3-Day Great Ocean Road and Grampians Micro-Group Tour

This tour boasts wonderful diversity and culinary delights. Explore the coastline along the famous Great Ocean Road and then turn north to discover the impressive mountain ranges of the Grampians National Park. Our guests of just up to 8 people are collected from their Melbourne hotels before we start our journey along the Great Ocean Road at Torquay. We stop at various places along the coast including Bells Beach and a visit to a brilliant chocolate factory to grab a coffee or engage your inner chocoholic. During our 3 days there are many opportunities to try to spot and hear about our unique and unusual animals in their native habitat whilst travelling the very scenic, cliff-hugging section of the Great Ocean Road. While winding our way along we stop to view sites such as the ‘Memorial Arch’ and tell you of the intriguing story of this incredible road. Lorne is our seaside lunch resort before we cruise along the spectacular road, stopping at many scenic spots. In Apollo Bay we take time to explore the harbour, beach and township before checking into your private, self-contained accommodation at Chris’s Restaurant and Villas, or similar. This is an amazing location to unwind an enjoy some time before dinner at their award-winning restaurant. Day 2 After breakfast at Chris’s, we venture into the Great Otway National Park where we take you on a guided walk through a cool temperate rainforest gully. The 12 Apostles are Icons of Australia’s natural beauty. We arrive as the stacks are lit with the morning sun making them perfect for photos and crowd free. After hearing of the creation of the stacks and holding some of the limestone rock you can explore the boardwalks. We then visit ‘Loch Ard Gorge’, the site of the most famous 19th century Australian shipwreck. While hearing the tale you will be able to see and hold some original artifacts, photos and documents from the ‘Loch Ard’ contained in our treasure chests. The seaside town of Port Campbell is our lunch stop for today. After lunch we travel to a lesser known but highly impressive area of the coastline, west of Port Campbell. This lesser visited section includes the limestone formations of London Bridge, Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs and Boat Bay. Our journey then continues through to Tower Hill Game Reserve for the chance to see Koalas, Kangaroos and Emus living wild within this inactive volcanic crater. The Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld is an award-winning hotel set at the foothills of Mt Sturgeon. Your experience here includes the five-course degustation menu in ‘Wickens’. Day 3 After breakfast we start the incredibly scenic drive towards Hall’s Gap. Our day includes a few short walks at Baroka Lookout, Reid’s Lookout and McKenzie Falls as well as the rock art site ‘Bunjil’s Shelter’. Our journey back to Melbourne takes us by the gold mining township of Ballarat, once one of the richest towns in the world and the reason for Melbourne’s early prosperity.