Great Ocean Road – 3 Day Tour

Cost: 
Adult: $1,620.00
Child: $1,215.00

Single Supplement applies

Location: West of the city of Melbourne in south-east Australia. Visit Serendip and You Yangs national parks, the Great Ocean Road, Great Otway National Park, the 12 Apostles, the Shipwreck Coast, volcanoes and lakes of the Western Plains.

Duration: 3 Days            

Grade/Difficulty: easy               

Group Size – Maximum 8 adults Minimum 2 adults

Departs: Every Tuesday & Thursday - November to February.  

Every Monday & Thursday - March to October

All tours are on request with a minimum of 2 adults and subject to availability. (Note: no tours run on or through Christmas or Boxing Days December 25 or 26)             

Returns: to Melbourne
 

Wildlife with Koalas and Kangaroos in the Wild!

Day 1

Stroll through a national park looking for wild koalas, cockatoos and kookaburras. Your Wildlife Guide and Koala Researcher will explain the behaviour and individuality of each of the koalas you meet. Help create habitat for a wild koala by joining our “Make a Home for Clancy” conservation project.

Walk quietly up to a wild mob of Kangaroos on the plains and in open bushland. They are thrilling animals to watch. Their natural instinct is to flee humans, but with care we often get close enough to observe their complex social life. We may also find parrots, fairy-wrens, emus, honeyeaters, wallabies and reptiles on this first day of your Great Ocean Road wildlife tour. Your Wildlife Guide will help you understand and enjoy them. A substantial picnic lunch is included.

Accommodation tonight is at a 4.5 star boutique property in the tiny outback town of Little River. Dinner is at the local Pub – a real Aussie experience! (L,D).
 

The Great Ocean Road & the Twelve Apostles

Day 2

See some of the world’s most spectacular coastal scenery. We follow the Great Ocean Road to the surging surf coast, and walk in the magnificent rainforests of the Otway National Park.

Your Wildlife Guide will explain the formation of these mighty forests and help you find parrots, kookaburras, koalas and wallabies.

Travel through Port Campbell National Park, looking out for echidnas, wallabies, lizards and colourful birds which make their home in the coastal heathlands. Linger a while to take in some of nature’s handiwork at the Twelve Apostles and the Loch Ard Gorge. Hear stories about the terrible shipwrecks of the past.

Dinner and accommodation tonight are at our 4.5 star B&B near Loch Ard Gorge/Port Campbell. (B,L,D)

Volcanoes and Lakes in a savannah.

Day 3

This morning we have one last look at the coast in the dramatic morning light before returning to Melbourne across the vast grasslands of the Western Plains.

Created by intense volcanic activity over the past 2 million years, the 7000 volcanoes of the Western Plains are now extinct but the resultant savannah is pasture to a rich wool growing area – a wonderful example of Australia’s great range lands.

We stop en route to drive to the top of an extinct volcano with spectacular views across the plains. From the summit we see some of the hundreds of volcanic lakes scattered across the plains.  This is a great place to view raptors – birds of prey – including Wedge-tailed Eagles, Nankeen Kestrels and Brown Falcons.

Later we pass Lake Corangamite, the largest permanent lake in Australia, often covered with prolific birdlife. We return to Melbourne (airport) in the late afternoon. (B,L)

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