Great Ocean Road and Grampians Tour from Melbourne, 2 Days

What the great ocean road and grampians tour covers

The route splits cleanly in two. Day one runs west along the coast, with the Memorial Arch, surf beaches, rainforest in Great Otway National Park, Loch Ard Gorge and the Twelve Apostles, then carries on inland to Halls Gap for the night. Day two is Grampians National Park: MacKenzie Falls, and the views from Boroka Lookout, Reeds Lookout and The Balconies, before the drive back to Melbourne.

Transport is an air-conditioned mini-coach with selected city pick-ups and drop-offs, and a driver-guide who gives live commentary along the way. The overnight is a shared hostel room in Halls Gap. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included, as are all national park entry fees, so what you carry is spending money for snacks, drinks, souvenirs and gratuities. Bookings are for adults 18 and over.

Guided bushwalking comes to roughly 4 km across the two days and is adjusted to the fitness of the group, which means short tracks at the waterfall and the lookouts rather than a full-day hike. Kangaroos and emus are part of the Grampians stops, seen in natural habitat. Do not feed or touch wildlife: hand-fed animals lose foraging skills, gather in unnatural numbers and can become aggressive, and the Wildlife Act 1975 applies across these parks. An H5 bird flu warning is active in Great Ocean Road parks, so leave sick or dead birds alone and report them to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

Since 16 October 2026, the day the Keerray Woorroong Visitor Centre opened, a booking is compulsory to enter the Twelve Apostles precinct at Princetown, and that covers the car park and the lookouts, not just the building. Tour operators and regional partners can reserve arrival slots up to four months ahead, far earlier than most individual visitors manage, and the coach gate on Booringa Road is separate from the car entrance.

A Great Ocean Road and Grampians tour over two days also answers the standard complaint about the coast, which is that it is long and slow. The memorial road runs 242 kilometres from Torquay to Allansford, the Lorne to Apollo Bay section is narrow and winding, and the regional tourism body advises against trying to do the road in a single day. Splitting the trip at Halls Gap buys you a second morning in the ranges instead of another late return along the same coast.

Meeting point, pickup and cancellation

• Meeting point: the default pickup for this tour is the Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders St, corner of Market St, Melbourne, at 7:35am. To change the pickup location, contact the operator's reservations team on +61 39393 1300.
• Cancellation: cancel at least 6 full days before the scheduled departure time for a full refund.<br>Cancel between 2 and 6 days before the scheduled departure time for a 50% refund.<br>Cancel within 2 days of the scheduled departure and no refund applies.
• Ages: adult 18+

What is included

How this great ocean road and grampians tour compares

Three trips on this site combine the coast with the Grampians. This one is the only Melbourne-to-Melbourne version, so it fits travellers with a room or a flight waiting in the city. The two-day and three-day Adelaide versions are one-way transfers: the two-day run is the faster way to cross to South Australia, while the three-day adds a second night and more time on foot before Adelaide.

Tour details from the operator's listing, checked 10 November 2026. Prices and times can change; the booking page has the current ones.

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