Puffing Billy & Rainforest Tour from Melbourne
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Great Ocean Road Reverse Itinerary Boutique Tour - Max 12 Guests
12h
Puffing Billy And Phillip Island Penguin Parade Bus Tour
11h
Full-Day Phillip Island Tour with Kangaroo, Koala and Penguin Parade
11h
Melbourne: Yarra Valley Wine, Gin, Whisky and Chocolate Tour
8h
Great Ocean Road Small-Group Eco Tour from Melbourne
14h
Yarra Valley Half-Day Winery Tour from Melbourne with Small Group
5h
Full-Day Great Ocean Road and 12 Apostles Tour
13h
From Melbourne: Puffing Billy Steam Train Experience
6h
Phillip Island Penguins & Wildlife Day Tour from Melbourne
12h – 14h
1 day Puffing Billy Steam Train and Wildlife Tour from Melbourne
8h 30m
Phillip Island Penguin Parade and Koalas Tour from Melbourne
9h 30m
Ultimate Melbourne Walking Tour: History, Laneways & Culture
3h
Hot Air Balloon Flights over Melbourne City (optional breakfast)
4h
Melbourne Premium Balloon Flight plus 5-Star champagne breakfast
3h – 4h
Great Ocean Road Reverse SUNRISE TOUR–SML GRP-DLX BUS Hotel Pikup
12h
Phillip Island Penguin Parade Day Tour from Melbourne
12h
Spirit of Melbourne Dinner Cruise on the Yarra River
3h
Premium Great Ocean Road Tour Reverse with Pickup - Max 10-14
11h 30m
Melbourne: City Highlights Express Cruise
50 min
Puffing Billy Train and Phillip Island Penguin Parade Day Tour
11h – 12h
River Gardens Melbourne Sightseeing Cruise
1h
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Sixteen of Melbourne's 22 tours leave the city
Melbourne's list reads like a departure board. Sixteen of the 22 experiences we publish leave the metropolitan area altogether: five drive the Great Ocean Road to the Twelve Apostles, six cross to Phillip Island for the penguin parade, three spend the day on the Puffing Billy steam train in the Dandenongs, and two run up to the Yarra Valley wineries. Two of the Phillip Island trips add Puffing Billy as well, so the steam train is named in five titles in all. The median length across the page is nine hours, and thirteen listings run eight hours or longer. The Great Ocean Road days cost €62.23 to €99.95 for eleven and a half to fourteen hours, and four of the five are small-group or reverse-itinerary departures.
Six products stay in Melbourne, and only one is a guided tour of the city on foot: a three-hour walk through the laneways at €62.23, rated 4.9 across 1,587 reviews. The rest are two hot-air balloon flights over the grid at €323.74 and €350.14, the dearest listings here by a wide margin, and three boats on the Yarra — a three-hour dinner cruise at €132.01 and two sightseeing runs of 50 and 60 minutes at €19.80 and €22.63, the cheapest and also the two lowest-rated things on the page. Nothing is sold as a private tour, none of the 22 is a food or coffee tour, and no listing enters the Skydeck, the Old Melbourne Gaol, Queen Victoria Market or the NGV. Of 31,820 reviews, 27,834 sit on trips that leave town.
What to know before you book in Melbourne
The centre costs very little, so a paid tour in town buys commentary rather than access. Trams inside the Free Tram Zone, which covers the whole central grid and Docklands, are free and need no myki. The NGV collection on St Kilda Road (daily 10:00–17:00), ACMI's Story of the Moving Image, State Library Victoria (daily 10:00–18:00) and the Shrine of Remembrance all charge nothing, and the Shrine needs neither ticket nor booking.
The St Kilda penguins are free as well, but ticketed: two sessions of about 45 minutes each night, starting roughly 30 and 90 minutes after sunset, capped at 150 people, with tickets released online every Tuesday at 10:00 for the following week. Where you do pay, book direct — Skydeck general admission is $33 online for adults, up to 15% below the walk-up price, and Old Melbourne Gaol is $38. Twenty of our 22 listings cancel free.
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Quick answers
Should I book a Great Ocean Road tour from Melbourne?
That is where this page's weight sits: five of our 22 listings drive it, at €62.23 to €99.95, and they hold 14,587 of the page's 31,820 reviews. All five are full days of eleven and a half to fourteen hours, and four are sold as small-group or reverse-itinerary departures. There is no half-day version among them, so plan on giving up the whole day. Every one of the five cancels free.
Do I need a tour to see the St Kilda penguins?
No. Viewing from the boardwalk at the end of the pier is free, in two sessions of about 45 minutes each evening, starting roughly 30 and 90 minutes after sunset and capped at 150 people; tickets are released online every Tuesday at 10:00 for the week ahead, and latecomers forfeit their place. Flash, bright lights and phone torches are not allowed, and takeaway food and drink are not permitted on the platform. None of our 22 listings goes to St Kilda — the six penguin tours here cross to Phillip Island instead, for €87.38 to €135.78 and nine and a half to fourteen hours.
Is there a walking tour of the Melbourne laneways?
One: a three-hour walk covering history, the laneways and culture at €62.23, rated 4.9 from 1,587 reviews, with free cancellation. It is the only guided tour of the city centre on this page, and there is no food or coffee tour among the 22. If you would rather do it yourself, the Free Tram Zone covers the whole grid and Docklands at no cost, and the free NGV collection, ACMI's Story of the Moving Image and State Library Victoria, open daily 10:00–18:00, sit along the same route.