A variable valve apparatus uses a camshaft provided rotatably in an internal combustion engine, and has a cam, a rocking cam driven by a cam, a intake valve or an exhaust valve driven by the rocking cam, a control shaft rotatably provided side by side with the camshaft in the engine, and has an oil passage inside to flow oil, a control arm whose one end is held by the control shaft, and the other end is projected from the control shaft, an actuator which rotates the control shaft, and displaces the control arm, a transmission arm which is rotatably connected to the other end of the control arm, and transmits the displacement of the control arm to the rocking cam, and a lubricant passage which is provided inside the control arm, and supplies oil in the oil passage to a part connecting the control arm and transmission arm.