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Hand-picked tours across South Australia

Small-group tours, day trips, cooking classes and multi-day adventures. Every tour vetted for traveller reviews first.

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Classic Mustang Convertible Barossa Valley Half Day Private Tour For 2

Cruise the Barossa Valley in a restored 1966 Mustang convertible with the roof down, stopping at wineries and local landmarks on a tailored 3.5-hour private route. Your knowledgeable guide shapes the itinerary around your interests—whether that's viticulture, regional produce, or simply soaking in the valley's patchwork landscapes from an iconic American muscle car. Pickup included anywhere within the valley.

Iconic Adelaide Walking Tour

A three-hour guided walk through Adelaide's city centre led by a local who knows the place inside out. You'll uncover the stories behind the city's defining landmarks—from North Terrace's cultural institutions to the riverbank precinct—and learn how key figures and moments shaped Adelaide into what it is today. The pace is relaxed with built-in stops to catch your breath and take things in.

Sunset on the Sand Dunes

A 3.5-hour expedition across South Australia's sand dunes with a seasoned photographer guiding you to prime sunset vantage points. You'll navigate the dunes by 4WD, spotting emus and kangaroos in their natural habitat whilst capturing golden-hour light. The route combines off-road driving with wildlife watching, finishing as the sun drops below the horizon. Suited to those comfortable with vehicle-based exploration and reasonably fit.

Unique Trike Barossa Valley Half Day Private Tour For 2

Ride a three-wheeled motorcycle through South Australia's Barossa Valley on a bespoke half-day tour built around your tastes. This private 3.5-hour adventure pairs winding roads with cellar doors, artisan food stops and panoramic viewpoints. Your guide navigates the best routes while you experience the region's wine and produce landscape from an open-air seat, personalised service included.

Nocturnal Tour of Kangaroo Island

Track Kangaroo Island's nocturnal creatures on a guided 2–2.5 hour torch-lit expedition across South Australia. Your local guide navigates the island after dark to reveal wallabies and kangaroos at feed, with chances to encounter owls, penguins and other shy species rarely seen by day. Hotel pick-up and drop-off included. Learn why this island's wildlife differs markedly from mainland counterparts.

2 hours – 2h 30mfrom AUD $170

★ 5.0 (25)

🍜 Food & Cooking

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Yalumba Unlocked

Spend two hours wandering through Yalumba's Eden Valley estate on a private guided walk tracing the winery's family legacy. You'll explore heritage buildings, taste standout vintages direct from the cellar, and graze on seasonal local produce. It's a straightforward introduction to what makes this South Australian operation tick, without the crowds.

Elderton Elite Tasting Experience

Spend 90 minutes at Elderton Wines in South Australia's Barossa Valley learning how the Ashmead family rescued a 120-year-old vineyard from ruin. You'll taste through the winery's premium range alongside older vintages in a private room, paired with local cheeses. The tasting reveals both the wines themselves and the decades of effort behind them.

Adelaide Hidden Bar Tour

Navigate Adelaide's secretive drinking culture with a local guide who knows where the good stuff hides. Over 2–3 hours, you'll slip into four carefully selected bars tucked behind shopfronts, beneath laneways, and inside repurposed buildings. Your guide fills the gaps between stops with lesser-known Adelaide stories and insider knowledge. You'll walk away with a curated map to keep exploring, exclusive bar discounts, and a working understanding of why this city rewards curiosity.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $69

An exciting, Tree Top Adventure for Our Littlest Adventurers

★ 5.0 (17)

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An exciting, Tree Top Adventure for Our Littlest Adventurers

Kids navigate a canopy course through South Australia's treetops over 80 minutes, tackling obstacles designed to build confidence and risk awareness. They'll climb, balance and swing through challenges suited to their abilities, learning to assess their own boundaries in a supported environment. The experience teaches practical problem-solving skills whilst keeping them engaged and active amongst the trees.

Abseiling Adventure in Adelaide

Drop down natural sandstone cliffs in Morialta Gorge, just outside Adelaide, on this three-hour abseiling adventure. Qualified instructors walk you through technique before you rappel the steep rock faces, with views across Morialta Conservation Park and St Vincent Gulf. Local koalas often watch from nearby gumtrees. All safety gear provided.

