3 Day Adventure Great Ocean Road Tour
See The Great Ocean Road the right way and spend three full days along this wonderful coast line. This tour has plenty to offer, it is the only Great Ocean Road tour we offer that gets to see the 12 Apostles at sunset.
Cost: $666.00
Add Zipline adventure for $125.00.
3 days
Suitable for all ages
Tour Highlights:
- See Kangaroos and Koalas
- Visit multiple waterfalls
- Visit multiple Lighthouses
- Visit the Otway Fly
- See the 12 Apostles at sunset
- Enough time to enjoy every stop
- Optional Helicopter flights
Tour Includes:
- Free pick ups from most City hotels/hostels
- Free morning tea on each day
- Free chilled water for each day (remember to bring your water bottle)
- Free fresh fruit each day
- Free park entry
Pickup details
We pickup from most Melbourne city locations and a few places in St Kilda. Most of our pickups are early, the reason for this is to avoid the traffic and depart Melbourne nice and early. We aim to stay ahead of other tour busses, so that when we reach our lookouts they are not crowded. We aim to give you the best possible experience.
All our vehicles are small 12 seater mini busses, with our logo ‘Around And About’ on the side. Please be ready 5 minutes prior to your pickup time. Bus might be slightly late due to traffic and unforeseen circumstances. Please keep a look out for your bus. Your pickup details will be on your confirmation email. Below is a list of our most common pickup locations and times. If your location is not listed, email us your details and we can advice the closet pickup spot for you.
At the end of the tour we will drop off only in the Melbourne city, we don’t do any St Kilda, Southbank or surrounding suburbs drop offs. We will endeavour to drop you as close as possible to your original pickup but this is not always possible due to traffic. Melbourne does offer a very good tram service that is free within the city area. Sometimes a short tram ride is the quickest way to get back to your accommodation. We look forward in taking you Around And About and showing your what our wonderful State of Victoria has to offer.
Day One
- Depart Melbourne at 6.30am
- Note: Pickup starts 45 minutes prior to departure time
- (we stay ahead of the other buses allowing you to enjoy the stops)
- Torquay & morning tea
- Bells Beach – look for Kangaroos
- Visit Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
- Anglesea
- Aireys Inlet – visit Split Point lighthouse & boardwalk
- Fairhaven Beach
- Memorial Arch
- Visit Erskine Falls
- Lorne, lunch stop, explore the town, shops,beach & more
- Visit Sheoak Waterfalls
- Scenic lookouts along the road
- Look for Koalas in the Kennett River area
- Watch the wild parrots
- Visit Mariner’s Lookout in Apollo Bay
- Time to explore Apollo Bay – take a swim
- Optional Otway Wildlife Wonders Dusk Tour (extra cost,see details below)
- Apollo Bay – spend the night
Otway Wildlife Wonders Dusk Tour
Wildlife Wonders is a wildlife sanctuary that offers guests a unique glimpse into the wild Otways. Visitors enjoy a 90-minute guided walk through lush tree fern gullies, eucalypt woodlands and past spectacular ocean vistas, all with their unique inhabitants. Your conservationist guide will share with you the secrets of these plants and animals who call the Otways home. As the sun sets over the hills of the Otways, potoroos, bandicoots, pademelons and more are waking up and starting their active nights of feeding and foraging. And you can spot them as they emerge for the evening.
Includes: 90-minute walk with a conservationist guide through the Sanctuary; mezze plate of local delights; beer, wine or soft drink.
Age restrictions: For participants aged 10 and over.
