Wine Tasting FirenzeTuscany Wine Tasting Safari with Lunch or Dinner
The highest-rated listing compared here — 4.9 from 474 reviews — and the one that feeds you properly. Walkabout Tours runs it in a customised air-conditioned 4WD that takes tracks a coach cannot, with a cellar tour, several wines, extra-virgin olive oil, cheese and cured meats, and a traditional Tuscan lunch or dinner included. Hotel pickup and drop-off come as standard. From $150.60 per adult, over six to nine hours depending on which of the three departures you take. As a Tuscany wine tasting safari from Florence it is the best-rated day here — compare it with the other wine tours and tastings in Florence.
About This Tasting
Chianti back roads and estate tracks
6 to 9 hours, three departure options
Several wines, olive oil, cheese and cured meats
Traditional Tuscan lunch or dinner included
4.9 from 474 reviews on GetYourGuide
From $150.60 per adult, read in August 2026
Listing at a Glance
The same fields appear on every tasting page here, read from the operator's own GetYourGuide listing in August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
- Tour name SMALL GROUP Tuscany Wine Tasting Safaris with Lunch / Dinner
- Operator Walkabout Tours
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 100899
- Starting price $150.60 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.9 out of 5
- Review count 474 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 6 - 9 hours
- Where it goes Chianti back roads
- Departure times 09:00 full day, 08:30 half day with lunch, 14:30 half day with dinner
- Tastings Several wines plus oil and cheese
- Wines poured Several + oil and cheese
- Food included Traditional Tuscan lunch or dinner, cheese and cured meats included
- Extras Extra-virgin olive oil tasting; 4WD reaches tracks coaches cannot
- Transport Customised air-conditioned 4WD
- Pickup / meeting point Hotel pickup and drop-off included; 08:30, 09:00 and 14:30 departures
- Expected return 6 to 9 hours after pickup, depending on the option
- Group size Small group
- Guide language English
- Minimum age None stated
- Difficulty Light walking; the 4WD reaches tracks a coach cannot
- Wheelchair access None stated
- Tips Not mentioned on the listing
- Cancellation Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time
- Reserve now, pay later Yes — no payment at booking
- Weather Runs year-round; the meal moves indoors in poor weather
- Good to know Vegetarian plates are available; the operator states plainly it cannot cater for gluten-free or other diets
- Closest alternative here Small-group Tuscany tasting
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Quick answer What a 4WD reaches that a coach does not, and the meal that is actually included
The wine tasting safari runs from Florence in a customised, air-conditioned 4WD with hotel pickup and drop-off, a tour guide, a wine cellar tour, tastings of several wines, extra-virgin olive oil, cheese and cured meats, and a traditional Tuscan lunch or dinner. Three departures are sold: a full day at 09:00 with lunch, a half day at 08:30 with lunch, and a half day at 14:30 with dinner. A vegetarian option is available; the operator states plainly that gluten-free and other dietary requirements cannot be catered for. Pets are not allowed.
Key takeaways
- 4.9 from 474 reviews — the highest rating in this catalogue, and a real sample behind it
- A full Tuscan lunch or dinner is included, which the coach half-days are not
- The 4WD is the point: unpaved estate tracks that a fifty-seat coach cannot use
- Three departures — full day at 09:00, half day at 08:30 with lunch, half day at 14:30 with dinner
- Gluten-free cannot be catered for; the operator says so rather than promising and improvising
What the Safari Format Changes
The vehicle decides the route
Calling a wine tour a safari is easy marketing, but here the word is doing work. Tuscan estates are connected by white gravel roads — the strade bianche — and a customised 4WD can use them where a Gran Turismo coach is confined to asphalt and a car park at the bottom of the drive.
That changes what the day looks like out of the window and which estates are reachable at all. It also caps the group at the size of a vehicle, which is why the rating sits at 4.9 while the coach days sit at 4.5: fewer people, more attention, less waiting.
The meal is not a plate of snacks
On most half-days from Florence, food means bread, oil and salami beside the wine. Here a traditional Tuscan lunch or dinner is inside the price, and reviewers treat it as a highlight rather than a formality.
That is a large part of why this costs $150.60 against $57.34 for a coach day. Add a restaurant meal and a smaller vehicle to a similar itinerary and you arrive at roughly this number.
Which of the Three Departures
Full day, half day with lunch, half day with dinner
The 09:00 full day is the maximal version: more time at the estates and more of the countryside, at nine hours. The 08:30 half day with lunch is the efficient one — you are back with the afternoon partly intact. The 14:30 half day with dinner turns the trip into an evening and ends with a meal in the hills as the light goes.
If you want the sunset specifically, the dedicated sunset trip is built around it with six tastings. If you want the meal and the tracks, this is the one.
Diets, stated honestly
A vegetarian option is available. Gluten-free and other alternative dietary requirements are not — the operator says so in the listing rather than promising flexibility and improvising at the table.
That honesty is worth more than a vague reassurance. If someone in the party is coeliac, book something where the food is incidental: the wine-windows walk or a city cellar tasting, where you can see every plate before it is served.
What Travellers Say
Short excerpts from verified GetYourGuide reviews of this listing, with the month they were left.
His knowledge of the area and wines was vast and his love for the subject was contagious.
Questions About This Tasting
What makes this a safari rather than a wine tour?
The vehicle. A customised 4WD uses the unpaved strade bianche between estates, which a full-size coach cannot, so the route and the estates reachable are different — not just the seating.
Is a meal really included?
Yes — a traditional Tuscan lunch or dinner, depending on the departure you choose, alongside the wine, olive oil, cheese and cured-meat tastings. It is one of the few listings compared here with a full meal in the price.
Which departure should I choose?
09:00 for the full nine-hour day, 08:30 for a half day with lunch and an afternoon left over, or 14:30 for a half day that ends with dinner in the hills.
Can the operator cater for gluten-free diets?
No. A vegetarian option is available, but the listing states clearly that gluten-free and other alternative dietary requirements cannot be catered for.
Is hotel pickup included on the safari?
Yes, pickup and drop-off in Florence are part of the price on all three departures.
Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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