Small-Group Great Ocean Road Classic Day Tour from Melbourne

Sharife was great!

My daughter and I took this trip with Sharife. He was really friendly, entertaining, and full of interesting information. The scenery is beautiful and a nice combination of activities between the views of the ocean and exploring the rainforest. It's long drive but we thought it was worth it.

A must-see!

This tour was fantastic and was the perfect way to see the Great Ocean Road. Our guide Jon R. was the best! He was incredibly knowledgeable, and also entertaining and friendly. Bonus points for the fun playlist!

If you want to see and find out all the facts this tour is the best!

We really enjoyed this tour. Our Tour leader Chris H. was excellent with his lovely positive manner and his local knowledge was unbelievable! He was a really good driver and we felt comfortable all the time.

Recommendation 😊

The day trip was great! Our guide Jon was pleasant and told lots of exciting and funny stories. An extra star for the super playlist. 😉 For me, the time given at all stops was also suitable and not too hectic. Definitely a recommendation!

Lovely experience

Lovely experience! Very well organised tour, the views were amazing, and the guide Israel was super fun! Totally recommend.

Amazing tour!!

Graeme was a fantastic guide and was able to tell us lots of interesting facts. Despite having bad weather, we all still enjoyed ourselves and managed to see everything we wanted to!

The trip was so good ...

The trip was so good well time management. I like the rain forest and 12 apostle so much. If possible I would like to see London bridge, grotto, lord arch gord and the light house. But I know that one day trip has time limit.

A must one day trip from Melbourne

The tour was great! Our tour guide, Bluey, is amazing. He is very nice, super friendly and keep us entertained all day. Very impressive and highly recommended!

5/5

The views were incredible! Had enough time to explore in all places. Tourguide was very friendly and told all of these cool facts and stories!

Australia highlight!

This was one of my favourite tours I did when I was in Australia! The Great Ocean Road is stunning!! Even got to see wild koalas! Damien was the best tour guide!

The Gibson steps beach stop was the most memorable!

The trip was exciting, thanks a lot to the guide named Israel for his qualification, positivity and attention to clients - good driver& guide. I also want to say a word of thanks to the guide named Bob. During a lunch stop, I dropped my wallet out of my bag, and Bob noticed it and drew my attention to it - this is a very noble act! He refused the reward, but I think he deserves a bonus!

Great Ocean Road is truly great

First of all, the views are truly amazing. This is the main reason to take this trip. The nature is breathtaking, and our guide James was fantastic. He was not only very funny but also caring about his passengers, providing valuable recommendations. The bus stops were conveniently spaced, preventing leg discomfort, which is my usual issue on such longer trips. The stops were also well-timed, allowing us to take in everything without feeling rushed. Overall a great experience.

It was a very good tour

I was able to fully enjoy the great nature of Australia. I'm not good at English, but the guide explained everything carefully and I was able to understand it. The guide was very kind.

Wonderful experience

The driver and tour guide Red is such a comedian who made us be in perfect mood all the time. Awesome sightseeing tour as well.

A perfect full day of great scenery a exciting learnings

Great Ocean Road Tour was excellent and highly recomended. Robert our guide was really knowledable and extremely helpful. I will recomend this tour to my friends

Great guide/ wonderful views

Jools is a fun guide and awesome driver. She provided hot drinks and cake at Torquay overlooking the ocean. She was well organised and her instructions were clear. She made sure we had enough time at each stop. Very enjoyable

Great trip

Great trip! Good value. The twelve apostles site is a must see. Wonderful driver an guide. The bus seats have minimal leg room for a long day.

Ace day out

This trip was really super - we stopped at loads of places with just enough time to absorb the views, take pictures etc. The guide was friendly and informative and drove the route brilliantly. And being in a smaller group felt much more relaxing!

Twelve Apostles’ three...

Twelve Apostles’ three stops were amazing. The lunch and dinner stops felt rushed, biggest problem I had was the bus. It seats 25. Leg room is absolute minimum and worse I had a seat that had a wheel well, one of 3. Uncomfortably tight, long bus ride.

Fun with our kids

Rain forrest walk was great for all of our kids Sightseeing and the enthusiasm of our tour guide Lucy

Amazing experience

Everything is memorable, the places are amazing, the possibility to see 12 Apostoles by helicopter is unbelievable! The tour guide was so involved to show us all the good places, giving us a lot of tips!

