Great Ocean Road Private Luxury Tour - A Tour with a Local (11 Hours)

Great Ocean Road Private Luxury Tour - A Tour with a Local (11 Hours)

If it’s coastal Australia you’re wanting to explore, this one-day private tour will lead you to Victoria’s most iconic destination, the Great Ocean Road away from the crowds. You will travel in private and in style, enjoying one of our luxury Mercedes Benz vehicles with one of our local expert tour guides that lives along the Great Ocean Road, showing you some of our favourite places and experiences away from the crowds. Some of these places are well known, while others are our personal favourite local hidden gems – found only by getting off the beaten track. As you will be travelling with us in private, you have the freedom to customise your journey and to create your journey with the assistance of our local guides, who are all local residents living along the Great Ocean Road.

On this tour you will be given an in-depth locals experience of the Twelve Apostles and Port Campbell National Park, the scenic Great Ocean Road and Great Otway National Park.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road, Victoria

Enjoy the scenic Great Ocean Road drive between Torquay and Port Campbell in the comfort of one of our luxury Mercedez Benz vehicles. Let our local guide take you to their favourite spots off the beaten track and away from the crowds ensuring you have a once in a lifetime experience with us.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Port Campbell, Victoria 3269 Australia

The main stop for the tour – witness the rugged splendour of the famous 12 Apostles, magnificent limestone rock stacks that rise up majestically from the Southern Ocean.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Gibsons Steps, Great Ocean Road Port Campbell National Park, Port Campbell, Victoria 3269 Australia

Here we make our way down to the beach via the 86 steps that were carved into the face of the cliff by local settler Hugh Gibson. Once on the beach you will be dwarfed by the 70-metre high vertical cliffs while getting up close to two giant limestone stacks rising up out of the sea known as Gog and Magog.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Loch Ard Gorge, Great Ocean Road Port Campbell National Park, Port Campbell, Victoria Australia

Hear the story of Loch Ard Shipwreck and learn about the rich maritime history of the area while wandering the trails at Loch Ard Gorge. We will also take a walk onto the beach which is famous for its smooth clear blue water.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: London Bridge, west of Port Campbell on Great Ocean Road, Port Campbell, Victoria 3269 Australia

Our final stop for the day, London Bridge, which was a stack formed by a gradual process of erosion, and until 1990 formed a complete double-span natural bridge before it famously collapsed.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Apostle Whey Cheese, 9 Gallum Rd Cooriemungle, Port Campbell, Victoria 3268 Australia

Enjoy a private tasting of the award-winning home-made cheese with the owner of this working dairy farm and enjoy some of their delicious homemade ice-cream.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cape Otway, Cape Otway, Great Otway National Park, Victoria

Cape Otway is one of the best places in Victoria to spot koalas in the wild away from the crowds.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Apollo Bay, Apollo Bay, Victoria

Enjoy lunch at one our favourite local restaurants in Apollo Bay, a seaside village embraced by tranquil beaches, rolling green hills and the Great Otway National Park.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Teddy's Lookout, George Street, Lorne, Victoria Australia

One of our favourite local photography spots, this lookout provides a spectacular view over the coastline with the Great Ocean Road snaking through the Otway National Park.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Erskine Falls Road, Lorne, Victoria 3232 Australia

Tumbling 30 metres down a rocky face in a fern filled rainforest setting. Erskine Falls drips with natural charm. It’s the most accessible of the regions waterfalls.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Lorne, Lorne, Victoria

Enjoy morning or afternoon tea at one our favourite local coffee shops in Lorne, one of Victoria’s most popular coastal towns.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Great Ocean Road Memorial Archway, Great Ocean Rd 689/721 Great Ocean Rd, Lorne, Victoria Australia

One of the most photographed spots on the Great Ocean Road, this memorial acknowledges the challenges faced by workers in the construction of the road.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Anglesea Golf Club, 1 Golf Links Rd, Anglesea, Victoria 3230 Australia

Get up close to over 300 Eastern Grey Kangaroos located on the Anglesea Golf Course, famous for its mob of resident kangaroos that have live here in the wild for many a year.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Bells Beach, 86 km (53 mi) SW of Melbourne; 25 km (16 mi) S of Geelong; 5 km (3 mi) SW of Torquay, Torquay, Victoria 3228 Australia

See Australia’s most famous surfing beach and home of the world’s oldest surfing event, the Rip Curl Pro.

Duration: 30 minutes