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Botanica: Victorian Homesteads & Private Gardens Along the Great Southern Touring Route 2026

Melbourne

Melbourne

6 days, 5 nights

Guided Coach Tour

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Tour overview

Absorb the stunning wilderness of Victoria’s Grampians National Park, while spending two nights at the renowned Royal Mail Hotel. Visit private gardens of the Western District and along the Great Ocean Road. Admire the striking Twelve Apostles and the Victoria State Rose Garden. Pay a visit to the private garden of Botanica Founder, Judy Vanrenen OAM, and hear about her love of gardening.

Tour highlights & inclusions

6 days / 5 nights
5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners

Melbourne

Melbourne

Hotel 4 star

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Trip itinerary

Depart from Melbourne this morning for the beautiful Macedon Ranges. Visit the historic Mount Mitchell Estate to enjoy lunch at this private homestead and its garden. Afterwards we drive through the majestic Grampians National Park, home to more than a third of Victoria’s flora. Arrive at our accommodation, the Royal Mail Hotel. Here we take a guided tour of the hotel’s kitchen garden, regarded as the largest of its kind in Australia. We then sit down for a Welcome Dinner at our hotel’s award-winning restaurant, whose meals are prepared from the fresh garden produce grown on-site.

Staying Two Nights: Dunkeld, The Royal Mail Hotel or similar

Aerial view of the Grampians National Park at sunset.

Inclusions

Cultural experience at Budj Bim with a Gunditijmara guide

Lunch at the historic Mount Mitchell Estate

Narrapumelap Mansion

Regional Art Gallery of Warrnambool

Victoria State Rose Garden in Werribee

Visit a number of unique private gardens and meet their owners, including Botanica Founder Judy Vanrenen

Welcome Dinner at the Royal Mail Hotel

Twelve Apostles

Rainforest walk in Great Otway National Park

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