7 Days Tour in Melbourne for Your First Visit

A 7-day trip to Melbourne offers a perfect blend of city culture, stunning coastlines, and wildlife, allowing time for urban exploration and regional day trips
Tour Overview
  • City Culture & Icons: City tours covering Federation Square, the historic Queen Victoria Market, St Patrick’s Cathedral, and graffiti-lined laneways like Hosier Lane.
  • Iconic Coastal Drive (Great Ocean Road): A full-day tour featuring the dramatic 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, London Bridge, and koala spotting at Kennett River.
  • Wildlife & Nature (Phillip Island): Witness the famous Penguin Parade at sunset, often from the Penguin Plus platform, plus visits to the Koala Conservation Centre and Churchill Island.
  • Travel back in time (Ballarat): Take a trip back in time to the 1850s with a visit to Sovereign Hill, a former gold rush town in Ballarat and just a short trip away from Melbourne.
  • Leisure & Dining: Time to explore Southbank, enjoy cafe culture on your free time.
Day 1: Arrival in Melbourne

Upon arrival in Melbourne Airport , you will be picked up from the airport and transferred to the hotel for check-in and rest.

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Day 2: Melbourne City Tour
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Start your day with breakfast at the hotel, we will explore in Melbourne City.

  • Hosier Lane (Street Art Viewing) : Must-visit place for fans of street art and photographers.

  • St. Paul’s Cathedral (Exterior view only)

  • Federation Square: A public place for creative expression and an area of cultural significance to First Peoples. 

  • Flinders Street Station (Exterior view only)

  • The Block Arcade: A historic shopping arcade in the central business district of Melbourne

  • Royal Arcade: Melbourne’s oldest covered shopping precinct and the longest standing arcade in the country

  • State Library of Victoria: The oldest public library in Australia, and one of the first free public libraries in the world. With almost 170 years of history.

  • Queen Victoria Market: Discover a wide variety of fresh produce & specialty shopping. Melbourne’s iconic Market!

    Note: If the market is closed (Mon, Wed, or Public Holidays), visit Melbourne Central instead.

  • St Kilda Beach: Melbourne’s most famous seaside destination known for its wide sandy shore, gentle swimming waters, and historic pier, it is a hub for swimming, walking, and watching wild fairy penguins. 

  • Brighton Beach (Famous for the colourful bathing boxes)

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Day 3: Day trip to Philip Island
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Start your day with breakfast at the hotel, we will visit a Phillip Island Chocolate Factory.

Panny’s Amazing World of Chocolate and see the educational exhibition on cocoa production, see the two meter chocolate statue of Michelangelo’s David, a 12,000 piece chocolate mosaic of Dame Edna Everage.

A chocolate village complete with working trains and an amazing spinning Zoetrope. See a giant, one tons block of chocolate, try and lift it with your Families or friends. There is also a thunderous chocolate waterfall, where 400 kilograms of molten chocolate poverflows every three minutes.

After lunch, we will visit a Penguin Parade – Phillip Island is home to the largest Little Penguin colony in the world.

You can experience the magic of watching these amazing seabirds waddle home from the ocean to their burrows any night of the year from viewing platforms and boardwalks.

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Day 4: Day trip to Great Ocean Road
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Start your day with breakfast at the hotel, we will travel to Great Ocean Road.

A 243-kilometer (151-mile) Australian National Heritage-listed coastal drive in Victoria, running from Torquay to Allansford. Built by WWI veterans between 1919 and 1932, it is the world’s longest war memorial. It features dramatic limestone cliffs, surf beaches, lush rainforests, and iconic landmarks like the 12 Apostles.

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Day 5: Day trip to Ballarat
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Start your day with breakfast at the hotel, we will trip to Ballarat.

The day trip to Ballarat offers a mix of 1850s gold rush history at Sovereign Hill, Australian wildlife encounters at Ballarat Wildlife Park, and stunning Victorian architecture, all just over an hour from Melbourne.

Top activities include panning for gold, exploring the Botanical Gardens, and dining on Lydiard Street.

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Day 6: Free and Easy Day
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Today free & leisure – you may consider joining an optional day tour to Dandenong Ranges onboard the nostalgic Puffing Billy Steamtrain enroute to Yarra Valley winery.

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Day 7: Departure
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After breakfast, free at leisure until transfer to airport for your flight back to home with fond memories of a wonderful holiday.

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