Are tours private or shared with other groups?

Every Highlands Tour Co day is a fully private charter — just your group, your guide and your itinerary. They deliberately avoid fixed-route group tours, so the pace, stops and timing are yours to set.

Where do tours depart from, and can you collect us from Sydney?

Tours depart from Bowral or your accommodation anywhere in the Southern Highlands. Pick-up transfers from Sydney and Wollongong are available on request — the region is about 90 minutes from both Sydney and Canberra.

Can you do more than wine?

Yes. Alongside wine, the team runs spirits, craft beer and food tours across 17-plus cellar doors and producers, and can swap in a sightseeing day with bushwalking and scenic stops if your group fancies a break from tasting.

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The Highlands Tour Co

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The Highlands Tour Co

The Southern Highlands' largest operator — private wine, spirits and food days from Bowral.

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Operating since

2017

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English

The Narrative

Sydney's closest cool-climate wine country sits just 90 minutes south, and The Highlands Tour Co has been showing it off since 2017. As the Southern Highlands' largest tour operator — and a sister company to Highlands Chauffeured Hire Cars — they run fully private, fully customisable days for people who'd rather skip the cookie-cutter group bus.

Every tour is built around your group. Your guide collects you from Bowral or your Southern Highlands accommodation, with pick-ups from Sydney and Wollongong on request, then maps a day around what you actually want to drink and eat. With more than 17 cellar doors across the region, you might spend the day on award-winning cold-climate wine, or branch into the local spirits and craft beer scene — the itinerary is yours to shape.

The Southern Highlands is high, green and properly four-season country: lush hills, scenic valleys and back-road drives between estates that most day-trippers never find. The cool climate produces elegant, restrained wines — crisp whites and cool-grown reds — and the Tour Co's signature days like Distilled Delights, Vines and Views and Vin Voyage thread together the producers worth your time.

What sets them apart is scale paired with a private-only model. As the area's biggest operator they have the fleet and the relationships, but they refuse the fixed-route group format — every booking is a private charter shaped to your pace. Not in the mood for wine? They'll run a sightseeing day instead, with bushwalking and scenic stops across the Highlands.

Tours are private and customisable, so group size, timing and stops are up to you. Departures are from Bowral or local Southern Highlands accommodation, with Sydney and Wollongong transfers available on request. Pricing varies with your itinerary and group, so get in touch for a quote.

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Frequently asked

Are tours private or shared with other groups?: Every Highlands Tour Co day is a fully private charter — just your group, your guide and your itinerary. They deliberately avoid fixed-route group tours, so the pace, stops and timing are yours to set.
Where do tours depart from, and can you collect us from Sydney?: Tours depart from Bowral or your accommodation anywhere in the Southern Highlands. Pick-up transfers from Sydney and Wollongong are available on request — the region is about 90 minutes from both Sydney and Canberra.
Can you do more than wine?: Yes. Alongside wine, the team runs spirits, craft beer and food tours across 17-plus cellar doors and producers, and can swap in a sightseeing day with bushwalking and scenic stops if your group fancies a break from tasting.

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