Natural Treasures Tour - Day Tours
Natural Treasures Tour - Day Tours
Natural Treasures Tour - Day Tours
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Natural Treasures Tours are the Great Ocean Road specialists, with the most comprehensive 2-day tour available. With exciting tour packages to choose from, we will showcase the best of Melbourne & surrounds.Our interpretive theme of revealing artefacts along the way provides guests with a rare insight into the history of these regions. Natural Treasures Tours use unique and stunning accommodation in the regions they visit.Our 2 day Great Ocean Road tour is the most popular tour, with tours leaving every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. This tour has a maximum number of 10 passengers making it a very personalised group touring experience. The small vehicle size allows us to access-hidden gems like rainforest walks, aboriginal sites and watching australian fauna in their natural habitat.Our Melbourne - Adelaide tour (and reverse) is an extension of our 2 day and incl all of this tour plus Coonawarra wineries, World Heritage listed Naracoorte Caves and much more.
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malholme
Lewes, UK515 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
This is probably the best 3 day small group tour that we have had anywhere in the world.These are the reasons why it was so good.
1.Our driver/guide Walt was new to the tour but was knowledgeable, an excellent smooth driver, an accomplished off road driver and was kind, helpful and considerate. Although there were only 3 in the group+ Walt he was helpful with all our needs and was particularly helpful to Peter our companion who was a keen photographer, and to my wife who is disabled. Our sincere thanks go to him for making this trip so memorable. He managed.to find a wide selection of Australian wildlife.,.kangaroos on Angalsea Golf Course....a King Brown snake on the road..Koalas and many birds at the Kennett river...Wallabys near the Great Ocean Road,..ferrule cats at Dunkeld ....and Squirrel gliders,brush tail possums,and Tiger & Eastern Quolls at the Dunkeld Pastoral Co.
2. The route was varied and fascinating with a number of off road sections.
3.The stops were well timed with good facilities for food and toilets.
4. Accommodation was excellent, particularly Beacon Point Ocean View Villas qv report,and the only poor part of the trip was the food and awful service at the Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld...see individual review for this hotel.
5 .Food on route was exceptionally good..see individual reports...again with the exception of the Royal Mail Hotel.
6 The Ocean Road was spectacular,as were the Grampians.
This tour company were quite exceptionally good and are recommended without hesitation...thank you for providing a truly wonderful end to our visit to Australia
1.Our driver/guide Walt was new to the tour but was knowledgeable, an excellent smooth driver, an accomplished off road driver and was kind, helpful and considerate. Although there were only 3 in the group+ Walt he was helpful with all our needs and was particularly helpful to Peter our companion who was a keen photographer, and to my wife who is disabled. Our sincere thanks go to him for making this trip so memorable. He managed.to find a wide selection of Australian wildlife.,.kangaroos on Angalsea Golf Course....a King Brown snake on the road..Koalas and many birds at the Kennett river...Wallabys near the Great Ocean Road,..ferrule cats at Dunkeld ....and Squirrel gliders,brush tail possums,and Tiger & Eastern Quolls at the Dunkeld Pastoral Co.
2. The route was varied and fascinating with a number of off road sections.
3.The stops were well timed with good facilities for food and toilets.
4. Accommodation was excellent, particularly Beacon Point Ocean View Villas qv report,and the only poor part of the trip was the food and awful service at the Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld...see individual review for this hotel.
5 .Food on route was exceptionally good..see individual reports...again with the exception of the Royal Mail Hotel.
6 The Ocean Road was spectacular,as were the Grampians.
This tour company were quite exceptionally good and are recommended without hesitation...thank you for providing a truly wonderful end to our visit to Australia
Written October 22, 2015
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Gerry D
St. Albert, Canada18 contributions
Mar 2013 • Couples
We took the 1/2 day Melbourne Sights tour one day and 2 days later took the 1 day Great Ocean Road tour with Jeremy on both occasions. Can't say enough. He knows his stuff and gave us great insights into Melbourne and on the Great Ocean Road tour. We went places and saw things that you would never see on your own or on a larger group tour and the experiences will live with us for a lifetime. We saw kangaroos in the wild from as close as 5 feet and at one time I had 5 Crimson Rosetta's (colourful red and green birds) nestling on my body and head. We had a magnificent lunch at the Bay Leaf Cafe in Apollo Bay and countless other experiences that I can't recount here. These tours and our tour guide deserve a score of 11 out of 10. WOW!!!
Written April 22, 2013
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SusanRon934
Wellington, New Zealand7 contributions
May 2013 • Couples
Thank you Jeremy for the wonderful 3 days where you took Ron and I on very special tour.
We were so lucky to have a guide which knew the area so well and as it was only us on the tour we were given the chance to see and enjoy so much.
We really enjoyed the variety that this trip gave us. The hotels were great thank you.
Wishing you all the best and thanks again.
We were so lucky to have a guide which knew the area so well and as it was only us on the tour we were given the chance to see and enjoy so much.
