Mornington Peninsula Day Tours from Melbourne (2026): Hot Springs, Wine and Coast, Compared and Ranked

The full wine day, and priced like one. Tastings at Yabby Lake, Crittenden Estate, Quealy in Balnarring and Ten Minutes by Tractor, a cheese platter, and an a la carte main course with a glass of wine and coffee at Merricks General Store, in a group of 2 to 11 with hotel pickup in central Melbourne. Everything you drink and eat on the itinerary is in A$340, which is the honest comparison with the A$205 to A$225 Local Way day: that one has two guided tastings and a grazing board, this one has four cellar doors and a sit-down lunch.

Sundays and public holidays cost A$360 adult and A$300 child, on the operator's own page and at our link. Children 4 to 15 are A$280 on other days, and Vinetrekker says the tour is not suitable for infants. Vinetrekker is a registered business name of Link Tours Pty Ltd (ABN 27 006 236 433) and also runs the Yarra Valley day we rank separately.

Also: Full refund at our link if you cancel at least 24 hours before; the operator's own terms charge 20% to 50% inside 72 hours

The plain version of the day, run by Autopia, which describes itself as the official Peninsula Hot Springs shuttle operator. It leaves the Regent Theatre on Collins Street at 8:20am, makes a photo stop at Arthurs Seat and a row of bathing boxes, and gives you about three hours in the Bath House, the all-ages area with around 50 pools. A$190 covers the bus and the Bath House entry. On the springs' own price list that entry is A$80 on a weekday and A$90 at the weekend, so you are paying A$100 to A$110 for the return trip. Autopia also sells the seat without the entry for A$120, so if you already hold a springs ticket, that is the fare to ask for.

Read the company name before you book. Autopia Tours, Wildlife Tours Australia and Boutique Touring Company are the same operator: Autopia and Wildlife Tours are registered business names of Get Lost Travel Pty Ltd (ABN 94 143 929 962), and Autopia's own booking terms list Boutique Touring Company among its affiliated brands. All three sell this 8:20am shuttle from the same doorway with the same Bath House entry. Wildlife Tours prices it at A$166 on its own site and at our link, A$24 less than Autopia's A$190, so we rank the shuttle once, under the name with the review history, and tell you which name is cheaper.

Also: Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before departure

A wine day with lunch in it, for a lot less than the full-day specialists. Guided tastings at Port Phillip Estate and Trofeo Estate, time at Pt Leo Estate and its sculpture park, a grazing-board lunch with a wine paddle at Green Olive, and the short walk to the Arthurs Seat lookout, in a group of up to 15. Local Way says the wineries are subject to availability, so treat the names as the usual plan rather than a promise.

A$225 is the fare from Melbourne at our link. On Local Way's own booking engine the same day was A$205 on most dates we checked, and A$225 on Monday 2 November, so booking direct can save about A$20. The A$205 Viator also shows is for joining on the peninsula, not for the pickup in Melbourne.

Also: Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before departure

The sightseeing day, with a guide, for A$125. Arthurs Seat lookout, free time in Point Nepean National Park with its forts, tunnels and old Quarantine Station, the bathing boxes at Blairgowrie and a stop in Sorrento, with a guide and a group of no more than 15. Child tickets are A$95, the same at our link and on Local Way's own booking engine.

It is cheap partly because lunch is not in it: you buy your own at Blairgowrie or Sorrento. Local Way sells a winery lunch with a wine paddle as a A$55 add-on, and bike hire in Point Nepean at A$35 for a push bike or A$75 for an e-bike. The add-on lunch cuts your time at Arthurs Seat from about 1.5 hours to 30 minutes, by Local Way's own page.

Also: Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before departure

Springs and wine in a single day. A walk to the Arthurs Seat lookout, a grazing-board lunch with a wine tasting paddle at Green Olive at Red Hill, then three hours at Peninsula Hot Springs, in a small group of up to 15 with a guide. A$265 is A$75 more than the shuttle, and what that buys is the guide, the lunch and the paddle: the Bath House entry inside the fare is the same one.

Two numbers the headline leaves out. Towel, robe and locker hire is A$25 a person extra on Local Way's own page, so bring your own towel or add it to the budget. And Local Way's own booking engine sells a 'Tour Only' ticket at A$175 for people who already hold a springs booking, which is worth knowing if you want the Spa Dreaming Centre (16 and over) rather than the Bath House: Local Way sells that upgrade at A$55 a person.

Also: Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before departure

The same Bath House entry as the shuttle, with more time in the water and a towel in the price. Explore Australia gives you over four hours at the springs, against about three on the shuttle, adds a stop at Murrays Lookout on Arthurs Seat and a row of bathing boxes, and collects from four CBD and Southbank pickup points rather than one. At A$189 it costs a dollar less than Autopia's A$190, and the towel that would cost A$6 at the springs desk is included.

The trade is the clock. It leaves at 9am, takes about eight and a half hours, and the operator does not publish a return time, so plan on an early evening rather than a free afternoon. It runs Monday to Saturday only. Explore Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 76 631 640 910) is an independent Melbourne company and also runs the sightseeing-and-lunch day ranked on this page.

Also: Full refund at our link if you cancel at least 24 hours before; the operator's own terms require 48 hours

The sightseeing day with lunch already paid for. London Bridge and the Portsea Bay Trail, lunch at ONDA, a beachside restaurant in Sorrento, Murrays Lookout on Arthurs Seat, the bathing boxes, and from November to April a stop at Rocky Creek Strawberry Farm to pick your own (in the cooler months it swaps to Mornington Peninsula Chocolates in Flinders). A$169 at our link and on the operator's own site, with children 4 to 15 at A$139.

Against Local Way's coastal day at A$125, this one costs A$44 more, includes lunch and the strawberries, and skips Point Nepean. It runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only, and takes about nine and a half hours.

Also: Full refund at our link if you cancel at least 24 hours before; the operator's own terms require 48 hours

Not a tour, a bus, and priced like one. Hop It runs a timetabled loop of around 20 peninsula wineries, breweries and distilleries, including Crittenden, Port Phillip Estate, Red Hill Estate and Ten Minutes by Tractor; you choose where to get off and can fit in up to four stops. A$92.95 is the seat and the commentary. Every tasting, every glass and lunch is paid at the venue, so a day of four tastings and lunch can end up costing as much as a guided tour.

This one is cheaper at our link than direct: Hop It's own site sells the same seat at A$92.95 plus a booking fee, which showed as A$98.02 at its checkout, and its own cancellation rule gives no refund inside seven days. It is strictly 18 and over, bookings are capped at six people, and the departures open on our booking calendar are Saturdays and Sundays.

Also: Full refund at our link if you cancel at least 24 hours before; booked direct there is no refund within 7 days