Bree made the difference

This was a long long (13 hours) day and so not for the faint of heart. It's a tour group of about 24 and each seat is filled. So be aware if riding in the back for 2 hours gives you pause. That aside we saw some great scenary and Bree our tour guide made it enjoyable. It was nice to see so many sights and put our feet in the sand. A few pointers: 1) wear a hat 2) Bring sunblock 3)bring or buy snacks and water 4) bring mosquito spray (the flies are insane in the heat).

The Ocean Road is Truly Great

A wonderful day. Long, but packed with experiences. You get various stop offs, including Torquay surf beach, Cape Otway (rainforest), Apollo Bay where you grab lunch, the Twelve Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge. Tim our guide was an absolute star. Helpful, as flexible as he could be, and very informative.

A Great Day Out

If you do one trip from Melbourne, may I suggest you do this. It’s a long day, so be prepared with water and drinks, but you get to see so many beautiful spots along the Great Ocean Road, including rainforest stops, beaches, the Twelve Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge. We saw koalas in the wild too. Tim our guide was knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and really made the day special, with helpful recommendations at the lunch and dinner spots. He was flexible in supporting group members to do the helicopter trip, without impacting on other tour group members. A memorable day.

Great tour but very long day of riding in bus

Good tour but very long day. Briefly saw kangaroo and koalas along road. Lots of driving!!! WiFi was sporadic. Rachel our guide was fantastic! Upbeat and very informative.

A real Classic experience

The trip was excellent and seamless. Go West tour operator is an amazing team, especially a guide named BREE. She was excellent in terms of overall guide, driving, showing the right spots, and interactive, energetic, and very supportive. I strongly recommend this team of GO WEST via Trip advisor.

Great Ocean Road Adventure 👍🏻👍🏻

I had a fabulous experience today! It's my third visit, and I absolutely love the spectacular view of the Great Ocean Road. What a lucky day—we saw a koala twice! Our guide Ash was an incredible person. He explained a lot about the history, recommended various places to explore. He's very friendly and funny, and it was nice of him to let us pick the music we wanted to listen to during the travel. Thanks for making our time amazing!

Wonderful! Thank you Ash

Thank you so much to Ashley (AKA Ash) for making our tour wonderful, outstanding and happy, I truly enjoyed the whole trip, and with all the information Ash gave us, plus the good times on the bus, Ash extraordinary again thank you 💯

Awesome experience

Ash was our trip guide and driver. He has amazing skills. Very informative and interactive and friendly experience. Will definitely recommend to others.

Spectacular Great ocean road!

Spectacular views with the most amazing guide- Ash. Ash made the tour so much more fun by his fun talks, games, information sharing and kindness. Highly recommend!

Wonderful great ocean tour !

The tour was amazing and our guide and driver Ash made the trip so much fun! He was very informative and helpful throughout the tour. Have good recommendations for restaurants also!

Amazing Day on the Great Ocean Road

IF you only have one day to explore the Great Ocean Road and would like a stress-free relaxing experience in a small group setting (24 people), this is definitely for you. Felix is a passionate tour guide and he does everything possible to make sure you have a great time. It is a full day and at times, you may feel rushed. But they want to make sure you see the best sites and still get back to Melbourne at a reasonable hour.

Definitely recommend

We had Jon as our tour guide and he made the day so much fun! I really enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend. A great way to see the great ocean road

Excellent day out

A busy and long day out. Camille, our guide and driver, did an excellent job at getting us around and was so informative about the places we went. She kept things lively with fun facts and was so friendly and accommodating. Thankyou Camille! Got to see the most popular sights along the route, wasn’t too busy. Wished we had more time for lunch but considering the distance covered it was understandable.

Rachael is the Best! Take this tour!

My brother and I had an amazing experience on this tour with our wonderful guide, Rachael! I cannot recommend it enough. The perfect itinerary with just the right amount of stops, tons of stories and jokes, and lots of memories to be made. Rachael, you rock! Hooroo!

Must do

Wonderful trip with Cavie and Tom. Specially Cavie’s great sense of humor added cherry on the top Had a great time. Shouldn’t be missed. Way to go caveman!!!