Private Adelaide Walking Tour

A two-hour private walking tour of Adelaide led by a local guide who shares the city's layered history and contemporary character. You'll navigate the main thoroughfares and encounter landmarks like Adelaide Arcade and Town Hall, finishing at Central Market. The guide offers practical insights into Adelaide's neighbourhoods and dining spots, giving you genuine bearings for the days ahead.

Port Lincoln Mikkira Station Wild Koala Safari Tour

A 3.5-hour wildlife tour through Port Lincoln's Mikkira Station led by a professional wildlife photographer. You'll track koalas in their natural habitat alongside other native animals across the sprawling property. The air-conditioned vehicle keeps you comfortable year-round, with tea, coffee and light refreshments provided throughout.

Luxury Range Rover Barossa Valley Half Day Private Tour For 2

Explore the Barossa Valley's wineries, cellar doors, and lookouts from the comfort of a luxury Range Rover Sport with a knowledgeable local guide. This 3.5-hour private tour takes you through the region's best-known producers, with three tastings of your choice—wine, gin, craft beer or gourmet food stops—and scenic viewpoints. Customise your route based on your interests, with hotel pickup and drop-off included for Barossa-area accommodation.

Adelaide Walking Tour: East End Escapade

Walk through Adelaide's eastern neighbourhoods on a relaxed 2-hour guided tour tracing the city's evolution from colonial settlement to present day. Small groups (max 15) explore heritage buildings, private residences and public monuments with a local guide who unpacks the architectural details and human stories behind Adelaide's character. Suits anyone with moderate fitness; wheelchair accessible.

Hidden Adelaide: Laneways and Street Art Tour

A two-hour walking tour through Adelaide's laneways and back streets that reveals the city's street art scene and overlooked heritage. You'll navigate lesser-known passages lined with murals, installations, and graffiti by local artists, uncovering forgotten stories—from Adelaide's first businesswoman to heritage market sites—while building a mental map of the urban culture that exists beyond the main thoroughfares.

Wild Yarnbala

Spend 90 minutes in one of South Australia's last intact grassy she-oak woodlands, learning to identify and taste native plants alongside an Aboriginal guide. You'll attempt water divining, listen to didgeridoo and lap-steel guitar, and sample botanicals you've foraged in a gathering space built entirely from recycled materials and powered off-grid. Transport included.

Walk, Taste, Graze - Experience at Pindarie

Spend two and a half hours exploring Pindarie's vineyard on the western ridge of the Barossa Valley. Your guide leads you uphill through working vines to Schoff's Hill, where views stretch across the ranges in all directions. Back at the heritage stables, you'll taste the estate's portfolio—from established Shiraz and Cabernet to lesser-known varieties like Montepulciano and Fiano—while learning how each performs on this particular slope. The tour wraps with seasonal plates overlooking the vines you've just walked through.

Picnic and Wine Tasting Experience in the Barossa Valley

Spend two hours in the Barossa Valley learning to taste wine like a local, then settle into a vineyard picnic at Jacob's Creek. You'll sample wines first to pick your bottle, then unpack charcuterie, cheese, and bread on the grass with a keepsake rug and branded glasses in hand. A straightforward afternoon that lets you eat, drink, and absorb the valley without fuss.

Private Barossa's Best Sightseeing Tour for Two

Explore the Barossa Valley's rolling vineyards and hillsides aboard a custom-built yellow trike, turning heads as you navigate Australia's premier wine region. This 90-minute private tour for two pairs you with a driver who knows the best vistas and quieter routes through the countryside. You'll spend most of the ride cutting through the landscape, with brief stops to take in the views properly. It's a different way to see the region—wind in your face, engine purring beneath you, the full sensory experience of the valley floor.

Adelaide Food Odyssey Tour

Spend three hours zigzagging through Adelaide's eating precincts with a local guide who knows where the real food happens. You'll hit ten venues across the East End, West End and Central Markets, sampling South Australian wines, multicultural dishes and native ingredients alongside regular coffee-shop regulars and market traders. Stories about the city's characters and history come with every stop, finishing at Adelaide's longest-running café. A $2 donation supports local homeless and indigenous organisations.

