocks where kangaroos and wallabies call home as well as come face-to-face with koalas and wombats.

During the course of the tour, enjoy famous Bush Billy tea, hand-feed native birds and savour lunch and wine tastings.

Itinerary

Depart from Melbourne in an air-conditioned coach and head to Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, towards Sherbrooke Forest in the heart of the scenic Dandenong Mountain Ranges.

Take in the beautiful scenery of tall eucalyptus trees and spot native birds like kookaburras, bellbirds, Crimson Rosella, cockatoos and galahs, as you sip a refreshing cup of Bush Billy tea accompanied with lamingtons and crackers. You can hand-feed the birds and listen out for the delightful birdsong from the forest.

Next, embark on a fascinating ride on one of the world’s best-kept steam trains, the Puffing Billy travelling from Belgrave to Menzies Creek. With its characteristic red carriages well-preserved, this century-old train still runs on its original mountain track through the Dandenongs. You’ll trundle through lush Sherbrooke forests, full of ferns and soaring mountain ash trees. Ride across the old Trestle Bridge and enjoy stunning views and marvellous photo opportunities from the open carriages.

After the train ride, you will deboard your coach and driving past quaint villages, you will head to the Yarra Valley for a spit roast lunch with wine at the Fergusson’s Winery.

Moving forward, treat yourself to a sweet feast at the Yarra Vallery Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. Relish complimentary chocolate tastings, displays of premium chocolates and observe European chocolatiers at work.

Your last stop in the tour will be the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary. See wallabies, wombats, koalas, kangaroos, dingoes and more than 200 native birds in a natural bushland environment and learn about their characteristics and habitats through animal shows and exhibits.

At the end of the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel in Melbourne.

Inclusions

  • Hotel transfers
  • Puffing Billy steam train ride
  • Luxury coach travel
  • Morning tea
  • Lunch and wine tasting
  • VIP meet and feed experience at Healesville

Exclusions

  • Gratuities

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