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A wooden staircase and boardwalk overlooking the Twelve Apostles limestone stacks at sunset.
Walking & Hiking

Intrepid Travel: Hike the Great Ocean Walk

Melbourne

Melbourne

7 days, 6 nights

Guided Coach Tour

From: $4,484 pp

Tour overview

This hiking trip takes you from Melbourne to Cape Otway National Park and on to the famous 12 Apostles, passing fur seal colonies, beaches, forests, sea cliffs, light stations and lookouts along the way. Explore the landscapes of the Eastern Maar and Wadawurrung peoples and see why the Great Ocean Walk is regarded one of the world’s best coastal treks. With two knowledgeable leaders to guide the way, you’ll experience a landscape that has been shaped by the elements over thousands of years, immerse yourself in local maritime history and enjoy picnic lunches surrounded by dramatic coastal scenery. If you love immersing yourself in nature, the Great Ocean Walk is calling your name!

Tour highlights & inclusions

7 days / 6 nights
6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners

Melbourne

Melbourne

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Trip itinerary

Welcome to Melbourne! Or Narrm in the language of the Wurundjeri people, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which Melbourne is now located. Today, meet your group at 8 am to depart the Melbourne CBD as you head for the spectacular Great Ocean Road and Apollo Bay – the start of the Great Ocean Walk. Enjoy the first of many fresh picnic lunches for the week, get to know your walking companions and see if you can spot some Australian fur seals on the rocks. Today's walk is relatively easy with some short sections of beach walking and a few hills. Meet your driver at the car park for the drive to the night’s accommodation in Apollo Bay, where you’ll enjoy an included sunset dinner and dusk tour at a local wildlife sanctuary. As the sun goes down, the Otways’ most elusive residents start waking up: potoroos, bandicoots and pademelons. Your guide for the evening is a conservationist who’ll teach you all about the lives of these local marsupials.

It's an early morning pick-up at 8 am in Melbourne at our pick-up location (please see the joining point instructions in your trip notes for more details). You'll be travelling from here straight to the start of your first walk. Please arrive dressed for hiking and with your day pack ready to go. Your walking distance today will be approximately 9 km.

Activities:

  • Great Ocean Road - Apollo Bay to Shelly Beach walk

Staying in:

  • Motel (1 night)
Limestone stacks on the Great Ocean Walk under a clear blue sky.

Inclusions

Apollo Bay to Shelly Beach walk

Castle Cove to Milanesia Track walk

Gibson Steps to The Twelve Apostles walk

Milanesia Track to The Gables Lookout walk

Parker Inlet to Castle Cove walk

Shelly Beach to Parker Inlet walk

The Gables to Gibson Steps walk

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