We really enjoyed the variety that this trip gave us. The hotels were great thank you.
Wishing you all the best and thanks again.
Written May 18, 2013
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arnoldgreg
5 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
What a great trip. We took the 3 day ocean road tour with the amazing Eddie as our guide. We had a fantastic time, there were only three of us on our tour which was great. There was a little hiccup with our accomocdation on the first night which was quickly delt with by Natural Treasure guys. Eddie's personal experience with doing these tours over so many years means he has all sorts of interesting and not so well known spots to take you. The food on this trip is amazing and the resurtaurant up in the hills on the first night did not only have amazing food and staff but even better views out over Apollo Bay. The rooms on the second night were fantastic and the shower was to die for, the food at this restaurant was also amazing, can highly recommend the Moscato (Koonara - Flowers for Lucy), staff here were also wonderful. Eddie is full of information of all the wonderful places you get to see ont this tour and in my opion it would be well worth requesting him as your guide, you will not be disappointed. Thank you Natural Tours and Eddie for an amazing experience.
Written October 7, 2018
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LornaTh
Ottawa, Canada18 contributions
Apr 2014 • Solo
I took the 3-day Melbourne to Adelaide tour along the Great Ocean Road. All aspects of the trip exceeded my expectations. Because it was a small group (only 4 of us) we got to stop when we wanted and stay as long as we wanted. And the guide, Pierre, was great....felt like it was an old friend driving us around. Would highly recommend this tour company to anyone.
Written May 20, 2014
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shai22
Tampa57 contributions
Nov 2016 • Couples
Overall, I enjoyed the tour. However, there were elements that detracted from my experience, but enjoyable overall.
Pros: Hotel pickup; great communication; reasonable pricing; well planned itinerary; some hidden, special treats; wildlife, amazing views, fantastic dinner; lovely rest stops; small group; personal guide who is respectful and caring.
Cons: Uncomfortable van seats; long periods of silence (To explain further, I'm loquacious and I like tidbits of information as part of my tours. Glen, our guide is reserved, he offered interesting info at stops, but seldom spoke unless a specific question was asked, and no music or background noise to break the silence, this made day one very long and somewhat boring) We rode back with Eddie who was much more jovial and talkative, a better fit for our personalities; terrible accommodation selection - yes, great views but tired, old, dusty and unkept).
Pros: Hotel pickup; great communication; reasonable pricing; well planned itinerary; some hidden, special treats; wildlife, amazing views, fantastic dinner; lovely rest stops; small group; personal guide who is respectful and caring.
Cons: Uncomfortable van seats; long periods of silence (To explain further, I'm loquacious and I like tidbits of information as part of my tours. Glen, our guide is reserved, he offered interesting info at stops, but seldom spoke unless a specific question was asked, and no music or background noise to break the silence, this made day one very long and somewhat boring) We rode back with Eddie who was much more jovial and talkative, a better fit for our personalities; terrible accommodation selection - yes, great views but tired, old, dusty and unkept).
Written December 18, 2016
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karene63
Auckland Central, New Zealand30 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
The Great Ocean View Road has been on my bucket list for sometime and when we had the chance to head to Melbourne for business I decided to go earlier to see Great Ocean View Road.
Before we left I looked up tours to Great Ocean View Road and at first could only find tours in large buses or backpack style, which wasn't what I wanted. I was going with my husband and knew that if we self drove we would get lost growl at each other and it wouldn't be such an enjoyable trip!
Then I found Australian Natural Treasures Tours and was pleased to see they stayed overnight as I didn't want a rushed trip.
On the day of departure Jeremy director of company picked us up from our Hotel. We were the only couple on tour so got top individual attention! The weather was looking bad for the following day so Jeremy suggested we did the tour in reverse which was great he could be flexible.
Jeremy had a good clear loud voice so could be easily heard and was a good safe driver. The mini van was very comfortable to travel in.
We had a wonderful day viewing London Bridge Bay of Islands the Apostles and the stunning and impressive views of the coast. All the sights were a short walk too, and excellent walkways with good viewing platforms. It pays to wear a coat as very exposed so can be chilly, and comfortable walking shoes.
We had a lovely lunch stop at Port Campbell and you could have either picnic takeaway bakery type lighter lunch or there was several cafes with sit down meals.
That night we stayed at Apollo Bay and stayed on a high hill overlooking the bay at Beacon Point Ocean View Villas. The villas are up a steep drive but Jeremy was very capable at driving up to them. The villas had a fireplace that you could use and were self contained with cosy beds. Jeremy gave us some bird seed to fed the colourful birds that came to see us on the deck.
For dinner Jeremy came back and took us in the mini van to Chris for dinner which was a yummy meal in a restaurant even higher up than the villas. the meal was fine dinning with great service and nice wine. Jeremy sat with us for the meal and we had a good chatt showing him some pictures of our home town.