Day Two
- Depart Apollo Bay at 8 am
- Maits Rest temperate rainforest walk
- Visit the Cape Otway Lighthouse
- Castle Cove
- OtwayForest
- Lavers Hill Lunch stop (own cost)
- Arrive Otway Fly Treetop Adventure after lunch
- Participate in Zip Line Tour (features 8 cloud stations, 6 flights and 2 suspension bridges)
- Enjoy the world famous Otway Fly Treetop Walk
- Please see terms and conditions below:-
- Must be at least five years of age and a minimum 125cm tall
- Maximum weight of 120kgs fully clothed
- All children under 13yrs need to be accompanied on the tour by an adult
- Click here for our full terms and conditions
- We then make our way to Port Campbell and check into our accommodation
- Free time till just before sunset
- We then head to the Apostles the to view the sunset over the 12 Apostles
- Then back to Port Campbell for the evening
Day Three
- Depart Port Campbell at 8 am
- Gibson steps – see the Apostles from sea level
- See the 12 Apostles during daylight
- Helicopter flight available
- Loch Ard Gorge, Razorback, Island Archway
- The Arch
- London Bridge
- The Grotto
- Peterborough
- Bay of Martyrs
- Bay of Island
- Back to Port Campbell – lunch stop, beach & shops
- Return to Melbourne via Colac travelling through dairy farm country
- Arrive in Melbourne at approx 4 pm
What To Bring
- Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen
- Rain jacket (just in case)
- Warm clothes (just in case)
- Bathers
- Towel
- Camera (spare battery and memory card – you will need it)
- Comfortable walking shoes
Accommodation Options
Apollo Bay Echo YHA
- www.yha.com.au/hostels/vic/great-ocean-road/
- Free dorm bed in a shared room is included
- NOTE: Dorm beds are not guaranteed to be in the same dorm. Beds might be split over multiple rooms
- You are welcome to upgrade to the following at an extra cost …
- Private Double room (sleeps 2) $111 per room
- Private Twin room (sleeps 2) $111 per room
- Private room (sleeps 4, bedding configuration vary from room to room) This would be suitable for triple and quad share $133 per room
- Private Family room (sleeps 5, bedding configuration vary from room to room) $177 per room
- All rooms have shared bathrooms, toilet and kitchen and lounge area
- Must bring own bath towel
- If fully booked, we make use of other backpackers in Apollo Bay
- You are also welcome to source and book alternative accommodation in Apollo Bay village (own cost)
- Please let us know your accommodation choice when you make the booking
Port Campbell Hostel
- Sow and Piglet Guesthouse
- Free dorm bed in a shared room is included
- NOTE: Dorm beds are not guaranteed to be in the same dorm. Beds might be split over multiple rooms
- You are welcome to upgrade to the following at an extra cost $125 per room…
- Private Double room (sleeps 2) $125 per room…
- Private Twin room (sleeps 2) $125 per room…
- Quad room (sleep 4) $155 per room…
- Private Family room with ensuite available at extra cost of $275 (sleeps 4, king bed and a set of bunk beds)
- All rooms have shared bathrooms, toilet and kitchen and lounge area
- Must bring own bath towel
- If fully booked we make use of other backpackers in Port Campbell
- You are also welcome to source and book alternative accommodation in Port Campbell village (own cost)
- Please let us know your accommodation choice when you make the booking
Cape Otway Lighthouse, built in 1848 is the oldest surviving lighthouse on mainland Australia and considered the most significant. The lighthouse known as the ‘Beacon of Hope’, sits 90 metres above the pristine ocean of Bass Strait .Hundreds of lives were lost along this ship wreck coast.
Cost: $666.00
Add Zipline adventure for $125.00.
Reviews
A superb three day trip on The Great Ocean Road
Review of: Adventure Sunset Three Day Great Ocean Road Tour
We were the first group to go on the three day Great Ocean road trip offered by Around and About. They also offer one and two day trips along the Great Ocean Road which are probably very good, but we felt the one that we did enabled us to see things without being rushed.
Walter, our driver and guide, was excellent. He knows the area well and was able to show us many of its secrets. Highlights were the Twelve Apostles, the Otway National Park Treetop walk, the beautiful beaches and a visit to a chocolaterie and a lighthouse .
The accommodation was simple but comfortable and at the second night hostel there were very good value pizzas available if you didn’t fancy going out to eat.
Walter’s timing was spot-on (an early start every morning meant we arrived at each beauty spot before they were crowded) and as a result there were plenty of opportunities to admire stunning views from look outs in addition to the highlights mentioned above. Very welcome were the hot drinks, cakes and fruit that water served each morning, all included. There were also options for a helicopter flight and a zip line experience in the forest.
Overall we were very happy with our trip, which we would unhesitatingly recommend.
Date of experience: November 2019
Josiane G
Yorkshire, United Kingdom