Melbourne City Afternoon Tour

Melbourne, Australia

Join a Melbourne city tour and see all of Melbourne's highlights in an afternoon. The four-hour afternoon Melbourne city tour features all of Melbourne's city-centre attractions, highlighting the many cultural and leisure things to do in this vibrant city. Then you'll leave the city behind you as you head for the towering forests and native wildlife of the Dandenong Ranges.

The afternoon Melbourne city tour includes three photo stops along the way: Melbourne's poignant Shrine of Remembrance, amongst the mountain ash gum trees of Sherbrooke Forest in the Dandenong Ranges, and the Skyhigh Observatory at the top of Mt Dandenong itself, with sweeping views over to the city of Melbourne on the horizon.

Melbourne highlights:

• Chinatown
• St Paul's Cathedral and Flinders Street Station
• Arts and Cultural Centre
• Kings Domain Gardens
• Shrine of Remembrance (photo stop)
• Fashionable suburbs of South Yarra and Toorak
• Melbourne's green and leafy eastern suburbs
• Fitzroy Gardens and St Patrick's Cathedral
• Old Melbourne Gaol
• Queen Victoria Market

Dandenong Ranges highlights:

• Sherbrooke Forest in the heart of the Dandenongs, with tall mountain ash eucalypt forests, kookaburras and bellbirds (photo stop)
• Enjoy traditional bush billy tea and feed cockatoos, crimson rosellas and king parrots
• Pass through quaint villages noted for their restaurants, craft shops and beautiful gardens
• Visit the Skyhigh Observatory at Mt Dandenong summit, with spectacular views of Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay (photo stop)
• Views of Silvan Dam and the rolling hills of the Yarra Valley
• Law Courts and Flagstaff Gardens

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USD $66.26

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Katherine C	April 2012
Nice adventure for a person from France...Long way to go to see hand fed birds, but view was very nice....

Review by: cancan14	January 2012
Whay made this tour really good was Gordon the bus driver/tour guide, He is a really friendly and chatty man and his comments throughout the trip were informative and interesting. The tour itself was pretty good but some of the highlights mentioned are only seen from a distance (Old Melbourne Gaol for eg). All up however, this was a great tour and I would recommend it.

Review by: Martin	November 2011
Good tour and well worth doing if limited for time. Billabong tea was excellent. Boomarang throwing was great fun as well.

Review by: Wayne M	November 2011
The tour was fantastic, very good bus driver and very friendly he did not stop giving commentary for the whole tour. I enjoyed the Dandenong’s and the tour operator provided Billy Tea, Crackers with Vegemite and Lamingtons, very Australiana. I would utilise the tour operator again.

Review by: wendy j	November 2011
Des and I had a lovely trip around Melbourne and Mt Dandenong and the Ranges this was a gift for hubby's birthday the only thing that was disappointing was the weather on a clear day you can see the whole of Melbourne and the Bay unfortunately there was a haze across the city and the bay not a good day for photos at Sky Hi Lookout but the gardens up there and the native birds were lovely. I can't show photos at this time as we are still downloading, Thanks to Viator for helping to make our holiday enjoyable

Review by: Julie C	June 2011
The driver was friendly and informative and I learned a bit more about the city as we drove through it. The only problem was the break-down -which just happened and was nobody's fault. In fact, I felt sorry for the driver having to deal with us passengers in these circumstances and I felt he was possibly let down by those who said they would be with us in 1/2 hr but, in fact took over an hour. In spite of all that, good value and I would recommend this tour to others.

Review by: Mayuri B	June 2011
It was a great experience. Very very comfortable journey. I would love to be with Viator again.

Review by: Cheryl K	June 2011
We thoroughly enjoyed it. The driver was very pleasant and gave a good, clear commentary. We would recommend it to others. Thank you

Review by: Barbara A	May 2011
Really enjoyed the afternoon. However if you are wanting to see more of Melbourne city choose one of the other trips. This trip took us out to the Dandenongs which was very picturesque.

Review by: Deborah C	May 2011
Great tour guide, loved the trip to the Dandenongs....would love to have stopped in one of the quaint villages for a devonshire tea...would have just made it to a 5 star.....

Review by: David B	April 2011
A most enjoyable and informative afternoon. We particularly enjoyed tea in in the Dandeongs.

Review by: Christopher Y	January 2011
Since our flight was delayed we had to cancel and rescheduled for another day which was easy to do with the tour service.

Review by: Vicky K P	January 2011
Tour was a Christmas gift. we really enjoyed the trip so much and look forward to returning to Melbourne and will diffinitley be taking another tour with you, if no the same one again

Review by: Lesley R	January 2011
This was a good tour and was made even more interesting as we had the opportunity to get out of the city and into the countryside too. Our driver / guide was very knowledgeable and even made us some 'billy tea'.

