Up Close & Local Tours is an award-winning boutique tour operator, specialising in tours for small groups and couples. Based in Perth, they offer private One Day tours and Multi-Day (overnight) tours to the beautiful Margaret River region, picking up directly from your Perth accommodation. These tours are perfect for couples and small groups or families that are short on time, or who appreciate the enhanced and personalised experience that a private guided tour offers.
A trip to Margaret River has so much to offer - yet everyone is very different in how they want to experience the region.
A tour with Up Close & Local Tours allows you to make the most of your time, no matter how short, and easily include a trip to this world-famous region on your visit to Perth. With an itinerary customised to suit your taste, take a personal guided tour to uncover the hidden gems and taste the very best that the South West has to offer.
Private tours are extremely flexible and enable the experience to be tailored to perfectly suit your taste and interests. Up Close & Local Tours have a range of itineraries available and work with you to craft a tour that includes the activities you want to see and do; whether it be seeing the sights of the coast and forest, to wine tasting, vineyard tours, sampling local produce or a decadent long lunch - or a little bit of everything.
Go at your own pace rather than rushing from one place to the next, and let Up Close & Local do all the planning, booking and navigating so that you can relax and be guided through the best of the region.
Pick up and drop off at your Perth accommodation, or start your Margaret River tour on arrival at Perth Airport
Choose from a One Day tour, or a multi-day 2D/1N or 3D/2N tour
For 2 to 10 people - tours can be tailored to suit couples or friends, as well as families with children
Have a choice of options for lunch - casual, fine dining, breweries, wineries or beachfront
Tour packages are 'all-inclusive', meaning your quoted price will include tasting fees, entry fees and activity costs (unless stated)
Quality air-conditioned vehicles with bottled water provided
Up Close & Local Tours is owned and run by WA locals who have an internationally recognised (WSET) accreditation in wine education, and are passionate about showcasing West Australian producers and the very best that Perth and the Margaret River Region has to offer. They also run tours from Perth to the smaller wine regions of the Swan Valley, and Perth Hills; both located approx 30 minutes from Perth City.
2022 WA Tourism Awards - Silver Medal: Food Tourism
2022 TripAdvisor Traveller's Choice Award
2023 TripAdvisor Traveller's Choice Award
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5.0 (124 Google reviews)
Helen Vickers12 March 2024
I have now done two fantastic private tours of the Swan Valley with Shannon and I 100% recommend booking with Up Close and Local if you are in Perth. We visited great wineries on both occasions and Shannon was very happy to customise the tour depending on what we were interested in (eg particular types of wine or a gin distillery). She was very accommodating in making stops if we wanted to buy bottles from a winery we had visited earlier, or visit the chocolate shop. A great day out.
Carolena Boyd07 May 2024
We did the Low and Slow BBQ Food Tour with Paul last Sunday and it was amazing!
Paul was a truly wonderful guide, very personable, knowledgeable, and intuitive.
He changed his food orders and plans around to suit our small group and was always conscious of everyone's comfort.
The tour itself was fantastic! What a great way to be tourists in our own city. A great foodie experience.
Contact prior to our tour was excellent - thanks Shannon.
A truly memorable day - highly recommend this terrific local company.
Bee Leng17 November 2023
Great itineraries, meals and restaurants recommended by Paul and Shannon of Up Close and Local Tours. Very nice, friendly, caring, patience, professional and knowledgeable guides, very well recommended to all who wish to visit Perth and to engage their services.
Emma Cardell18 September 2023
Highly recommend. Advised what activities we were interested in around Perth and the itinerary was developed based on the time we had with great suggestions from Shannon. Comfortable transport, knowledgeable and friendly guide Paul made it a special couple of days. Only wish they did even more tours in WA and other states.
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