Day & multi-day tours · Private or shared [email protected]
3,800 Tours 166 Destinations 87 Countries
Voyzo
Melbourne

Fruit Picking & Nature Private Tour Yarra Valley & Warburton

A private tour combining fruit picking with a genuine Redwood forest and Warburton village.

Private tour — just your group Full day Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
Free, no-obligation quote
  • Real pricing usually follows within a few hours
  • Private — your group only
  • Free itinerary changes
Get your price

Overview

A private tour for your group only, explicitly confirmed exclusive — real tractor-trailer fruit picking, Warburton village, and a genuine Redwood forest.

This is explicitly confirmed as private: "if you make a booking for your group then no one else will be able to book." Real activities include tractor-trailer fruit picking, Warburton village, and a genuine Redwood forest.

Highlights

  • Explicitly Confirmed Exclusive No one else can book your slot.
  • Real Fruit Picking Genuine hands-on farm activity.
  • A Genuine Redwood Forest Real, distinctive forest terrain.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

P

Pickup

Hotel pickup in Melbourne.

1

Explicitly Confirmed Exclusive

No one else can book your slot.

2

Real Fruit Picking

Genuine hands-on farm activity.

3

A Genuine Redwood Forest

Real, distinctive forest terrain.

D

Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — explicitly confirmed, no one else can book alongside you.
Yes, for your group only.
They were deliberately planted there, not naturally occurring. Melbourne's Metropolitan Board of Works planted the Californian Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) around 1930, alongside other species like Bishop Pine and Douglas Fir, as part of an experimental hydrology and revegetation program on land that had been cleared of its original eucalypt forest, with further plantings following in the early 1960s. Today more than 1,476 of those trees still stand, some reaching around 55 metres tall, and the forest is now heritage-listed.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private tour for your group only, explicitly confirmed exclusive — real tractor-trailer fruit picking, Warburton village, and a genuine Redwood forest. This is explicitly confirmed as private: "if you make a booking for your group then no one else will be able to book." Real activities include tractor-trailer fruit picking, Warburton village, and a genuine Redwood forest.

Warburton's own history is a genuine gold-and-timber story, not just a backdrop for a day of fruit picking. Gold was discovered there in 1859 by Jim McAvoy, a Canadian prospector who'd come from the California gold rush, and the area was first known informally as 'Yankee Jim's' after him; it was officially renamed Warburton in 1863, after the district's police magistrate and gold warden, Charles Warburton Carr. The main settlement later shifted down to its current position on the Yarra River during the 1880s.

The railway line from Lilydale to Warburton opened in 1901, built primarily to haul timber out of the surrounding Yarra Ranges forests, though it also carried general freight and passengers into the wider Upper Yarra Valley. That same railway helped open up agriculture across the district, including the berry-farming industry that developed in nearby towns like Seville — the broader fruit-growing character of this part of the Yarra Ranges that a tractor-trailer picking experience today is built on.

The Redwood Forest, the tour's other real stop, has an unusually specific origin for a forest that looks so naturally dramatic: the Californian Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) now standing there were deliberately planted by Melbourne's Metropolitan Board of Works around 1930, alongside Bishop Pine and Douglas Fir, as part of an experimental hydrology and revegetation program after the original eucalypt forest had been cleared — an attempt to control weed growth on the bare ground using a grid-planted experimental plantation rather than a plan to create a tourist attraction. Further plantings followed between 1960 and 1963. Today more than 1,476 of those trees still stand, the tallest reaching around 55 metres, and the site is now heritage-listed.

Not quite what you're looking for?

Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.

Free cancellation · Pay now or laterGet your price Request a Quote