Private Two Day Great Ocean Road Tour
from Melbourne
The Great Ocean Road rewards a slower pace. Two days means a night at Port Campbell, time in the Otways without watching the clock, and the stops the day trips drive past. Your party only, in a Mercedes-Benz, with a Melbourne-born guide, in English or Mandarin.
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From $2,375 AUD per group · Up to 7 guests · Two full days, 9 AM starts · Door to door from your Melbourne accommodation
Day one: the inland run, then the shipwreck coast
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We head west on the farmland backroads rather than the highway. First stop is a cafe at Colac, with a memorial park and fountain across the road.
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Then up through the rolling hills until the Southern Ocean appears ahead, and down into Port Campbell, a very small town and where you stay tonight.
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With the afternoon still ahead we work the shipwreck coast properly. Loch Ard Gorge, including the walk out to the Razorback. Gibson Steps, down to the base of the Apostles, which the day tours do not have time for. If everyone still has the energy, we carry on to what is left of the limestone arch at London Bridge.
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Day two: the Otways, Apollo Bay and the winding part
After breakfast we take the scenic stops the one day trips miss. If you want more walking, there are quieter parts of the Otway National Park I can take you into.
Then down to sea level and into Apollo Bay, a small fishing village with award winning home made ice cream. And coffee, of course.
From there the road does what it is famous for, with photo stops along the way.
Lunch at Lorne, after a walk on the sand. There is a proper Aussie pub or a more casual cafe, whichever suits the group.
We will see surfers, and we will find wildlife, up in the trees and grazing beside the Otway National Park.
By mid afternoon I check how everyone is going, because there is a choice. We can continue to the Anglesea river and finish on the clifftop at the historic 1891 Split Point Lighthouse, or go to the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie at Bellbrae instead, subject to its opening hours. With two days there is time to fit it in.
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Tour details
DURATION
Two full days, 8 to 9 hours each
VEHICLE
Mercedes-Benz
START
9 AM both days, back around 6 PM on day two
LANGUAGES
English and Mandarin
PICKUP
Door to door, your Melbourne address
OVERNIGHT
Port Campbell, night one
GROUP
Private, your party only, up to 7 guests
PRICE
From $2,375 AUD per group
Inclusions
Private Mercedes-Benz for your party only, up to 7 guests
Door to door pickup from your Melbourne hotel or address
A Melbourne-born guide, in English or Mandarin
Two full touring days, 8 to 9 hours each, 9 AM starts, back around 6 PM on day two
Add-ons
Airport pick-up and drop-off
Helicopter flight over the Twelve Apostles, one way or return
(priced on request)
Lunch
Souvenirs
About Me
My name is Andy Bonello
Your guide is Andy Bonello. He was born in Melbourne, in a small town out west near the gold fields, and he has guided privately since 2015 after years of running mini bus tours before that. He studied Mandarin and taught English in Taiwan, so the Mandarin on these tours comes from having lived in it rather than from a phrasebook. Family man, keen cyclist, and serious about good coffee.
He will tell you himself that he is not the stereotypical surfing Australian, having nearly drowned proving it, but he knows exactly where the semi-pros paddle out and you will usually see a few of them on the way past.
One day or two?
The one day tour reaches the Twelve Apostles and back, and it is a long day. Two days adds the night at Port Campbell, Loch Ard Gorge and the Razorback walk, Gibson Steps, the Otways, and time at Lorne and Apollo Bay a day trip cannot fit.
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If the Grampians interest you as well, we run them as a separate tour. Grampians National Park hiking takes in Halls Gap, the Balconies and MacKenzie Falls, as a long day or over two days.
"Andy shared so many facts, knew all the best spots for photos, and was a great travel companion."
John R
Great Ocean Road, July 2025
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"Andy is a very nice guy and highly recommended to be with. He is also good at Chinese."
Tina P
Great Ocean Road, May 2025
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"We were traveling with an infant and a senior parent, and Andrew was able to work out a good itinerary that was able to make our trip very comfortable."
Tessa O
Melbourne, April 2024
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Our specialties
Why you should go on tour with Southeast Touring
Mandarin-speaking
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