Great Ocean Road

Great Ocean Road Travel – Choose the most authentic experience for you!

For locals and visitors to Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road is one of the most spectacular road trips. We are so lucky to have this iconic landmark within driving distance of the city, and with our Great Ocean Road tours, we want to share it all with you!

Even if you only have one day, we can show you the secret hidden gems and the awe-inspiring highlights of this world-renowned coastal drive.

A full selection of Great Ocean Road Travel available from Melbourne

Whether you’re a solo traveller or a bigger group of family or friends, our friendly and informative tour guides will make sure you have the trip of a lifetime! We cater to various group sizes because we want to share the beauty of the Great Ocean Road!

In addition, we also offer a free app with translations and transcribes for non-English speakers. We want to ensure that we provide everyone with the most authentic and unique experience.

With so many tours to choose from, we hope that the following info helps you decide which of the Great Ocean Road tours is right for you…

Our tour options

Our One day Great Ocean Road and Rainforest Tour are the most popular, and it is not hard to understand why! In one day, we take in the Surf Coast with its sandy pristine beaches, the lush green rainforest of the Otways and the wild and rugged Shipwreck Coast, home to the 12 Apostles and many a dramatic story!  This is a full-day tour (and we mean full!) with pick-ups around 7-8 am and returning to Melbourne by about 8-9 pm. Be prepared for a road trip to remember.

On the other hand, our One Day Reverse Great Ocean Road Tour is perfect for those wishing to take the road less travelled. On the Reverse tour, we cover all the same itinerary points of the Great Ocean Road and Rainforest tour (including the rainforest!) but in reverse.

This means we drive for a bit longer in the morning, inland through country roads, to come out on the Shipwreck Coast at about 11 am. We then explore Port Campbell national park, including the 12 Apostles, with far fewer other buses. Due to the more remote location at this end of the road, we have a fresh sandwich lunch that can be enjoyed at one of the stops along the way, if you are happy to avoid the crowds and have lunch on the go, then this will probably be the tour for you! We then come back to Melbourne in an easterly direction taking in the Green Coast and the Surf Coast along the way.

During the summer months, our Sunset Great Ocean Road Tours have a later departure of around 10-11 am and take you along the highlights of the Great Ocean Road, including an extra stop at the GOR Chocolaterie. You will not stop and walk around the rainforest on this tour, but we will still drive through the majestic Eucalyptus forest of the Green Coast.

The 2 day Great Ocean Road and Philip Island Tour combine the two most popular day tours into one action-packed adventure. After a full day exploring the Great Ocean Road in Reverse to avoid the crowds, we stay overnight in the seaside town of Queenscliff. The following day we take a ferry across the bay where dolphins can often be spotted, and we head up the Mornington Peninsula to continue on to Phillip Island, where you will have plenty of time to check out a range of Australian wildlife and watch the world-famous Penguin Parade.

The 2 day and 3 days option include the Great Ocean Road and Grampians National Park tours, with the night’s accommodation included in the Town of Halls Gap. In contrast, our three-day tour includes a night in the town of Warrnambool on the Great Ocean Road at the end of day one and then Halls Gap in the Grampians for night two.

The standard accommodation included in the price of all our multiday tours is dorm accommodation in local backpacker hostels. We share in rooms of 6-8 people and will always be sharing with only people from our tour, no sleeping out in swags!

If you prefer a private room, then upgrades to a private hotel or Motel with an en-suite are available to book.

Questions? Contact our Great Ocean Road Bus Travel experts today

By now, you should be ready to book your perfect Great Ocean Road Adventure with Wildlife Melbourne Tours, but if you have any questions, our friendly reservations team is on standby to help ensure you have the best tour possible!

If you’d like to contact us about our selection of Great Ocean Road day trips and tours, you can call +613 9393 1300, email info@wildlifetours.com.au, or by using our online contact form. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible with all the information you need about our Great Ocean Road bus tours!