Melbourne Drive by Night - Private Tour
Description
A low cost, great introduction to Melbourne. Sit back, relax and enjoy Melbourne in a private tour, as we cruise around for 2 hours at night with stops for photos and exploring. This drive-by tour will take you to a number of key Melbourne locations. The tour is not simply about seeing great views and lit up skylines, but also to visit the parts of Melbourne which offer up the best experience at night. As with all tours provided by 69 Tours, this is a private tour, which offers some room for flexibility, is never rushed, conducted in a relaxed, easy going fashion, by an experienced local guide. Experience Melbourne through the eyes of a local. Since this is a private tour, the route taken will ultimately depend on your requests and your starting pick-up location. However, there are a number of locations which are worth special consideration. The tour concludes with you being dropped off at a previously negotiated location.
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Itinerary
Typically, the Melbourne Central Business Disctrict, or city, will be the starting point of the tour. We drive around the key parts of the city to take in the beauty and colour of the city as it looks at night.
As we drive out of the city we move to Melbourne's Docklands. Here there will be ample opportunity to take a short break for numerous photo shoots of icons such as the Docklands Stadium, Bolte Bridge and the city skyline.
Here we drive through the heart of the Port of Melbourne. With the city skyline in the background and the bright lights of the port vehicles and cargo carrying equipment you will feel like you are in a wonderland of lights. There will be opportunities to stop for photos and to see the workings of the port.
From Williamstown you will get an excellent opportunity to take photos of the Melbourne skyline from across the bay. You may be lucky enough to see a cargo ship entering port from Gem Pier. Plenty of time for some great photo sessions here.
Driving on Melbourne's longest and tallest bridge allows one to appreciate just how big this city is with lit up views as far as the eye can see.
Southbank is the suburb of lights with high rise apartments, the casino, as well as the CBD just across the river. Plenty to see here.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up location is negotiated according to guest needs. Typically this includes pick up from hotels, train stations or air/ship ports.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(2)
Unfortunately, the tour did not meet our expectations. While the driver-guide was very friendly, knowledgeable, and made a great effort, we found the tour description and the photos to be misleading. Although we drove through the city, the driver-guide mentioned that stopping was not possible anywhere, so we were unable to take photos at the actual city landmarks. A large part of the tour consisted of exploring outer areas such as the harbor and the Docklands, where photo stops were possible. Additionally, we found the car to be too cramped for four people plus the driver. Overall, the experience was rather disappointing.
Hello Meike. It's good to hear from you again. Obviously it's sad for me to read that your experience was disappointing, and for that I sincerely apologise. Different guests value different things in a tour and it seems this tour didn't have what you wanted. I would like to respond to some of the issues which you have raised. 1. It was mentioned from the outset that on a beautiful and warm Saturday night, the type of night on which our tour took place, it becomes incredibly difficult to find parking in the city. It's a two hour tour where we cover about 5 different locations. It's logistically impossible to spend 10, 15 or even 30 minutes to look for parking at every landmark that exists in the city. I explained at the outset, that it's not what the city component of the tour is about. The city component has the aim to show you what landmarks there are, where they are located and how you can easily access them so that in your own time you can spend enough time to check them out, photograph them and enjoy them. especially considering that trams are free in the CBD and the various landmarks can be accessed easily. It is for this reason that we do photos stops beyond the city area since those places are more difficult to access without a vehicle. Logistically it's not possible to cover everything in detail in and out of the city in a two hour tour. So some compromises need to be made. 2. The tour description states that the tour includes a drive through Melbourne (without stopping). The few photos that do show guests taking photos in the city were taken on past tour where we were fortunate enough to find parking. The photos are there to illustrate what you can expect to see, but there is no mention of stops in the city in the tour description, as that cannot be guaranteed. 3. Your tour vehicle was a 5 series BMW. It does cater for 4 passengers, but clearly the comfort of 3 passengers in the rear, particularly if they are not petite in stature, is not as good as would be the case for only 1 or 2. I certainly agree here with you. On the other hand, having 4 guests on this tour meant that each guest paid around $100 per person, which I think is a very, very reasonable price for a 2 hour private tour in a luxury car with door to door pick-up and drop-off, drinks included, a personal guide and driver. In this case the very low price came at the cost of a tighter fit in the rear. I will make a note in the tour description about the potential cramped conditions if there are 4 passengers and the option of us organising two separate vehicles or even a 7 seater vehicle. Thanks for bringing this up. Apart from the disappointment of the tour I hope you and your friends had a great time in Melbourne and that you will come back again one day. Peter Solanikow
Very informative and interesting, showed us the highlights of Melbourne and felt safe and comfortable. Melissa and Peter were accommodating of our needs.