Ultimate Buggy Tour in Kangaroo Island

Tear across Kangaroo Island's remote coastline in a buggy, accessing tracks closed to regular vehicles. This 2 hour 50 minute circuit from Vivonne Bay reveals dramatic cliff-lined shores that rival the Great Ocean Road for raw beauty, with nothing between you and Antarctica's expanse. You'll navigate sandy tracks and coastal terrain with an experienced guide, helmet and goggles supplied.

Just Bliss Wine and Chocolate Experience in Barossa

Spend an hour in Barossa pairing four carefully selected Grant Burge wines with handcrafted chocolates from Just Bliss. Each wine has been matched to complement specific chocolate creations, revealing how the two enhance one another. It's a short, indulgent experience designed for those who appreciate the interplay between wine and chocolate rather than lengthy tasting room visits.

The Chateau Tanunda Everest Experience

Spend two hours at Château Tanunda exploring the Barossa Valley's winemaking heritage from vine to glass. Walk century-old vineyards on the estate grounds, tour the production facilities, and taste directly from oak barrels where your guide explains the winemaking process and the property's 130-year history. The experience wraps with a comparative tasting of Old Vine Expressions in the refurbished Cellar Door, plus you'll receive a signed history book and bottle of Everest Shiraz to take home.

Jurlique Farm Private Immersion Tour

Walk through Jurlique's South Australian farm on a 90-minute private tour with a brand ambassador. You'll see how seedlings become plants, explore biodynamic growing methods, watch the harvest in action, and learn what makes their soil and compost tick. End with herbal tea in the farm shop, browsing products you won't find elsewhere. Three gifts to take home remind you of the day.

Hahndorf After Dark Walking Tour including meal

Explore Hahndorf's layered past on a 90-minute evening walk through South Australia's oldest surviving German settlement, founded by Prussian refugees in 1839. The tour weaves together architectural insights and settler narratives told by costumed interpreters against the village's atmospheric backdrop. Cap the evening with a three-course meal at The Haus Restaurant, choosing from five mains that rotate seasonally.

The Intimate wine tasting experiences and Boutique wines

Spend three and a half hours sampling wines across five South Australian cellar doors, starting with a walk through heritage vineyards and their underground cellars. You'll taste selections from established collections and limited reserves at venues where staff expect you. Pick-up and drop-off from a central location is included. Wine Valley Tours have hosted dignitaries and celebrities since 1983, treating every visitor with the same care.

Australia's Immersion Tasting

Spend 75 minutes working through Jim Barry's range at their Clare Valley cellar door, sampling everything from flagship releases to unreleased stock. You'll taste nine wines across sparkling, white and red styles while learning how the family operation has shaped the region's wine identity. A proper tasting rather than a quick sip—expect to develop your palate and leave with a clearer sense of what Clare Valley does well.

Hardys: Tasting in the Dark: A Wine Sensory Experience

Taste your way through Hardys' Fortified Barrel Hall in South Australia with vision switched off. You'll spend 90 minutes at the Tintara Cellar Door learning how blindness sharpens your palate, guided through a sensory breakdown of wine appreciation. The experience strips away visual bias—black glasses, dimmed lights, blindfolds—to reveal how taste and smell dominate when sight steps back. It's fundamentally about training your tongue and nose to catch what your eyes usually distract from.

Adelaide Walking Tour: Hills, Squares and Parklands

Explore upper North Adelaide's layered past on this two-hour guided walk through tree-lined streets and civic spaces. A local guide unpacks the stories behind heritage buildings, monuments and notable residences—from colonial foundations to modern Adelaide. You'll traverse parklands and squares that shaped the city's character, learning how individual figures and institutions built what you see today. Small groups (max 15) mean genuine conversation and a genuine sense of place rather than rushed sightseeing.

Couples Romantic Picnic

A helicopter flight over South Australia's Barossa Valley followed by a private hilltop picnic built for two. You'll circle above vineyards and rolling terrain before landing on a secluded spot with 360-degree views, where local wine and a curated produce platter await. The whole experience runs two-and-a-half hours and caters specifically to couples seeking something beyond the standard date.

After Hours Electric Fatbike Tour in Kangaroo Island

Ride electric fatbikes across Kangaroo Island during golden hour when the landscape quietens and wildlife emerges. This 1 hour 50 minute tour takes you along riverbanks fringed with ancient gum trees, then across the sand dunes of Little Sahara as daylight fades. Your guide shares knowledge of native plants, bush foods and local fauna while you navigate varied terrain with motorised assistance and seven gears. Small group size means you'll have the dunes mostly to yourself.

Vineyard Trail Ride and Taste at Jacob’s Creek

Saddle through Jacob's Creek's vine-covered slopes in the Barossa Valley, then taste Limited Release wines at the cellar door. This 2.5-hour experience pairs a 60-minute guided horse ride—led by Hallmark Farm's team—with a curated tasting. You'll see the vineyard from horseback, learn about the region's winemaking legacy, and finish with wine in hand. A solid choice if you want your viticulture served with a side of countryside air.

Social Justice Tour of Adelaide

A 2-hour guided walk through Adelaide's civic heart, tracing the state's progressive milestones from colonial settlement onwards. You'll visit public monuments and institutions that shaped South Australia's reputation for social reform—from the secret ballot and women's voting rights to Indigenous recognition and environmental policy. The pace is gentle and the group stays small, so you'll hear the stories behind the statues and legislation that define the city today.

Private Helicopter Outback Pub Tour with Lunch

Depart by helicopter from the Barossa Valley and sweep north over Jacob's Creek, Tanunda and Nuriootpa to land at the Wheatsheaf Hotel near Allendale. Settle in for lunch and a drink with the pub's owners, and possibly encounter a local horseman who arrives on film-star steeds. The return flight traces a scenic route past Kapunda's historic landmarks—including Australia's most haunted pub and the famous Map the Miner sculpture—before heading back to base. Three and a half hours total.

Take the Challenge and Conquer the Salisbury Treetops

Push yourself through a 2-hour aerial obstacle course in South Australia's eucalyptus canopy. TreeClimb Salisbury's Grand Course combines high ropes, zip lines, and climbing challenges designed to test your nerve and problem-solving skills. You'll navigate suspended platforms and swooping lines through the treetops, emerging with a genuine sense of achievement and expanded confidence in your own capabilities.

Kangaroo Island Spirits Cocktail Master Class

A two-hour hands-on class at Kangaroo Island Spirits where you'll craft three cocktails using the distillery's award-winning spirits, guided by experienced bartenders. You'll shake, stir and taste your way through signature recipes, paired with light bites from the on-site food van. Walk away with written instructions to replicate these drinks in your own kitchen.

Distinguished Collection Tasting with Platter

Taste eight wines from three South Australian regions at Tapanappa, a family-run winery 25 minutes from Adelaide. Brian Croser's operation focuses on vineyard-specific expressions, anchored by The Tiers—home to some of Australia's most acclaimed Chardonnay. The hour-long session pairs wines with local cheese, cured meats, olives and chocolate, giving genuine insight into how terroir shapes each bottle.

Maggie Beer's Farm Cooking School and Seasonal Lunch

Roll up your sleeves at Maggie Beer's cooking school in South Australia for a hands-on 2.5-hour session where you'll learn to cook seasonally inspired dishes alongside fellow enthusiasts. After mastering techniques during a live demo, you'll prepare a dish to share at a communal lunch table, then take home recipe cards to recreate the meal at home.

Adelaide Nite Bites: An Evening Food Tour

Spend two hours grazing through Adelaide's East End with a local guide who knows the neighbourhood inside out. You'll stop at four food venues, each with their own character, while learning the stories behind the streets and spotting the murals that define this precinct. Small groups mean you'll actually get to chat with your guide and fellow food enthusiasts rather than shuffle along in a crowd. A portion of your ticket goes straight to local charities.

Gourmet Grazing Platter & Wine Tasting Experience for 2

Spend 90 minutes at a family-run McLaren Vale winery where you'll taste wines alongside a grazing platter built for two. The Hastwell & Lightfoot team shares three decades of winemaking knowledge, walking you through their signature Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, plus lesser-known Mediterranean varieties like Tempranillo and Fiano. Food and wine arrive together, designed to complement each other across the tasting.

1h 30mfrom AUD $72

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