Melbourne is a city of many layers. It preserves its history respectfully while quietly pioneering new trends, designs, styles and flavours. There’s a lot to enjoy here, from superb coffee, food and wine, city and suburban markets and art galleries, anything you can see in a theatre and Australian Rules Football. A gateway to the Great Ocean Road and South Australia’s icons and onwards to Perth or northbound through Australia’s Red Centre to the Top End. Here are some of the tours you can take from Melbourne.
Celebrate a week well spent when you explore some of Victoria’s highlights on a round trip tour from Melbourne. Soak in the beauty of Victoria’s spa country at Hepburn Springs, home to the largest concentration of mineral springs in Australia. Relive the independence movement of the Eureka Stockade before you head to Dunkeld and onwards to explore the stunning Grampians and Halls Gap.
Wind your way along the world renowned Great Ocean Road from Warrnambool to see the iconic sites of the Twelve Apostles, London Bridge and the beach towns of Apollo Bay and Lorne. Take in life on the east of Port Phillip Bay, crossing from the Bellarine Peninsula to the Mornington Peninsula via ferry from Queenscliff. After exploring the food and wine haven of Red Hill, return to Melbourne to explore the city highlights before your tour ends.
Shorter tours take in the same highlights or explore a different part of Victoria. Take a tour of the city and the Yarra Valley. Start tracks with a dining experience on the Restaurant Tram before heading east to explore the villages of the Dandenong Ranges and the wineries of the scenic Yarra Valley.
You can tour the highlights of the Great Ocean Road and Adelaide in as few as three days. Or, take a five day tour that includes Kangaroo Island.
You can take a number of multi-state tours from Melbourne. Travel from Melbourne to Darwin on a tour that takes the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide, before heading through Australia’s Red Centre to Darwin and the Top End . Take in the natural beauty of Kangaroo Island and indulge your palate in renowned food and wine regions as you tour through South Australia. Explore the stunning Flinders Ranges and go underground in Coober Pedy before you cross into the Northern Territory. Feel the outback rhythm of Australia’s spiritual heart when you visit Uluru and Kata Tjuta.
As you head into the Top End, cruise the waters of the outback at Katherine Gorge before you explore the timelessness of Kakadu National Park and spot crocodiles in Litchfield National Park, ending your tour in Darwin.
Alternatively join a guided adventure from Melbourne that takes you through to the Flinders Ranges via the Great Ocean Road before you continue west to the stunning cliffs of the Great Australian Bite and the quiet plains of the Nullarbor. Explore the picturesque coastline of the Cape Le Grande National Park and Esperance, before you sample the south west corner and the food and wine gems of Margaret River. You can take this 4000 kilometre road trip in two weeks, camping and hiking en route, immersing yourself in the best nature experiences Southern Australia has to offer.
If you are travelling from Melbourne and want to explore further afield, explore our range of tours from Melbourne to match your budget and timeframe. Explore your options now.