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Where do you sleep on a Great Ocean Road or Grampians trip?

Both existDorm share on the cheapest, private ensuite on the rest.

It depends on the trip, and the difference is worth knowing before you book. The cheapest — the 2 Day Great Ocean Road at $369 — is one night at Apollo Bay in hostel and cabin accommodation, and the rooms are dorm share. The Grampians trips put you at Halls Gap, where you choose between a private ensuite room at the Gariwerd Motel or shared accommodation. The three day trips add a night at Warrnambool in private ensuite rooms or triple share. Every one of them includes the night; what varies is whether you have your own door.

Checked on 6 October 2026.

Cheapest 2 days, dorm share from$369 Private room option 2 days with the Grampians from$475 Three days Warrnambool and Halls Gap from$695

The night is included on every multi-day trip from Melbourne. What it is varies more than the price gap suggests, and it is the detail people most often discover after booking.

Every trip, and exactly where the nights are

TripLengthWhere you sleepFrom
2 Day Great Ocean Road Tour2 days, 1 night1 night at Apollo Bay, in hostel and cabin accommodation. Rooms are dorm share.$369
2 Day Great Ocean Road & Grampians Tour2 days, 1 night1 night at Halls Gap, deep in the Grampians National Park — either a private ensuite room at the Gariwerd Motel or shared accommodation with a shared bathroom at the Grampians Eco YHA.$475
2 Day Melbourne to Adelaide Tour2 days, 1 night1 night at Halls Gap, deep in the Grampians National Park — either a private ensuite room at the Gariwerd Motel or shared accommodation with a shared bathroom at the Grampians Eco YHA. Private room upgrades are available.$499
3 Day Great Ocean Road & Grampians3 days, 2 nights2 nights — the Downtown Motel at Warrnambool, in private ensuite rooms or triple share with a shared bathroom, then Halls Gap in the Grampians at the Gariwerd Motel or the Grampians Eco YHA.$695
3 Day Adelaide to Melbourne Tour3 days, 2 nights2 nights in hostel and cabin accommodation — one at Halls Gap in the Grampians and one at Warrnambool on the coast.$695
3 Day Melbourne to Adelaide Tour3 days, 2 nights2 nights — the Downtown Motel at Warrnambool, in private ensuite rooms or triple share with a shared bathroom, then Halls Gap in the Grampians at the Gariwerd Motel or the Grampians Eco YHA.$922

Read the middle column. "Dorm share" and "private ensuite room" are both in here, and they are not the same holiday.

The short version

  • Apollo Bay, on the 2 day Great Ocean Roadhostel and cabin accommodation, rooms are dorm share. This is the $369 trip and the price reflects it.
  • Halls Gap, in the Grampiansa private ensuite room at the Gariwerd Motel, or shared accommodation with a shared bathroom. You choose.
  • Warrnambool, on the three day tripsthe Downtown Motel, private ensuite rooms or triple share with a shared bathroom.
  • On the 21 day Melbourne to Cairns runit is hostels the whole way, plus two nights camping on K'gari and two in a shared cabin on the sailing boat.

If you want your own room

Take a Grampians trip rather than the cheapest coast trip. The 2 and 3 day Grampians itineraries offer a private ensuite at Halls Gap as an option; the $369 Great Ocean Road trip does not — it is dorm share at Apollo Bay and that is the trip. If a private room matters to you, that single detail should decide which one you book.

2 Day Great Ocean Road & Grampians Tour2 Day Great Ocean Road & Grampians Tourfrom $4752 days, 1 nightHostel and Cabin2 days — private ensuite available at Halls GapView trip3 Day Great Ocean Road & Grampians3 Day Great Ocean Road & Grampiansfrom $6953 days, 2 nightsHostel and Cabin3 days — Warrnambool and Halls GapView trip3 Day Melbourne to Adelaide Tour3 Day Melbourne to Adelaide Tourfrom $9223 days, 2 nightsHostel and Cabin3 days — Melbourne through to AdelaideView trip

What about meals?

Largely not included on these. The day trips include lunch on some itineraries and nothing on others, and on the two and three day trips you are buying your own in Apollo Bay, Halls Gap or Warrnambool. Halls Gap in particular is a small town, so eat when the options are open rather than late.

Or do it in a day

If the accommodation question is the sticking point, the Great Ocean Road also works as a day trip from $139 — a long day, but you sleep in your own Melbourne hotel at the end of it. There is more on which day out suits whom on our who Melbourne suits page.

1 Day Great Ocean Road + Rainforest Tour1 Day Great Ocean Road + Rainforest Tourfrom $1391 dayA day — the coast and the rainforestView trip1 Day Great Ocean Road Reverse Tour (with lunch)1 Day Great Ocean Road Reverse Tour (with lunch)from $1491 dayA day — the road in reverse, with lunchView trip1 Day Phillip Island and Penguins1 Day Phillip Island and Penguinsfrom $1491 dayA day — Phillip Island and the penguinsView trip
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