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Great Ocean Road and Twelve Apostles full-day private tour from Melbourne

Melbourne
Book online or call: +44 0800 015 4961
Duration: 12 hours
Activity Level: Easy
Experience: Adventure, Family, Historical, Nature, Wildlife
Language: English
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour

Overview

Victoria’s Great Ocean Road is a marvelous experience at any time of the year. This full-day tour will take you past windswept beaches to one of the most beautiful coastal drives in the world, the Great Ocean Road. Walk through ancient rainforests and along the rugged coastline to the iconic Twelve Apostles. Enjoy a scenic destination with captivating ocean landscapes, long golden beaches, and diamond blue waters.

What's included

  • Professional licensed guide
  • Pick-up and drop-off
  • Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Admission fee
  • Lunch and drinks
  • All fees and taxes
  • Personal expenses

Highlights

Apollo Bay
Apollo Bay is an Australian town in southwestern Victoria. It's a stop on the Great Ocean Road, a driving route that winds along the coast, passing through the Great Otway National Park. The park covers rugged coastline, beaches and the mountains of the Otway Ranges. Waterfalls dot the park, including the 3 cascades of Triplet Falls. In town, the hilltop Marriners Lookout offers panoramic views over the ocean.
Bells Beach
Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. It is named after William Bell, a Master Mariner, who owned much of the property there since the 1840s.
Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243-kilometre (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world's largest war memorial. Winding through varying terrain along the coast and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction in the region. The Great Ocean Road starts at Torquay and travels 243 kilometres westward to finish at Allansford near Warrnambool, the largest city along the road. The road is two lanes (one in each direction) and is covered by a speed limit changing between 50 kilometres per hour and 100 kilometres per hour.
Great Otway National Park
The Great Otway National Park, located in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia. The 103,185-hectare (254,980-acre) national park is situated approximately 162 kilometers (101 mi) southwest of Melbourne. It contains a diverse range of landscapes and vegetation types and is situated within the Otway Ranges. The Otway forests enjoy a long logging history and have been a rich source of timber for over 150 years. The production peaked in 1961 but has since reduced over the years. The forests standing tall today showcase the time needed to regrow and reproduce the giants of the past. Historically several wildfires have burnt through the park in this century which shape its ecology and plant and animal diversity - the last major fire was Ash Wednesday in 1983.
Kennett River
Kennett River is a small seaside town in Victoria, Australia. Situated 174 kilometres west of Melbourne, on the Otway Coast portion of the scenic Great Ocean Road, Kennett River is a popular tourist destination 27 kilometres from the resort town of Lorne, Victoria.
Loch Ard Gorge
The Loch Ard Gorge is part of Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, about three minutes' drive west of The Twelve Apostles. The gorge is named after the clipper ship Loch Ard, which ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island on 1 June 1878 approaching the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne. Of the fifty-four passengers and crew, only two survived: Tom Pearce, at 19 years of age, a ship's apprentice, and Eva Carmichael, an Irishwoman emigrating with her family, at 19 years of age. According to memorials at the site, Pearce was washed ashore and rescued Carmichael from the water after hearing her cries for help. Pearce then proceeded to climb out of the gorge to raise the alarm to local pastoralists who immediately set into the plan a rescue attempt. After three months in Australia Carmichael returned to Europe. Four of her family members drowned that night. Pearce was hailed as a hero and continued his life living until age 49. He is buried in Southampton, England. The arch of the nearby Island Archway collapsed in June 2009. The feature now appears as two unconnected rock pillars. They have since been officially named Tom and Eva after the two teenage survivors of the Loch Ard shipwreck.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. At the city’s centre is the modern Federation Square development, with plazas, bars, and restaurants by the Yarra River. In the Southbank area, the Melbourne Arts Precinct is the site of Arts Centre Melbourne – a performing arts complex – and the National Gallery of Victoria, with Australian and indigenous art.
Port Campbell National Park
The Port Campbell National Park is a national park in the south-western district of Victoria, Australia. The 1,750-hectare national park is situated approximately 190 kilometres south-west of Melbourne and approximately 10 kilometres east of Warrnambool.
Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction.

Itinerary

07:00 08:00

Meet your guide in the lobby of your hotel.

The first stop will be at Bells Beach – Australia’s celebrated surfing mecca.

Continue along the Great Ocean Road to the seaside Kennett River. Indulge in quality local Great Ocean Road produce and fresh seafood opposite the sandy beaches of Apollo Bay.

Multiple stops along the Great Ocean Road for photo opportunities and 2-course lunch with a beverage during the tour.

Walk through the ancient forests of the Great Otway National Park. Head inland through the trees and ferns of temperate rain forest towards Port Campbell National Park to see the sculptured beauty of The Twelve Apostles.

Visit fabulous natural coves and lookouts like Loch Ard Gorge and hear stories about the tragic and romantic shipwreck whilst marveling at the landmark.

Return to your accommodation in Melbourne.

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