Great.

The bus arrived and left on time. Great tour. Cavie and Tom was so comical and entertaining. He took great lengths in making the tour light and engaging.

Great day!

Great tour for anyone who wants to discover the highlights of the great ocean road but doesn't have much time / doesn't drive! However, be aware that the great ocean road is very popular and it can get very busy at the lookouts during high season. Overall, I had a great time and would recommend this tour! Camille was a great guide, very friendly, cheerful, and well-organised.

Great experience! Absolutely recommendable!

The best part was course 'The Apostels' (even with not so optimal weather; only a bit of sunshine) but also 'Mait's Rest'. The at that time a bit fogy weather was perfect for the short walk in the forest.

Awesome tour awesome tour guide!

Highly recommend this great ocean road tour, and don’t forget the key man of this tour, Cavie!!!!He is really nice, funny and kind! He told lots of fun facts and historical stories during this tour! Overall, it is extremely a good experience!

Breathtaking view at the twelve apostles

Cavie was a great tour guide. I enjoyed his jokes even though I am not a naive English speaker. Appreciate much that he searched for kangaroos for us on the way to the twelve apostles, and we were lucky enough to spot some! The twelve apostles was breathtaking, worth paying a visit if going to Melbourne.

Great tour! Monique ,our...

Great tour! Monique ,our guide was very informativ and cheery and took us along the relatively long day with ease

Great ocean road

Our guide David "Edge" was entertaining, knowledgeable and a great guide. When we got back to our hotel we couldn't believe all the things we saw in just one day. It was ful! Of beautiful scenery.

Frank was great- a must do day trip!

Great day; very full and regular stops which means that you have plenty of time off the coach. Our tour guide Frank was perfect! He made the day special with great insights and care for everyone. It may be worth offering less stops should a group wish to get home to the city earlier however it worked okay for me (despite me having some travel sickness).

Wonderful tour

It was a great experience. The tour guide Stuart explained about every single spot well. I highly recommend! Thank you so much for amazing day :)

Tour got to 12 Apostles, the most glorious of sites with horrible light for photos. Too much stopping early on.

This trip is an incredible photo opportunity. Or at least it should be. I felt we should've been told by your operator that the light on the 12 Apostles wouldn't be very good at the time we reached them. Then trying to get to customer service is impossible because it's subcontractors on top of subcontractors making these tours. I'd never use Trip Advisor again for this.

Just nice!👍🏻👍🏻 thank you

The great ocean road ’s views so amazing! Mr.Stuart is friendly person Thank you guy give me wonderful memories in my tour!

Scenic coast line!

Aaron our tour guide was awesome!! Very engaging and knowledgeable. Only negative thing I could say is he prepared for a very long day.

Beautiful and informative Great Ocean Road Tour with delightful guide experiencing amazing Australian flora and fauna

The tour was extremely high value for the money and our guide Edge was funny, thoughful, knowledgeable and everything you could want from a tour guide! He gave detailed instructions on time and how long we would need to walk this way or that, giving tips and small tidbits on the effort of certain activities (the Gibson steps were a bit strenuous but well worth the effort!). We immensely enjoyed the tour and the comfortable drive and all the little details Edge was amusing us with (though there were not nearly enough Dad jokes for my taste ;D ). Edge told us about Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road, showed us the local flora and fauna, including the charming little Australian Magpie and even a couple of Koalas and close-up parrots. I really enjoyed the Koalas in their native environment instead of seeing them caged in a zoo! Amazing! The beaches were beautiful and the cliffs imposing and impressive! The morning tea with Australian Magpie entertainment was welcome and refreshing! Loved it! We were unfortunately confronted with a heavy downpour starting at the rainforest stop, which, however, was quite fitting and added to the overall atmosphere. We were apprehensive about the last (dinner) stop, which was - in our minds - not strictly necessary, but we used the time to enjoy a drink in a local bar. WIFI was very convenient and the app was quite helpful for the trip and additional info (though its no substitute for the knowledgeable guide). Would totally recommend the tour and especially our amazing guide Edge 10/10

Great ocean road tour

It was a great day! We stopped in a lot of different places along great Ocean road, it was interesting learning about the history, Terry was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Thank you! It was a slightly long day with a return at 9pm.