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Private Melbourne's History with a Drink Tour

A private 'booze and history' tour through Melbourne's real bars, distilleries, and Chinatown.

Private tour — just your group Full day Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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  • Private — your group only
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Overview

A private tour for your group only, real bars, distilleries, Chinatown, and Little Lon gin distillery.

This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include bars, distilleries, Chinatown, and the genuine Little Lon gin distillery.

Highlights

  • Real Little Lon Gin Distillery Genuine Melbourne distillery.
  • A 'Booze and History' Theme Real, genuinely distinct format.
  • Private, Just Your Group No other travelers.

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.

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Pickup

Meeting point in Melbourne.

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Real Little Lon Gin Distillery

Genuine Melbourne distillery.

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A 'Booze and History' Theme

Real, genuinely distinct format.

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Private, Just Your Group

No other travelers.

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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, for your group only.
A real, genuine Melbourne gin distillery.
The distillery occupies a red-brick cottage from 1877 in what was once Little Lon, Melbourne's most notorious red-light district between the 1870s and early 1900s. The building itself operated as a brothel whose best-known resident was a Chinese sex worker known as 'Yokohama' (real name Tiecome Ah Chung) — which is why the distillery's gins include Little Miss Yoko, named directly after her, alongside Ginger Mick and Constable Proudfoot.
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, real bars, distilleries, Chinatown, and Little Lon gin distillery. This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include bars, distilleries, Chinatown, and the genuine Little Lon gin distillery.

Little Lon, the district this tour's real distillery stop is named after and built inside, has a genuinely notorious history. Bounded roughly by Exhibition, Spring, Little Lonsdale, and La Trobe streets, it was Melbourne's most infamous red-light district and slum from the 1870s through to the early 1900s — right through the gold-fuelled boom years Melburnians nicknamed 'Marvellous Melbourne.'

The building the distillery now occupies is a red-brick cottage dating back to 1877, one of seven three-room cottages that once lined the laneway; it's the only one still standing, and the only single-storey house left in the entire CBD. Its own past was far from genteel — it operated as a brothel whose best-known resident was a Chinese sex worker known locally as 'Yokohama' (her real name was Tiecome Ah Chung), alongside documented police complaints tied to illegal liquor sales at the address.

Little Lon Distilling Co. distils its gin from scratch on site in a 200-litre copper column still, and names its spirits directly after that documented history rather than inventing generic branding: Little Miss Yoko (a lychee-infused gin named for Yokohama), Ginger Mick, and Constable Proudfoot. It's one of the clearer examples in Melbourne of a modern bar built literally inside, and named after, one specific building's real and well-documented past, which is exactly the kind of detail a 'booze and history' format can actually dig into on the ground.

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