Review by: Dianne H	December 2010
Our group found this tour excellent value .We all agreed that the driver was most informative and nothing was any trouble to him.Have been recommending the tour to work colleagues and friends

Review by: Connie S	December 2010
Bus driver was fantastic - informative and friendly - would recommend this to my friends

Review by: Dianne G	November 2010
We bought the tickets 2 for 1 so the tour cost $36 each. For that money it was great value but full price is a bit expensive.The driver who picked us up and the driver on the tour were both very good. The tour driver made all of the trip interesting and was most obliging about dropping people off when we returned home. All in all a great afternoon. Maybe they could invest in some real lamingtons and not pre-packaged.

Review by: Karen R	October 2010
A nice tour but didn't include enough of the city.

Review by: Lynda P	October 2010
Excellent and enjoyed the billy tea and Lammingtons - not too sure about Vegemite!! Still prefer the original (marmite)!!

Review by: GRAHAM F	September 2010
A very good way to get to see Melbourne and the surrounding countryside, if you are short of time as we were. The coach left on time and the driver was very informative throughout the trip. It was nice to see both the city and the Dandenongs in one afternoon. Would definitely recommend it and it is good value for money.

Review by: Lina R	September 2010
Just a great tour and also a great funny tour guide/driver. Very informative and after the city tour driving into the Dandedongs was spectualar. Very beautiful and the biilly afternoon tea was great. The tour guide/driver at the end of the tour to make it easier for us he dropped us off to the nearest spot where we could catch our taxi to our nephews townhouse. This to us was very very helpful as my 86 year old dad was me...

Review by: Anonymous	August 2010
We enjoyed this tour but would have found it more beneficial if additional time was focused on Melbourne city and less on the surrounding area.

Review by: Anonymous	July 2010
Melbourne is an exciting city. Unlike Sydney, there were no "red buses" or free tour buses. This was a good way to see the city.

Review by: April N, United States of America	March 2010
Loved this tour, and the guide was excellent! Loved seeing Melbourne and the Dandegongs with the wild parrots or cockatoos, but wish we would have spent a little more time in the city.

Review by: David O, Australia	February 2010
Old bus no cd player. Bus driver was excellent. She made the day.

Review by: Sarah F, United Kingdom	December 2009
Waited a long time for the bus to turn up 40 minutes late, but when it did everything went well from then on. The guides were knowledgeable, great fun, and the route and stops were very scenic. Good value for money.

Review by: Vicky I, New Zealand	December 2009
Great afternoon. The driver was very knowledgable and friendly a "Kiwi" of course!. Great afternon tea - would happily recommend to friends travelling to Melbourne.

Review by: Noel R, Australia	November 2009
Excellent treatment, a lovely tour and very informative.

Review by: Hernanie S	October 2009
My sister and I had a good time!

Review by: Devraj R, India	August 2009
It was a nice trip with my first day in Melbourne. The guide was really good with a good sense of humor. I recommend it!

Review by: Claire S, Canada	August 2009
It was ok. It should have been the entire day though. A lot of the city was skipped and we couldn't get off the bus to take pictures. It was too rushed.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	August 2009
We didn't stop at some of the places listed in the brochure.

Review by: Razia Begum P, Australia	January 2009
The commentator knew his stuff. He was articulate and presented the facts with candour and clarity. The trip could have had two or three other stops to see the sights at closer range and take some memorable photos. One of the better trips I have had in a while.

Review by: Jennifer H, Australia	November 2007
Didn't know much about Melbourne so this was a great tour to go on to get you started.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	October 2007
It was a great way to see lots of Melbourne in a limited time. The driver was friendly, humorous and informative.

Review by: Nicola H, Australia	May 2007
Although it was very quick, the trip around Melbourne and up into the Dandenongs was excellent. We really enjoyed the Bush Billy tea and Lamingtons, and the bus driver's tour talk was interesting and informative. We had a good time.

Review by: David H	May 2007
Although it was very quick, the trip around Melbourne and up into the Dandenongs was excellent. We really enjoyed the Bush Billy tea and Lamingtons, and the bus driver's tour talk was interesting and informative. We had a good time.

Review by: Sue H, New Zealand	April 2007
A great overview of Melbourne. The scenery and information given during the trip was outstanding. A good trip to do on day one of your time in Melbourne.

Review by: Pascal-Pierre S, France	April 2007
Nice trip but mainly focused on the Dandenong Rangers.

Review by: Paul M	April 2007
Tour did not stop at any site in Melbourne City. The Dandenongs part was excellent.

Review by: Graeme E, Australia	February 2007
Very informative and friendly driver. Trip was good - was supposed to have a photo stop at the memorial but did not. Most of the trip was centered on the Dandenongs and would have liked more time and stops in Melbourne city - as in Melbourne City Highlights !!!

Review by: GRAEME E	February 2007
Very informative and friendly driver. Trip was good - was supposed to have a photo stop at the memorial but did not. Most of the trip was centered on the Dandenongs and would have liked more time and stops in Melbourne city - as in Melbourne City Highlights !!!

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	December 2006
It was good but I would have liked more about Melbourne's old buildings.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	November 2006
The driver was excellent, with strong knowledge of the local area as well as Australian history. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip.