The Art of Casual Touring
In 2013, Andrew Watson had a vision of changing the way traditional tours were done. He wanted to make a tour all about social connection, personalisation and flexibility while keeping it casual and laid back. With that spark, Andrew and his friend Adam created a social, surfing and camping tour on the Great Ocean Road targeted to young backpackers.
It was in those early days of the business that they figured out the art of creating a fun and engaging environment on a tour. However, it was the quiet winters that made Teepee Tours expand its horizons by getting into the food and wine industry. Applying the same method of ‘professionally unprofessional’ to the wine tour space, the business has evolved over the past ten years.
Teepee Tours created a daily tour to the Yarra Valley that showcases the best that the region has to offer. Offering more than just wine, the region boasts gin distilleries, chocolateries, breweries, cideries and cheese makers. The tour aims to be the first in Victoria to really give customers the choice on where they go by perfectly structuring an itinerary to give flexibility. Very quickly, Teepee Tours became so busy that it needed to run two buses. Shortly after, private tours were offered and the business started covering other wine regions such as the Mornington Peninsula, The Bellarine, Macedon Ranges and Daylesford.
Today, Teepee Tours confidently run both private and public tours to every single wine region in Victoria. The team of ten drivers and five buses and vans are ranked the #1 tour company in Melbourne with thousands of reviews and multiple awards. Whatever you want to do, wherever you want to go, Teepee Tours have got you!