Victorian Driving Tour
Melbourne ▸ Mount Buller ▸ Daylesford
Reignite your love of driving in the rural highlands with our luxury driving holiday in Victoria, coupled with the Targa High Country tarmac rally.
This ‘drive your own car’ tour combines two bucket-list driving experiences: a luxury open-road drive exploring the best accommodation, indulgent dining and scenery Victoria has to offer, complemented neatly by a couple of days of fast-paced, closed-road action in the touring category of Targa High Country.
In addition to your exploits on the roads, the trip offers a luxurious long-weekend getaway coupling gourmet delights at a series of award-winning restaurants and renowned wineries, plus overnight stays in a selection of the finest accommodation regional Victoria has to offer.
Further refine your experience with optional add-ons such as a chartered helicopter from Daylesford back to Melbourne at the conclusion of the drive, and more.
Whether you have a passion for driving, exploring or unwinding in luxury, this long weekend will leave you fulfilled and invigorated.
* Details and pricing are tentative until dates are confirmed.
The experiences you'll enjoy on your luxury Victorian driving tour
- Small Exclusive Groups
Our Fleet (Drive Your Car)- Duration: from 4 days / 3 nights
- Driving: 4 days / 800 km
- Tour Start: Melbourne, Australia
- Tour End: Melbourne, Australia
Take your car on an adventure
Join our annual ‘drive your own car' tour of Victoria – a luxury escape to enjoy a selection of the state's best driving roads as part of an all-inclusive guided tour.
Join like-minded car enthusiasts
Enjoy driving your favourite car on roads that let it really shine. You'll also have the chance to share this incredible driving holiday with like-minded enthusiasts.
Discover thrilling routes
Your tour encompasses a variety of driving experiences, including open-road cruising in the Yarra and Macedon ranges, and the unique opportunity to drive closed roads as part of the Targa High Country tarmac rally.
Traverse divergent landscapes
Enjoy regional Victoria's stunning scenery, from lush rolling farmland, to dense alpine forests, vine-covered hillsides, and native Australian bushland, not to mention charming country towns.
Dine at iconic regional restaurants
Indulge in a series of award-winning dining experiences, including lunches at renowned vineyard restaurants throughout the Yarra Valley, and an overnight stay and dinner in a highly celebrated regional property.
Enhance your experience
Elevate your experience with optional add-ons, such as a chartered helicopter from the Yarra Valley back to Melbourne at the conclusion of the drive – and more!
*based on two guests per vehicle and in a shared room
An overview of your luxury driving tour of Victoria
Optional Melbourne Welcome
For interstate guests, arrive into Melbourne by mid-afternoon. Your car, having been transported from your home, will be securely stored and waiting for your arrival. Local and interstate guests can then opt to meet in the early afternoon for an unofficial welcome aperitif and dinner. The perfect way to start this long weekend and meet other guests on the tour.
First Drive Day
Meet in the morning for a display start. Today's drive will take place on open roads, with the route covering a selection of renowned roads throughout the Yarra and Macedon Ranges to Daylesford. In the evening, you will stay at the one of Victoria's most celebrated regional venues and enjoy dinner at the hotel's AGFG-hatted restaurant.
Second Drive Day
On Friday, you will head east back through the Yarra Ranges to link up with Targa High Country. The morning will feature magnificent free-flowing sections of tarmac, after which you will have your first taste of closed-road rallying on the Targa Tour. The day's stages feature a mix of flowing sweepers, tightening corners and spectacular views.
Third Drive Day
The second day of the rally is a loop out from Mansfield. The day includes seven closed-road stages on the Targa Tour. Before lunch, you will enjoy some high-speed flowing stages combined with a twisty run down the valley into Whitfield. In the afternoon, the stages are repeated in reverse, followed by the famous Mansfield Street Stage and Street Party.
Fourth Drive Day
Day three of the Targa Tour covers the mammoth stage of Jamieson – the second-longest stage on the Targa calendar, and one of the most challenging tarmac rally stages. We will then make our way to Yering Station for a leisurely afternoon of wine tasting and lunch before onward travel or an optional additional evening in Melbourne.
Farewell and Departures
For those who opted to join us for the additional night, following breakfast and check-out the day is yours before transfers and onward travel plans.
*based on two guests per vehicle and in a shared room
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*based on two guests per vehicle and in a shared room
Customise your luxury Victorian driving holiday
Our tours are designed to be end-to-end luxury travel experiences that consider every detail from the moment you arrive to the moment you depart.
Your final tour investment comprises your Tour Package (as outlined above) and any Optional Add-Ons you choose to include. Please view the tour brochure for a full list of inclusions.
Choose your preferred currency
- Upgrade your accommodation package
from $ 350 $ 250 £ 150 per person
- Car transport
POA
- Chartered helicopter
from $ 800 $ 550 £ 450 per person
- Pre/Post tour stay in Melbourne
from $ 250 $ 190 £ 150 per person
Hear from past guests
Probably the most fun you could ever have; it's beyond first class, it's a class of its own.
Chuck & Margo, USA
The tours are fantastic – the cars, the people, the hotels and restaurants, and the comradery.
Sab & Antonia, Australia