Day 1: Arrive into Melbourne
Guided Tour of Melbourne Cricket Ground
Welcome to Melbourne - the most romantic city in Australia. On arrival, collect your Car from Airport Desk from your car rental company. Drive down to your hotel Located in CBD area. Breakfast after Check in (guaranteed early check-in). Later in afternoon visit CBD of Melbourne, where you can see the Federation Square, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Shrine of Remembrance and Art Center. Reach Melbourne Cricket Ground Gate no 3 atleast 10 Minutes before 03.00pm to enjoy a guided tour of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Visit to MCG from inside will not be available during Christmas Day, Good Friday and major MCG event days). Overnight at hotel in Melbourne. (B)
Day 2: Melbourne
Yarra Valley with Dandenong Ranges
After Breakfast, Visit Yarra Valley, Dandenongs & The Ranges, which is one of Melbourne's favourite retreats offering good food, fine wine, welcoming accommodation and unique attractions in natural surroundings.Take the Burwood Highway to Belgrave where each day the Puffing Billy Steam Railway winds through the forests and fern gullies of the Dandenong Ranges National Park. Feed the crimson rosellas at Grants Picnic Grounds or visit the sculptures at William Ricket Sanctuary.Follow Monbulk Road to Lilydale and them on to Yarra Glen via the Melba Highway, gateway to the Yarra Valley wineries. There are more than 35 wineries to choose from, including famous names such as Domaine Chandon, Eyton on yarra, De Bortoli and Yering Station. Return to Melbourne along the Maroondah Highway via Lilydale and Mooroolbark. Road Distance or driving distance from Melbourne to Yarra Valley is approx 61 kms (One Way). Overnight at Melbourne. (B)
Day 3: Melbourne
Sunrise ballooning over Melbourne city & Philip Island with A Maze’N Things, Chocolate Factory and Penguin Parade and Kolas Conservation Center
Early Morning enjoy the thrill of hot air ballooning over Melbourne at sunrise. Melbourne by hot air balloon provides the ultimate in urban adventure leaving you with a lifetime of memories to share with family and friends. Enjoy the stunning panoramic views that the beautiful city has to offer from the air. Later drive for the excursion trip to Philip Island. Running since 1991, A Maze’N Things is a unique, award winning theme park located on Phillip Island. It is a magical world of illusions, puzzles, mazes and mini golf that provides hours of fun for the whole family. In one location you can be shrunk in our shrinking room, become lost in one of our mazes or fall down the “Look Out” slide. There are activities to test your motor skills, perception and memory. Whatever you decide to do, you’ll be laughing all the way. Phillip Island Chocolate Factory is the sweetest tourist attraction on the Island. Hand made & using Belgian chocolate, the best available! Its creamy texture and slight hint of vanillin is exceptionally mouth watering. The Penguin Parade is Australia’s most popular wildlife attraction and home to the one of the largest Little Penguin colonies in the world. Every sunset, wild Little Penguins emerge from the sea and waddle across the beach to their sand dune burrows. The Penguin Parade is the best place to experience this natural phenomenon. Road Distance or driving distance from Melbourne to Phillip Island is 142 kms (One Way). Overnight at Melbourne. (B)
Day 4: Melbourne - Apollo Bay
Great Ocean Road
Today, you drive to the Great Ocean Road. You will be spellbound by the sheer beauty of the Great Ocean Road which stretches along the Southeast coast of Australia between Geelong & Warrnambool. See the world famous ‘Twelve Apostles’. Its origins is about 10 - 20 million years ago when billions of tiny skeletal fragments created limestone formations & later exposed to violent seas and winds that carved out these remarkable features. Road Distance or driving distance from Melbourne to Apollo Bay is 188 Kms (One Way). Overnight at hotel in Apollo Bay Area. (B + D)
Day 5: Return Home with Wonderful Memories
Today, after breakfast check out and Drive towards the airport for your flight back home. After arriving Airport Park the car and drop the keys at designated area. It's time to say GoodBye to all the new friends you have made. We hope you take back happy many memories of Melbourne. Road Distance or driving distance from Apollo Bay to Melbourne International Airport is approx 200 kms. (B)
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Flight - Singapore Airlines
(Day 00) SQ405 Delhi 0800 Singapore 1610
(Day 00) SQ227 Singapore 2115 Melbourne 0750+1 (Day 01)
(Day 05) SQ228 Melbourne 1645 Singapore 2120
(Day 06) SQ406 Singapore 0230 Delhi 0545