After a good sleep Jeremy picked us up at 8am which was a good time not too early like some tours. We then had an excellent breakie at Apollo Bay at Bay Leaf and had a nice walk along the pier. We enjoyed the walks on the tour and the no rush approach.
After another day of top scenery and a 1km walk through rainforest, a look at Lorne, for lunch, and a stop at Kennett River to see beautiful birds that you could feed from your hand. We also saw Koalas in trees all in natural environment.
We also had to detour as some of the Ocean Road was closed but had a wonderful drive through bush seeing wallabies in natural surroundings.
The two day one night tour was very professional friendly and unrushed, and max of 8 ppl so would always have very personal service.
I would highly recommend anyone to take this tour. We will have some fantastic memories and have some great pictures!
We hope to come back to Melbourne and take another tour with Australian Natural Treasures Touring company as we couldn't fault our trip and we thank Jeremy and the company for a wonderful trip.
Before we left I looked up tours to Great Ocean View Road and at first could only find tours in large buses or backpack style, which wasn't what I wanted. I was going with my husband and knew that if we self drove we would get lost growl at each other and it wouldn't be such an enjoyable trip!
Then I found Australian Natural Treasures Tours and was pleased to see they stayed overnight as I didn't want a rushed trip.
On the day of departure Jeremy director of company picked us up from our Hotel. We were the only couple on tour so got top individual attention! The weather was looking bad for the following day so Jeremy suggested we did the tour in reverse which was great he could be flexible.
Jeremy had a good clear loud voice so could be easily heard and was a good safe driver. The mini van was very comfortable to travel in.
We had a wonderful day viewing London Bridge Bay of Islands the Apostles and the stunning and impressive views of the coast. All the sights were a short walk too, and excellent walkways with good viewing platforms. It pays to wear a coat as very exposed so can be chilly, and comfortable walking shoes.
We had a lovely lunch stop at Port Campbell and you could have either picnic takeaway bakery type lighter lunch or there was several cafes with sit down meals.
That night we stayed at Apollo Bay and stayed on a high hill overlooking the bay at Beacon Point Ocean View Villas. The villas are up a steep drive but Jeremy was very capable at driving up to them. The villas had a fireplace that you could use and were self contained with cosy beds. Jeremy gave us some bird seed to fed the colourful birds that came to see us on the deck.
For dinner Jeremy came back and took us in the mini van to Chris for dinner which was a yummy meal in a restaurant even higher up than the villas. the meal was fine dinning with great service and nice wine. Jeremy sat with us for the meal and we had a good chatt showing him some pictures of our home town.
After a good sleep Jeremy picked us up at 8am which was a good time not too early like some tours. We then had an excellent breakie at Apollo Bay at Bay Leaf and had a nice walk along the pier. We enjoyed the walks on the tour and the no rush approach.
After another day of top scenery and a 1km walk through rainforest, a look at Lorne, for lunch, and a stop at Kennett River to see beautiful birds that you could feed from your hand. We also saw Koalas in trees all in natural environment.
We also had to detour as some of the Ocean Road was closed but had a wonderful drive through bush seeing wallabies in natural surroundings.
The two day one night tour was very professional friendly and unrushed, and max of 8 ppl so would always have very personal service.
I would highly recommend anyone to take this tour. We will have some fantastic memories and have some great pictures!
We hope to come back to Melbourne and take another tour with Australian Natural Treasures Touring company as we couldn't fault our trip and we thank Jeremy and the company for a wonderful trip.
Written September 28, 2016
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Mary G
Paraparaumu, New Zealand149 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
I could write pages on how fantastic this three day trip from Melbourne to Adelaide was! Our driver/guide (Pierre) was so knowledgeable and we lost count of how many really interesting places we stopped to view and explore. I commented on all the wild freesias growing alongside to road and Pierre stopped to van to pick me one! The accommodation and meals were first class. We were fortunate in being a tour of only three, which meant we had lots of space - maybe the van would not have been so comfortable if it was full. Would definitely do it again (and ask for Pierre as our guide) and have no hesitation in recommending this trip.
Written September 27, 2016
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Dellgaye
Gold Coast, Australia14 contributions
Jun 2015 • Friends
My daughter and I travelled with Pierre from Melbourne to Adelaide in June. What a great few days with our lovely guide. Pierre was so considerate and helpful and full of interesting facts along the way. Together with beautiful scenery, great accommodation, fine food and great conversation we had a wonderful few days. I would highly recommend travel with this company. Would do it all again in a heartbeat. Thank you so much Pierre for making our experience so enjoyable.
Written July 15, 2015
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wass1958
Plano, TX8 contributions
Apr 2015 • Couples
Our guide Glenn's first comment was "there are no silly questions". Although I think we challenged that comment, you will not find anyone with more information about the Great Ocean Road. The spectacular scenery was only enhanced by Glenn's narratives and his willingness to accommodate our changes to his schedule. A well paced tour that is well worth the fee.
Written April 27, 2015
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