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By Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

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Free cancellation available
Price is £8 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 30m
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Overview

    • Explore Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens on a short guided tour by minibus
    • Discover 8,500+ species of plants spread across 38 hectares of pristine gardens
    • Admire rolling lawns and the stunning plant collections at Melbourne Gardens
    • Get the kids exploring nature at the Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden
    • Search for nesting waterbirds and frogs around the picturesque ornamental lake

Activity location

    • Melbourne
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 100 Birdwood Ave, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia | Please ensure that you check in at the customer service counter at the Melbourne Gardens' Visitor Centre 15 minutes before the tour begins. The Visitor Centre is located on Birdwood Ave, directly opposite the Shrine of Remembrance. Melway. The bus leaves from Oak Lawn, opposite the National Herbarium of Victoria.
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Melbourne: Melbourne Gardens Explorer Minibus Tour

  • Activity duration is 30 minutes30m
    30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 16:15
Price details
£7.89 x 2 Adults£15.78
Total
Price is £15.78

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Melbourne Gardens entry fee
  • Inclusions
    Bus tour with live guide
  • Exclusions
    Parking fees

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Discover the peaceful oasis of Melbourne Gardens on a 30-minute open-air minibus tour. Admire the diverse collection of plants and trees with live commentary along the way.

    School Holiday Explorer Bus
    Children ride HALF PRICE on the School Holiday Explorer Bus during the school holidays. Experience amazing sights, sounds and scents as you cruise through the Gardens on this tour designed especially for families. Breathe in the fragrances of different eucalypt trees as you take in the colours of the landscape and learn why plants are so important for our planet.

    Before and after the tour you are free to wander the gardens at leisure and enjoy the abundant nature to be found. The Melbourne Gardens are popular with bird-watchers with several species of water birds nesting around the ornamental lake.
    Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne has been a treasured part of Melbourne’s cultural life for more than 170 years. It is a picturesque haven for recreation and an important resource for education, conservation, science, and horticulture.
    Extending over 38 hectares Melbourne Gardens houses a collection of more than 8,500 species of plants from around the world. The collection includes diverse plant species such as camellias, rainforest flora, cacti and succulents, roses, Californian species, herbs, perennials, and cycads.
    For the young ones, the Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden, located at Melbourne Gardens, is a magical place for children to discover the world of plants. It is a tourism award-winning Children's Garden full of interesting and interactive places to play and explore.

Location

Activity location

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    • Melbourne
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 100 Birdwood Ave, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia | Please ensure that you check in at the customer service counter at the Melbourne Gardens' Visitor Centre 15 minutes before the tour begins. The Visitor Centre is located on Birdwood Ave, directly opposite the Shrine of Remembrance. Melway. The bus leaves from Oak Lawn, opposite the National Herbarium of Victoria.
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia