Published on Sep, 2024
We were 6 ladies from Hong Kong and it was our first time to the Twelve Apostles. We only had limited time so we selected this slightly shorter (9-10 hours) tour instead of the longer 12 hour tour. I just found this tour from Tripadvisor and we loved the tour. The 11-seater van and the tour guide Neil arrived well ahead of time at our hotel to welcome us. Neil was super knowledgeable about everything from history, politics, twelve apostles eco-system, types of cows, music,… He even matched particular types of music for different scenery!! He was also very organised and reliable. We are picky on food and Neil helped us book a very decent restaurant for our lunch and we were very satisfied (I was quite surprised how underdeveloped the hospitality side was with respect to the Twelve Apostles - not many decent restaurants or hotels!!
Anyway overall we were completely satisfied with this tour. We hit all the important stops and took all the necessary photos, and we got back to Melbourne city in time for our dinner appointment no problem. I wish Neil could have arranged better weather: it was cloudy most of the time - but at least it didn’t rain!!
(Just a point of caution: so for this shorter tour you won’t be travelling all along the Great Ocean Road. We will travel inland and then cut into the Great Ocean Road. I found this arrangement quite good (if you are short with time or dont want a super long day of 12 hour tour) as we got to see the inland beautiful pasturelands and it is much faster. You will see plenty of coastline still as you hit all the top spots.)