Great Ocean Walk
A coastal walk in Victoria from Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles, over 100 km of beaches, cliffs and rainforest, usually walked in eight days.
At a glance
- Starts in
- Apollo Bay
- Ends in
- Twelve Apostles
- Length
- 100 km
- On foot
- 8 days
- Countries
- Australia
About the trail
The Great Ocean Walk follows the coast of the Great Otway National Park and Port Campbell National Park and is usually done east to west. It runs through tall eucalypt forest and fern gullies, along beaches that are only passable at low tide and over high cliff tops, and passes the Cape Otway Lightstation, the oldest surviving lighthouse on mainland Australia. Koalas are often seen in the trees near the cape.
Hikers stay in walk-in campsites that have to be booked, or in lodges off the trail with transfers. The walk finishes at the lookout over the Twelve Apostles.